Cara Lewis
Assistant Professor
College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College

Professor Lewis is an expert on the causes of hip pain and ways to prevent joint damage—and the need for hip replacements—by helping people change their gait. [Read full bio...]

Tom Perls
Director of the New England Centenarian Study
Associate Professor, School of Medicine

As director of the New England Centenarian Study, Dr. Perls’ research aims to decipher the genetic and environmental factors that contribute to longevity.

Lee Goldstein
Associate Professor, School of Medicine

Dr. Goldstein’s area of expertise includes Alzheimer’s disease, age-related cataracts, and other common diseases of aging. [Read full bio...]

Robert Stern
Director, Alzheimer’s Disease Center Clinical Core
Professor, School of Medicine

Dr. Stern’s research involves the assessment and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, repetitive brain trauma and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in athletes, driving and dementia, thyroid-brain relationships, and the cognitive effects of chemotherapy in the elderly. [Read full bio...]

David Seldin
Director, Amyloid Treatment & Research Program
Professor, School of Medicine

Dr. Seldin is an expert on the genetics of amyloid diseases, mechanisms of protein misfolding, and interactions of amyloid proteins with cells and tissues. [Read full bio...]

David Barlow
Founder & Director Emeritus, Center for Anxiety & Related Disorders
Professor of Psychology & Psychiatry, College of Arts & Sciences

Professor Barlow’s research focuses on understanding the nature of anxiety and depression and developing new treatments for emotional disorders. [Read full bio...]

Todd Farchione
Director, Intensive Program, Center for Anxiety & Related Disorders
Research Assistant Professor, College of Arts & Sciences

Professor Farchione’s research focuses on anxiety and mood disorders and the development of more effective treatments for them. [Read full bio...]

Donna Pincus
Director of BU’s Child & Adolescent Fear & Anxiety Program
Associate Professor, College of Arts & Sciences

Professor Pincus is an expert on childhood anxiety and fears. [Read full bio...]

News Articles:
BU Public Relations: Dr. Pincus

George O’Connor
Professor, School of Medicine

Dr. O’Connor’s areas of expertise include asthma, COPD, sleep apnea, epidemiology, and genetic epidemiology. [Read full bio...]

Gael Orsmond
Associate Professor, College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College

Professor Orsmond is a developmental psychologist who focuses on the impact of autism on the family as well as friendship among children and young adults with autism. [Read full bio...]

Helen Tager-Flusberg
Professor, College of Arts & Sciences

Professor Tager-Flusberg’s research addresses the characteristics of the cognitive and psychological factors that define autism, specific language impairment (SLI), and Williams syndrome. She is also studying the younger siblings of children with autism and children with autism who have never spoken. [Read full bio...]

George Annas
Chair, Department of Health Law, Bioethics & Human Rights
Professor, School of Public Health

Professor Annas is a medical ethicist who can speak to any medical ethics issue, from surrogate pregnancy to gun control to forced feeding of hunger strikers to medical marijuana. He is an expert on patients’ rights issues such as informed consent. [Read full bio...]

Michael Grodin
Professor, School of Public Health

As a medical ethicist and a psychiatrist, Professor Grodin is an expert on assisted suicide/dying, palliative care, forced feeding, and other ethical decisions related to end-of-life issues. He can also talk about the Holocaust and medicine and his work with refugees who have suffered torture and other forms of severe trauma. [Read full bio...]

James Collins
Professor, College of Engineering

Professor Collins is a biomedical engineer whose research focuses on ways to engineer bacteria to thwart antibiotic resistance—and preserve our existing antibiotic arsenal—as well as biomedical engineering approaches to food safety and cholera. [Read full bio...]

Edward Damiano
Associate Professor, College of Engineering

Professor Damiano’s work is focused on creating an artificial “bionic” pancreas that automatically regulates blood glucose in Type 1 diabetes. [Read full bio...]

Muhammad Zaman
Associate Professor, College of Engineering

Professor Zaman’s research focuses on low-cost healthcare technology for the developing world. He can talk about the growing problem of counterfeit drugs and is working on a tool to detect counterfeit anti-malarial drugs. He is also working on biomedical engineering approaches to understanding why and how cancer cells move from one part of the body to another. [Read full bio...]

