Spotlights

A Career of Caring

Six decades after graduating, physical therapist Senora Simpson still draws on lessons learned at Sargent—and from racism faced elsewhere

A new course on bias in healthcare aims to address some of the issues that led to a national racial reckoning in 2020.

Nutrition expert Stacey Zawacki says medically tailored meals can help reduce care costs for chronic conditions.

Caroline Adamson (Sargent’22) ran the 2021 Boston Marathon in honor of her mom who died of leukemia in January.

How wearable sensors could change the future of physical therapy treatments for knee osteoarthritis

Imaging brain activity could help illuminate how infants, particularly those with cerebral palsy, learn to control their arms and hands

Techniques borrowed from voice therapy may help in lowering pitch

Professor Lawrence Were hopes information sharing will help African countries overcome health system inequities in the battle against COVID-19.

Occupational Therapy Professor Jennifer Kaldenberg works to improve the lives of adults with low vision.

The pandemic fueled a low back pain epidemic. Faculty and clinicians from the BU Physical Therapy Center answer the question: “What now?”

Wendy Coster and Tatiana Pontes on the evolution of occupational therapy in the US and internationally—and how Sargent is helping guide it

Jennifer Zuk uses neurobiological and environmental data to identify dyslexia earlier and help kids sooner

Fellowship funding supports research to advance Black women’s health and reduce maternal mortality.

Digital Treatment to Meet the Needs of Smokers with Schizophrenia

Sargent student’s passion for equity paved her way to BU.