Boston University

Public Health

Boston University School of Medicine BUSM, Boston Healthcare for the Homeless

Volunteer

Medicine with a Mission

February 7, 2013

Boston University BU, Sargent College SAR, Susan Kandarian lab, professor of health sciences, volunteer Partners In Health PIH, InsideSargent

Volunteer

How Malaria Changed SAR Student’s Life

January 29, 2013

Boston University BU, School of Public Health SPH, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Superfund Research Program, Jennifer Schlezinger, toxic contaminants research, 11 million dollar award

Research

SPH Superfund Program Secures $11 Million from NIH

January 11, 2013

Boston University BU, high school obesity, Boston Moves for Health, public health, exercise nutrition obesity prevention education

Nutrition

Extolling the Virtues of a Public Health Career

January 10, 2013

mercury contaminated fish, Effects of eating fish while pregnant, Attention Defecit Disorder in children, Sharon Sagiv, Boston University School of Public Health, Susan Korrick, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Nutrition

Pros and Cons of Eating Fish While Pregnant

December 14, 2012

Willpath mobile smartphone app, healthy eating lifestyle, Daniel Imler, Boston University School of Public Health SPH

Exercise

Wealth from Willpath

December 14, 2012

Boston University BU, School of Medicine BUSM, Eugene Lee, home care visit geriatric patients Boston, public health

CAMED

House Calls and a Higher Purpose

December 4, 2012

5-Hour Energy drink, public health risk, deaths

Health & Medicine

Should You Shun Energy Drinks?

December 3, 2012

Boston University BU, Daniel Miller research childhood obesity, socioeconomic contributors, National Longitudinal Survey of Youth and Adolecense

Wellness

Solving the Childhood Obesity Puzzle, One Piece at a Time

November 27, 2012

Sevan Chorluyan, Bell Tower Foods grocery food truck, Boston

Arts & Culture

SPH’s One-of-a-Kind Grocery Truck

November 26, 2012

post-traumatic stress disorder PTSD in soldiers, U.S. Armed Forces, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines

Medicine

Reaching Vets Falling through the Cracks

November 12, 2012

industrialized food production

In the City

Industrialized Food a Killer—and a Lifesaver

November 7, 2012

Boston University BU, engineering innovations, Muhammas Zaman Lab for Engineering Education & Development LEED, research

Gadgets

Into Africa

November 5, 2012

Katia Gomez, Ben Affleck, VH1 Do Something! Awards, Educate2Envision

University News

SPH Student Wins $100,000 to Educate Honduran Youth

October 22, 2012

Boston University BU, School of Public Health SPH, student refugee camp, humanitarian emergencies, international health, Nepal refugees

Health & Medicine

From a Refugee Camp to BU

October 10, 2012

Boston University BU psychology professor Donna Pincus, Growing Up Brave: Expert Strategies for Helping Your Child Overcome Fear, Stress, and Anxiety, childhood anxiety stress and stress

Health & Medicine

When the World Is Scarier Than It Should Be

October 3, 2012

2012 William J. Bicknell Lectureship in Public Health, Noreen Clark, Center for Managing Chronic Disease, University of Michigan, chronic pain management

Health & Medicine

Pain, Percocet, and the Public’s Health

September 20, 2012

Students

What Every Student Should Know about Backpacks

September 19, 2012

Boston University BU, Goldman School of Dental Medicine SDM, Andrew Jorgensen, SDM externship in Bethel, Toksook Bay, Alaska, Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation, Indian Health Services

Internship

Extreme Dentistry in a Faraway Place

September 17, 2012

DASH Diet, The DASH Diet for Weight Loss by Thomas Moore, Boston University School of Medicine BUSM, weight reduction, weight loss, dieting, nutrition, healthy eating

Boston Medical Center

New Book Details DASH Diet

August 7, 2012

New Book Details DASH Diet