Recent Articles:
"Into Africa,” Bostonia
“A New Counterfeit Problem: Anti-Malaria Drugs,” BU Today

Jane Mendez
Associate Professor, School of Medicine

Dr. Mendez’s clinical interests include breast cancer treatment and prevention, breast cancer in underserved and minority patient populations, and surgical oncology. [Read full bio...]

Michael Stone
Professor, School of Medicine

Dr. Stone’s clinical interests include multi-modality treatment of liver tumors, gastrointestinal cancer, melanoma, sarcoma, and breast cancer. [Read full bio...]

Gary Balady
Professor, School of Medicine

Dr. Balady’s research interests focus on exercise testing and training of cardiac patients, with a particular emphasis on the changes that occur in the cardiovascular system with regular exercise. [Read full bio...]

Alice Jacobs
Professor, School of Medicine

Dr. Jacobs’ major research activities are in the area of invasive cardiology and revascularization strategies. She is also an expert on heart disease in women. [Read full bio...]

Robert Cantu
Co-Director, Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy
Clinical Professor, School of Medicine

Dr. Cantu is an expert on a wide range of sports medicine topics including anabolic steroid use, eating disorders in female athletes, acute and chronic brain injury, and on-the-field evaluation, medical management, and return-to-play guidelines after head and spine injuries. [Read full bio...]

Ann McKee
Co-Director, Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy
Professor, School of Medicine

Much of Dr. McKee’s current work centers on understanding the long-term consequences of mild traumatic brain injury from contact sports and military service. [Read full bio...]

Chris Nowinski
Co-Director, Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy
Co-Founder & President, Sports Legacy Institute

Nowinski is a co-founder of the Sports Legacy Institute, a non-profit organization dedicated to solving the concussion crisis in sports and the military through medical research, treatment, education, and prevention. [Read full bio...]

Raul Garcia
Co-Director, Center for Research to Evaluate & Eliminate Dental Disparities
Professor, Goldman School of Dental Medicine

Dr. Garcia has been involved in studies of oral epidemiology, health services, and health policy. His current research focuses on underserved populations, including the elderly, minorities, and persons with disabilities. [Read full bio...]

Barbara Corkey
Professor, School of Medicine

Dr. Corkey’s research focuses on the understanding of lipid metabolism, insulin secretion, and pancreatic beta cell function. She is also studying food additives and whether they contribute to obesity. [Read full bio...]

Julie Palmer
Professor, School of Public Health

Professor Palmer was instrumental in designing and implementing the nationally known Black Women's Health Study, which looks at diabetes risk factors and other health outcomes for African American women. [Read full bio...]

Richard Clapp
Professor Emeritus, School of Public Health

Professor Clapp was the founding director of the Massachusetts Cancer Registry and his research is focused on cancer in military veterans and in communities with toxic or radiation hazards.

Tom Webster
Associate Chairman, Department of Environmental Health
Professor, School of Public Health

Professor Webster’s research focuses on understanding the health impacts of potentially dangerous chemicals in office dust and he can discuss efforts to clean up the workplace environment. [Read full bio...]

Brian Jack
Professor, School of Medicine

Dr. Jack directs Project RED, which is considered a national model for reducing hospital readmissions and improving care of patients with chronic illness. [Read full bio...]

Scott Miyake Geron
Director, Center for Aging & Disability Education & Research
Associate Professor, School of Social Work

Professor Geron’s areas of expertise include health and long-term care policy and financing, social work effectiveness, home care and care management, and geriatric assessment. [Read full bio...]

Sharon Levine
Associate Director, Geriatric Medicine Fellowship Program
Professor, School of Medicine

Professor Levine is considered a leader in geriatric medical education and runs an immersion training program in geriatrics for medical residents. [Read full bio...]

Jerrold J. Ellner
Professor, School of Medicine

Dr. Ellner is internationally recognized for his research on tuberculosis and its interactions with HIV infection. [Read full bio...]

