Sargent College has been awarded a $10,000 Diversity and Inclusion Promotion Grant from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. This grant supports minority recruitment and retention projects by dietetics education programs accredited/approved by the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND), dietetic practice groups, member interest groups, and Academy affiliates. Sargent received the […]
Research study in stroke survivors with chronic hemiparesis shows soft exosuit technology to bring immediate improvements in walking speed and endurance tests Stroke is the leading cause of serious long-term disability in the US with approximately 17 million individuals experiencing it each year. About 8 out of 10 stroke survivors suffer from “hemiparesis,” a paralysis […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future has named doctor of occupational therapy student Marial Williams a 2020 Graduate Summer Fellow. Williams will study the intersections of music and public health in relation to communicable diseases. Beginning May 2, Pardee’s Graduate Summer Fellows will spend 10 weeks developing research papers to […]
(3/9/20, Boston Globe) Expert Quote: “…it’s the only neurodegenerative disease in which there is treatment; medicines control symptoms for a long time. I say to patients, ‘You need to learn to live with it.’ People can live for decades when diagnosed. There are ways to optimize the outcome.” – Associate Professor and Chair, Terry Ellis. […]
(3/6/20, The Conversation) At one time or another, just about every parent uses food to reward their kids for good behavior and achievements — or to console them when they’re sad or disappointed. When children make honor roll, win a big game or persevere through a struggle, a parent might express their pride and joy […]
Terry Ellis, PhD, PT, NCS, associate professor and chair in the Department of Physical Therapy & Athletic Training, has been named a 2020 Catherine Worthingham Fellow of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA). This is the second consecutive year that a Sargent faculty member has been selected for the top honor. Clinical Associate Professor Julie […]
Students and faculty from our DPT and PhD programs presented their research at the American Physical Therapy Association’s 2020 Combined Sections Meeting in February.
(2/18/20, Daily Free Press) Students in Boston University’s Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences presented their research at the American Physical Therapy Association’s 2020 Combined Sections Meeting, a national conference that ran from Wednesday through Saturday.E llie Ottman and Jenna Zajec, both first year PhD students at Sargent, traveled to Denver, Colorado for the […]
(2/20/2020, WGBH) Expert Quote: “It’s not so much that it’s hard to say, it’s that it’s hard to know how to say it, the way it’s spelled,” said Boston University Professor of Phonetics Tyler Perrachione. “The ‘u’ makes a lot of different sounds, the ‘g’, you usually think of as a ‘guh’ so when we […]
Professor Helen Barbas and Graduate Program in Neuroscience student Mary Kate Joyce have created a detailed map of the neural pathways leading to and from area 25 in a nonhuman primate, a complex region known as the “sadness center” of the brain. “The pattern of connection is very important,” says Barbas. Read the article.
(12/18/19, BU Today) In a windowless room in the basement of Sargent College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences, the day has finally arrived. It’s the Big Dissection. Two cadavers lie on gurneys in the back of the room under sharp fluorescent lights. Over the course of the semester so far, the graduate students have dissected […]
Wendy Coster, Professor and Chair in the Department of Occupational Therapy, has been selected as the 2020 recipient of the Presidents’ Commendation Award from The American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) and The American Occupational Therapy Foundation (AOTF). The rarely given accolade was established jointly by the governing Boards of both AOTA and AOTF to honor […]
(10/29/19, BU Today) “…even before a woman gets pregnant, there are opportunities for clinicians to reduce the health risks associated with future pregnancies. That’s the idea behind the Gabby Preconception Care System, a computer program designed to help make women healthier before pregnancy begins by improving access to preconception care, providing relevant information, and building […]
(11/25/19, U.S. News) Expert Quote: “The time of day that you eat your dinner may have an impact on how your body stores the excess calories from your feast. Research is suggesting that eating a higher percentage of your daily calories closer to the time you go to sleep may increase your body fat…Rather than […]