Category: Research
Concussion Research
The University launches the Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy which links concussions to depression and dementia in athletes and soldiers. The center’s research helps lead to significant rule changes in the National Football League and other professional sports.
1st Genetic On/Off Switch
Jim Collins, a biomedical engineering professor, applies dynamical systems theory to the workings of physiological systems to develop the world’s first genetic toggle switch. The switch, a molecular device that can turn genes off or on, gives researchers a chance to observe how genes interact with different cells throughout the body, in both healthy and diseased systems.
Center for Neuroscience
The Center for Neurocience is a University-wide initiative to advance cutting-edge interdisciplinary, collaborative research and education on the neural basis of behavior and cognition. Researchers pursue experimental and theoretical-computational approaches that span molecular, cellular, systems, behavioral, and cognitive levels of analysis. The goal is to expand the understanding of the fundamental mechanisms of brain function and to translate these advances into practical applications, including treatment of neurologic and psychiatric disorders and the development of new directions in educational practice.
SPH Receives Grant for Emergency & Disaster Response
Boston University School of Public Health receives a $2.5 million grant from the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to coordinate an effort to improve emergency and disaster response among public health and medical care providers throughout Boston and the metropolitan area.
Women’s Health Interdisciplinary Research Center
The Women's Health Interdisciplinary Research Center (WHIRC) promotes interdisciplinary research on women's health at the Medical Campus by bringing bench scientists, clinical investigators, and public health researchers together to determine collaborative research directions and obtain funds.
The Center for Reliable Information Systems & Cyber Security
The Center for Reliable Information Systems & Cyber Security (RISCS) promotes and coordinates research and education in system reliability and information security by emphasizing a multidisciplinary approach that includes fields as diverse as reliable and secure computations, engineering, economics, ethics, and law. Current research areas include cryptology, network and software security, software safety, economic and game-theoretic approaches to Internet computing, database security, robust monitoring, and fair and secure file sharing.
Center for the Assessment of Pharmaceutical Practices
The Center for the Assessment of Pharmaceutical Practices opens with the overarching goal to promote the safe and effective use of medications for the nation's public health through research, education, and consultation. The Center offers opportunities for collaboration and development in research and education related to pharmaceutical practices. The center also has a number of educational programs and offers consultative services.
Center for Biomedical Imaging
The Center for Biomedical Imaging houses a new 3 Tesla Philips MRI scanner for functional, structural, and spectroscopic human and animal studies.
Nutrition & Fitness Center
Located at Sargent College Clinical Center, BU’s Nutrition & Fitness Center (BUNFC) is established to expand a successful pilot nutrition and physical activity program developed for BU faculty and staff. Integrating the latest developments in scientific research and culinary art, BUNFC helps people achieve realistic health goals.
Institute for the Advancement of the Social Sciences
The Institute for the Advancement of the Social Sciences serves to advance the study of human affairs in all their variety, i.e., the study of human societies and cultures as they existed in the past and as they exist today through modern culture and nationalism.