Jon Simon
Director, Center for Global Health & Development
Chair, Department of International Health
Professor, School of Public Health

Professor Simon has extensive experience working in Africa and South Asia, particularly on issues related to maternal health and child survival, HIV/AIDS, and malaria. He is currently involved in research evaluating the impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on the African economy. He is also conducting evaluation studies on interventions aimed at improving the well-being of children orphaned by HIV/AIDS or left vulnerable by parental HIV/AIDS-related illness. [Read full bio...]

Don Thea
Professor, School of Public Health

Dr. Thea has done extensive research on maternal and infant mortality and worked for many years in resource-poor countries to develop home- and community-based treatments for pneumonia. His landmark study led to a change in WHO guidelines for pneumonia treatment. [Read full bio...]

Muhammad Zaman
Associate Professor, College of Engineering

Professor Zaman’s research focuses on low-cost healthcare technology for the developing world. He can talk about the growing problem of counterfeit drugs and is working on a tool to detect counterfeit anti-malarial drugs. He is also working on biomedical engineering approaches to understanding why and how cancer cells move from one part of the body to another. [Read full bio...]

Recent Articles:
"Into Africa,” Bostonia
“A New Counterfeit Problem: Anti-Malaria Drugs,” BU Today

Dan Berlowitz
Professor, School of Public Health

Dr. Berlowitz leads a research team dedicated to assessing and improving the quality of healthcare in both ambulatory and long-term care settings. His research focuses on the management of chronic medical conditions such as diabetes and hypertension. [Read full bio...]

Stephen Davidson
Professor, School of Management

Professor Davidson’s areas of expertise include management of healthcare organizations, working relationships of managers and physicians, health insurance, health policy, and evaluation of healthcare programs. [Read full bio...]

Kevin Outterson
Associate Professor, School of Law

Professor Outterson’s research focuses on the organization and finance of the health sector. Areas of specialization include global pharmaceutical markets, particularly antibiotics and other antimicrobials that can degrade in usefulness over time through resistance. [Read full bio...]

Alan Sager
Professor, School of Public Health

Professor Sager is an expert on the successes and pitfalls of Massachusetts health reform, changes to Medicare reimbursement for hospitals, the survival of small hospitals, and healthcare policy. [Read full bio...]

Ellen Ruppel Shell
Co-Director, Center for Science & Medical Journalism
Professor, College of Communication

Professor Ruppel Shell is the author of several books and writes about science and public policy for publications such as Smithsonian, Audubon, The New York Times, Seed, Discover, and The Washington Post. [Read full bio...]

Doug Starr
Co-Director, Center for Science & Medical Journalism
Professor, College of Communication

Professor Starr is the author of two books and his science, environment, and medical writing has appeared in The New Republic, Discover, Science, Smithsonian, National Public Radio, The Los Angeles Times, and the Boston Sunday Globe Magazine. [Read full bio...]

Jerrold J. Ellner
Professor, School of Medicine

Dr. Ellner is internationally recognized for his research on tuberculosis and its interactions with HIV infection. [Read full bio...]

Jon D. Fuller
Associate Professor, School of Medicine

As a priest, Dr. Fuller is interested in how HIV prevention approaches can be analyzed and supported from the context of Catholic moral theology. [Read full bio...]

Luz Marilis López
Clinical Associate Professor, School of Social Work

Professor López’s research and practice interests are in the areas of substance abuse, trauma due to violence, Latino culture, and HIV/AIDS prevention. [Read full bio...]

Jon Simon
Director, Center for Global Health & Development
Chair, Department of International Health
Professor, School of Public Health

Professor Simon has extensive experience working in Africa and South Asia, particularly on issues related to maternal health and child survival, HIV/AIDS, and malaria. He is currently involved in research evaluating the impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on the African economy. He is also conducting evaluation studies on interventions aimed at improving the well-being of children orphaned by HIV/AIDS or left vulnerable by parental HIV/AIDS-related illness. [Read full bio...]

Gail Steketee
Dean, School of Social Work

Dean Steketee is an expert on the psychopathology and treatment of hoarding, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), treatments for OCD, and family aspects of treating OC conditions. [Read full bio...]

Brian Jack
Professor, School of Medicine

Dr. Jack directs Project RED, which is considered a national model for reducing hospital readmissions and improving care of patients with chronic illness. [Read full bio...]

