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Research

Framingham Heart Study, FHS, Jackson Heart Study, Boston University School of Medicine, MED, University of Mississippi, American Heart Association, AHA

University News

$30 Million from AHA Bolsters Framingham Heart Study

December 9, 2013

Boston University BU, School of Public Health SPH, alcohol research, Bloomberg School of Public Health, popular music

Public Health

Alcohol Companies Marketing with Music Lyrics

December 5, 2013

Richard Saitz, Boston University School of Public Health, SPH, Boston University School of Medicine, BUSM, MED, addiction research, evidence based medicine, SBIRT, Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral, and Treatment, CCM, chronic care management

Research

The Addiction Puzzle, Part 5: Bringing Scientific Rigor to Addiction Research

November 22, 2013

Tibor Palfai, professor of psychology, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences, CAS, alcohol triggers, what makes people drink alcohol, why do people drink alcohol, addiction research, alcoholism research

Alcohol

The Addiction Puzzle, Part 3: The Search for the Alcohol Trigger

November 20, 2013

Kathleen Kantak, Professor of Psychology, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences, CAS, Attention Deficit Disorder medication, ADD, ADHD, cocaine addiction, cocaine use

Research

The Addiction Puzzle, Part 2: Could ADHD Meds Promote Future Cocaine Use?

November 19, 2013

Boston University BU, Sargent College SAR

Staff

Wanted: Leader with Research, Health Care Experience

November 19, 2013

Doctor Alex Walley, Boston Public Health Commission methadone clinic, Naloxone opioid overdose prescription drug, Narcan opioid overdose prescription drug, opiate overdose, fatal opioid overdose in Massachusetts

Research

The Addiction Puzzle, Part 1: An Overdose Lifeline

November 18, 2013

Boston University BU, College of Engineering ENG, Astronomy, research NASA MAVEN satellite

Astronomy

As Mars Goes, So Goes Earth?

November 18, 2013

Boston University BU, College of Engineering ENG, Photonics Center, mechanical engineering, NSF Research, veterans

Engineering

From Battlefield to Lab Bench

November 11, 2013

United States military, US military, veterans, war veterans, health issues

Public Health

Helping Veterans with Unseen Injuries

November 11, 2013

leishmaniasis, Scott Schaus, associate professor of chemistry, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences CAS, associate professor of pharmacology, Boston University School of Medicine BUSM, Lauren Brown, research assistant professor of chemistry, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences CAS

Global

BU Researchers Work against Deadly, Disfiguring Disease

November 7, 2013

Boston University BU, School of Public Health SPH, Nancy Brady, Ebola, Kibaale District of Uganda

Public Health

Lessons from a Hot Zone

November 7, 2013

Jelle Atema, shark sense of smell biology research, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences CAS

Marine Science

What a Shark’s Nose Knows

November 4, 2013

Boston University BU, School of Medicine BUSM, New England Infectious Disease Laboratory NEIDL, contagious diseases clearance, tuberculosis research, Boston Public Health Commission, Institutional Biosafety Committee ISB, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Infectious Diseases

Higher-Level TB Research to Begin at NEIDL

October 31, 2013

Raj Mohanty, Professor of Physics, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences CAS, Avrum Spira, Boston University School of Medicine, James Collins, William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professor, professor of biomedical engineering, College of Engineering, ENG

Research

Science Coalition Report: Federal Funding Critical in Supporting New Technologies

October 30, 2013

Boston University BU, College of Engineering ENG professor of electrical and computer, Division of Systems Engineering, Christos Cassandras, building smarter cities, traffic light, parking meter, security camera, solar panel, photovoltaic units

Research

If Boston Were Smart

October 28, 2013

Boston University BU, School of Public Health, research, professor Jonathan Levy, airport airplane pollution, heart disease

Public Health

Living Near an Airport Could be Bad for Your Heart

October 21, 2013

Boston University BU, Astronomy, asteroids, professor W Jeffrey Hughes, Discovery Channel Telescope, Lowell Observatory, Arizona Perkins Telescope,

Astronomy

How to Catch an Asteroid

October 17, 2013

Boston University BU, US Capitol Hill, Government Shutdown, research funding cuts

Science & Technology

Federal Shutdown Shuts Down Some BU Research

October 16, 2013

Boston University BU Today, Point of View POV, student staff faculty opinion, Student Health Services ambassafor, sex smoking

Wellness

POV: Smoking and Your Sex Life

October 15, 2013

POV: Smoking and Your Sex Life