Emphysema: A New Way to Predict Treatment Outcomes?
Computer model may lead to more personalized, optimized treatment Boston University researchers Béla Suki (left) and Jarred Mondoñedo have developed a computer model of emphysema that could help predict patient survival and quality of life following treatment. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi. Emphysema is a long-term and devastating lung disease. As it progresses, the body’s own […]
Regaining a Voice
SAR researcher’s noninvasive tool will make therapy simpler—and more scientific Cara Stepp, a Sargent College assistant professor of speech, language, and hearing sciences, is the first to study relative fundamental frequency (RFF) in individuals with vocal hyperfunction. Photo by Cydney Scott. When Meghan Graham was an undergraduate at Ithaca College, her speech pathology professor pulled […]
New Sensors for Smart Lighting
Responsive sensors aim to improve human health and lighting efficiency By Caitlin Bird. Photos by Jackie Ricciardi Thomas Little, professor of electrical and computer engineering and associate director of the Center for Lighting Enabled Systems & Applications (LESA), in his laboratory at the BU Photonics Center. Imagine sitting in a secluded corner of a college […]
Getting the Word In
BU Deaf Studies researchers look for ways to prevent deaf children from being deprived of language A few years ago, Naomi Caselli, a Boston University Deaf Studies researcher, stumbled upon her father’s faded class picture from the 1960s. He stood in the back, a suited adolescent in a sea of elementary schoolchildren. Caselli assumed he […]
New Concerns about Children Born to HIV-Infected Mothers
SPH study: high percentage at increased risk of illness and death A recent SPH study has found that a growing number of children born to HIV-infected mothers who were not themselves infected, are at a higher risk for developing illnesses and dying. Photo by Lindsay Mgbor/United Kingdom Department for International Development. The last 15 years […]
BU Joins Federal Effort to Engineer Human Tissue
New national institute will develop innovative, life-saving industry Human-made tissue for healing wounds and preserving organs for transplantation won’t be science fiction if a new consortium, including BU, can develop the technology. Photo by BeholdingEye/iStock. Imagine this: a new factory opens in the United States after years of dwindling manufacturing jobs. Unlike the great factories […]
Easing Transition to Civilian Life for Women Veterans
MED researchers create network with Walmart Foundation grant Tara Galovski (left) and Amy Street, MED associate professors of psychiatry, are using a grant from the Walmart Foundation to create the Women Veterans Network to help female vets more successfully reintegrate into civilian life. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi. Women make up 15 percent of US active […]
Grad Student’s Website Makes Political Activism Easy
YouLobby does the homework, you make the call Kira Ganga Kieffer (GRS’19) and her husband, Aaron Eisman, at the Women’s March on Washington on January 21, which inspired them to create the website YouLobby.org. Photo courtesy of Kira Ganga Kieffer. In the weeks since Donald Trump’s inauguration, Americans seem to be riding a continuous wave […]
Finding Lung Cancer in the Nose
MED researchers’ genetic test may open door to easy diagnosis The work of Avrum Spira and his group may eventually lead to a simple screening for lung cancer. Photo by Cydney Scott. Lung cancer is the deadliest form of cancer in the United States—and in the world. According to the National Cancer Institute, it accounts for […]
New Trustee and New Overseer Join BU Boards
An award-winning journalist and a public policy expert elected Kevin Merida (COM’79) (left) has been elected to the Board of Trustees and James Stergios (CAS’85, UNI’03) to the Board of Overseers. Merida photo courtesy of ESPN; Stergios photo courtesy of Pioneer Institute. An award-winning journalist has joined Boston University’s Board of Trustees and the leader […]