Boston University

Public Health

Study authors suggest that cigarettes may become a “cue” for drug use and that nicotine may increase cravings for stimulants and opiates.

Addiction

Cigarette Smoking Linked to Increased Risk of Substance Use Relapse

March 23, 2017

Photo of Lucy Hutyra and Andrew Reinmann in the forest

Climate Change

Good News and Bad News about Forest Fragmentation

March 21, 2017

President Trump discusses the Federal budget in the Roosevelt Room of the White House. OMB director Mick Mulvaney sits to the President's right and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin sits to his left.

Funding

BU Faculty Looks Warily at Trump’s Proposed Budget

March 21, 2017

PhD candidate Emily Lam works with smart lighting sensors as part of Thomas Little's research with the Lighting Enabled Systems & Applications Engineering Research Center (LESA ERC)

Electrical Engineering

New Sensors for Smart Lighting

March 8, 2017

Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) orders convey wishes of patients not to receive CPR during cardiac arrest.

Medicine

Hospitals Vary Widely in Carrying Out DNR Orders

March 7, 2017

Gloria Waters, Vice President and Associate Provost for Research at Boston University, speaks during a meeting of the Boston Biosafety Committee to consider a request by Boston University National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL) for permission to conduct Biosafety Level 4 research at the facility

NEIDL

NEIDL Researchers Present Case for Next-Level Research

March 7, 2017

Previous research indicates that about 10 percent of adolescents report experiencing physical dating violence.

Public Health

Adolescent Dating Violence Fuels Re-Victimization in Adulthood

March 7, 2017

a mother holding a newborn's hand

HIV-AIDS

New Concerns about Children Born to HIV-Infected Mothers

March 6, 2017

Brenda Heaton, assistant professor of health policy and health services research at Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine

Urban Health

Mapping a Path to Better Oral Health

February 19, 2017

Officers of 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Ready First 1st Armored Division, participate in an urban combat exercise at a training facility on Fort Bliss, Texas.

Alzheimer’s Disease

Links Found among Concussion, Genes, and Alzheimer’s

February 16, 2017

Davidson Hamer, professor at Boston University Center for Global Health & Development

Global Health

Understanding Zika’s Spread

February 15, 2017

insulin pen for diabetes treatment

Diabetes

US Deaths from Diabetes Significantly Underestimated

February 10, 2017

Newborn

Public Health

C-Section Rates Level Off After Sharp Increases

February 9, 2017

Maternal mortality

Public Health

Understanding US Maternal Mortality

February 7, 2017

Detox App

Addiction

Detox? There’s an App for That (On the Way)

February 6, 2017

Sandro Galea, Boston University School of Public Health Dean, member of the Board of Scientific Counselors for the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response (OPHPR), and Chair of the Board of the Association of Schools & Programs of Public Health (ASPPH)

Public Policy

SPH Dean Tapped for Public Health Field Leadership Positions

February 2, 2017

Trump

Public Policy

Politics and Public Health

February 1, 2017

prostitution

Public Health

Should the US Legalize Prostitution?

January 27, 2017

Addiction way out problem sign.

Addiction

Referrals Don’t Lead to More Addiction Treatment, Says Study

January 27, 2017

Linda Sprague Martinez, assistant professor at the and racial health disparities researcher at Boston University School of Social Work

Urban Health

Helping Student Scientists Do Health Research at Home

January 26, 2017

Helping Student Scientists Do Health Research at Home