About the Department of Health Sciences

Why do muscles enlarge from a workout and atrophy from certain diseases? Why do strokes occur? What happens inside your brain when you hear or walk or remember? How can eating disorders be treated? What are the latest findings on autism? The hottest topics in neuroscience?

Our Health Sciences department has answers to a dizzying range of questions. It’s the largest department at BU Sargent College, with the broadest range of programs and career possibilities. Where you’ll go with the strong scientific foundation you’ll build here—on to medical school or into nutrition, neuroscience, public health, or private industry, to name just a few—is up to you.

Commitment to Equity, Inclusion, and Anti-Racism

The Health Sciences Department condemns discrimination in all forms and recognizes our role in providing an inclusive educational environment and experience while working to dismantle oppression in the fields of health science, global public health, human physiology, and nutrition. We acknowledge this statement as a starting point for our socially just, antiracist, anti-imperialist, anti-heteronormative, and anti-abelist work. We are committed to promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in science and beyond, and strive to counteract the underrepresentation of many racial and ethnic, disability, economically disadvantaged, female-identifying, and LGBTQIA+ identities in the scientific community. Read our full statement and action plan for equity, inclusion, and anti-racism.