Ron Corley
Professor, School of Medicine

Dr. Corley’s research focuses on the relationship between innate and adaptive immunity, and how the two systems interact to generate long-lasting immune responses. His lab also focuses on the consequences of infection with hemorrhagic fever viruses. [Read full bio...]

Jerrold J. Ellner
Professor, School of Medicine

Dr. Ellner is internationally recognized for his research on tuberculosis and its interactions with HIV infection. [Read full bio...]

Jon D. Fuller
Associate Professor, School of Medicine

As a priest, Dr. Fuller is interested in how HIV prevention approaches can be analyzed and supported from the context of Catholic moral theology. [Read full bio...]

Gene Declercq
Professor, School of Public Health

Professor Declercq has done extensive research on ways to ensure healthy deliveries, especially among older mothers, and has closely examined the rising rate of C-sections versus vaginal births. [Read full bio...]

Don Thea
Professor, School of Public Health

Dr. Thea has done extensive research on maternal and infant mortality and worked for many years in resource-poor countries to develop home- and community-based treatments for diseases such as pneumonia. His landmark study led to a change in World Health Organization guidelines for pneumonia treatment. [Read full bio...]

William Anthony
Professor Emeritus, College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College

Professor Anthony is widely known as the father of the national recovery movement that is at the center of the new mental health paradigm. He can discuss how people with psychiatric disorders can establish meaningful lives and recover much more than was previously thought. [Read full bio...]

Dori Hutchinson
Director of Services, Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation
Associate Clinical Professor, College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College

Professor Hutchinson’s areas of expertise include campus mental health promotion services, campus suicide prevention, examining the role of health and well-being in recovery for individuals with psychiatric illness, and the quality of care women with psychiatric disabilities receive. [Read full bio...]

Larry Kohn
Director of Development, Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation

Kohn has spent more than two decades helping adults with mental disorders navigate everything from education to job training to relationships. He is also involved with training faculty and staff to identify and respond to students who may be suicidal or otherwise in distress. [Read full bio...]

Kim Mueser
Executive Director, Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation
Professor, College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College

Professor Mueser’s clinical and research interests include family psychoeducation, the treatment of psychiatric and substance use disorders, psychiatric rehabilitation for serious mental illnesses, and the treatment of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). [Read full bio...]

Joan Salge Blake
Clinical Associate Professor, College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College

A registered dietitian, Professor Salge Blake’s areas of expertise include healthy eating, weight management, and obesity. [Read full bio...]

Stacey Zawacki
Director, Sargent Choice Nutrition Center

Professor Zawacki is a registered dietitian who develops model health promotion programs for institutions, including Boston University’s Sargent Choice Healthy Dining Program for students. She is an expert on young people and healthy eating. [Read full bio...]

Caroline Apovian
Professor, School of Medicine

Dr. Apovian’s areas of interest include new medical treatments for obesity, exercise and dietary patterns, and the role inflammation plays in obesity and diabetes. [Read full bio...]

Barbara Corkey
Professor, School of Medicine

Dr. Corkey’s research focuses on the understanding of lipid metabolism, insulin secretion, and pancreatic beta cell function. She is also studying food additives and whether they contribute to obesity. [Read full bio...]

Recent Article:
“Why We Are Fat,” Bostonia

Karen Jacobs
Clinical Professor, College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College

Professor Jacobs is an ergonomics expert who studies the impact of backpack use and laptop computing. [Read full bio...]

Terry Ellis
Director, Center for Neurorehabilitation
Assistant Professor, College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College

Professor Ellis leads research and runs exercise groups for people with Parkinson’s disease. She also developed a five-day rehabilitation “boot camp” for individuals who have suffered a stroke. [Read full bio...]

Recent Article:
“Parkinson’s Care with a Touch of Harmony,” Inside Sargent (.pdf)

Deborah Frank
Director, Grow Clinic for Children
Professor, School of Medicine

Dr. Frank’s clinical and research interests include nutrition and child development; effects of prenatal exposure to psychoactive and other substances on long-term child development. [Read full bio...]

Karl C. K. Kuban
Professor, School of Medicine

Dr. Kuban’s research is focused on neonatal neurology, cerebral palsy, childhood stroke, autism, and brain injury related to congenital heart disease. [Read full bio...]

Barry Zuckerman
Professor, School of Medicine

Dr. Zuckerman has long focused on how the social environment affects the health of low-income children. He launched Reach Out and Read, an early literacy program that calls for primary care providers to write "prescriptions" for parents to read to their children. He also founded the Medical-Legal Partnership for Children, a national model that brings lawyers into hospitals to help doctors and patients navigate the legal system to secure services. [Read full bio...]

Cara Lewis
Assistant Professor, College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College

Professor Lewis is an expert on the causes of hip pain and ways to prevent joint damage—and the need for hip replacements—by helping people change their gait. [Read full bio...]

Catharine Wang
Associate Professor, School of Public Health

Professor Wang has pursued breakthrough research into how genomic discoveries translate into programs that improve health. She is leading a study that is examining the reactions of people who receive “real-life” feedback on their genetic risks for certain diseases. [Read full bio...]

Jon Simon
Director, Center for Global Health & Development
Chair, Department of International Health
Professor, School of Public Health

Professor Simon has extensive experience working in Africa and South Asia, particularly on issues related to maternal health and child survival, HIV/AIDS, and malaria. He is currently involved in research evaluating the impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on the African economy. He is also conducting evaluation studies on interventions aimed at improving the well-being of children orphaned by HIV/AIDS or left vulnerable by parental HIV/AIDS-related illness. [Read full bio...]

Amy Baltzell
Clinical Associate Professor, School of Education

An expert in sports psychology and counseling, Professor Baltzell was a member of the 1992 Olympic Rowing Team, the 1989–1991 U.S. National Rowing Teams, and the 1995 America’s Cup All-Women’s Sailing Team. [Read full bio...]

Darrell Kotton
Director, Center for Regenerative Medicine
Associate Professor, School of Medicine

Dr. Kotton’s research focuses on stem cell biology and gene therapy to advance the understanding of lung disease and, ultimately, to develop cures for inherited lung diseases like cystic fibrosis. [Read full bio...]

Recent Article:
“From Stem Cells to Lung Cells,” BU Today

George Murphy
Assistant Professor, School of Medicine

Professor Murphy's research is focused on stem cell biology and the development of stem and cell-based therapies aimed at combating blood-borne diseases such as sickle cell anemia, amyloidosis, and thrombotic disorders. [Read full bio...]

Terry Ellis
Director, Center for Neurorehabilitation
Assistant Professor, College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College

Professor Ellis leads research and runs exercise groups for people with Parkinson’s disease. She also developed a five-day rehabilitation “boot camp” for individuals who have suffered a stroke. [Read full bio...]

Gloria Waters
Dean, College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College

Dean Waters’ areas of expertise include language comprehension in aging and after neurological disorders. [Read full bio...]

Dan Alford
Associate Professor, School of Medicine

Dr. Alford is an expert in pain management and opioid abuse on a local, state, and national level. He is on the state of Massachusetts Prescription Monitoring Program board and is the medical director of the state’s safe opioid prescribing trainings. [Read full bio...]

Maryann Amodeo
Co-Director, Center for Addictions Research & Services
Professor, School of Social Work

Professor Amodeo’s interests include alcohol and drug problems, substance abuse treatment, health services research in substance abuse, child welfare, training of social service and health professionals, and culturally responsible social work practice. [Read full bio...]

Domenic Ciraulo
Professor, School of Medicine

Dr. Ciraulo studies alcoholism and addiction with a focus on medication development, the interaction of psychosocial therapy and medication therapy, neuroimaging, and clinical psychopharmacology. [Read full bio...]

Lena Lundgren
Director, Center for Addictions Research & Services
Professor, School of Social Work

Professor Lundgren’s research efforts examine the relationship between injection drug use, substance abuse treatment utilization, and the spread of HIV; she also studies disparities in access to substance abuse treatment. [Read full bio...]

Richard Saitz
Professor, School of Medicine

Dr. Saitz’s areas of expertise and research are in screening and brief intervention for unhealthy alcohol and drug use, integrating substance-related and general healthcare, and improving the quality of care for people with addictions. [Read full bio...]