Boston University

Public Health

Ashish Premkumar, OB/GYN, women's health in refugee camps, Lebanon, Zambia

Public Health

An Unconventional OB/GYN

June 6, 2013

tanning bed, solarium, skin cancer, melanoma, FDA regulation

Health & Medicine

Ban the Tan?

June 5, 2013

Boston University BU, School of Public Health SPH, clinical assistant professor, Safer Sex in the City, Science to Policy, online social media safety and teens

Public Safety

Your Teens Online

May 30, 2013

Julie Gerberding, first woman to head the Centers for Disease Control, Merck Pharmaceuticals, Boston University BU School of Public Health SPH Convocation 2013

Commencement

SPH Convocation Speaker: Become “Dauntless Doers”

May 22, 2013

Boston University BU, School of Public Health SPH, global cause children childhood death worldwide, pneumonia, diarrhea

Public Health

Keeping Two Million Children from Dying Each Year

April 12, 2013

Boston University BU, BU School of Medicine MED, BU School of Public Health SPH, moderate alcohol consumption risks, American Journal of Public Health, Timothy Naimi research

Alcohol

A Drink a Day Raises Cancer Risk, Study Says

April 8, 2013

Boston University BU, Sargent College SAR, alumni improve womens health, rural India, India Research and Outreach Initiative, Gujarator Charutar Arogya Mandal, Dudley Allen Sargent Research Fund

Public Health

Helping Women in India without Leaving Boston

March 8, 2013

Boston University BU, Beverly A. Brown professorship, trustee Richard Shipley 4 million dollar gift, Campaign for BU, Office of Technology Development

Campaign

Trustee Richard Shipley’s Gift Creates Beverly Brown Professorship

March 5, 2013

Boston University BU, sexperts, sexual health initiative, condom fairies, student health services

Sex

SHS Health Initiative Features “Sexperts”

February 27, 2013

underaged drinking, alcohol brands, beer brands

Safety

New Study: Alcohol Brands Underage Drinkers Prefer

February 26, 2013

Boston University BU, breastfeeding health and economic benefits, sexualization breastfeeding

Health & Medicine

Why Media Depiction of Breasts Gets Failing Grade

February 21, 2013

Gulf War Illness, Gulf War Syndrome, Kim Sullivan, Boston University School of Public Health SPH

Public Health

Closing in on a Medical Mystery

February 19, 2013

Boston University BU Child Language Lab, Language and Cognitive Processes, argent College assistant professor of speech, language, and hearing sciences Sudha Arunachalam

Research

To Moop or Not to Moop

February 13, 2013

Boston University School of Medicine BUSM, Boston Healthcare for the Homeless

Students

Medicine with a Mission

February 7, 2013

Boston University BU, Sargent College SAR, Susan Kandarian lab, professor of health sciences, volunteer Partners In Health PIH, InsideSargent

Students

How Malaria Changed SAR Student’s Life

January 29, 2013

Boston University BU, School of Public Health SPH, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Superfund Research Program, Jennifer Schlezinger, toxic contaminants research, 11 million dollar award

Science & Technology

SPH Superfund Program Secures $11 Million from NIH

January 11, 2013

Boston University BU, high school obesity, Boston Moves for Health, public health, exercise nutrition obesity prevention education

Volunteer

Extolling the Virtues of a Public Health Career

January 10, 2013

mercury contaminated fish, Effects of eating fish while pregnant, Attention Defecit Disorder in children, Sharon Sagiv, Boston University School of Public Health, Susan Korrick, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Health & Medicine

Pros and Cons of Eating Fish While Pregnant

December 14, 2012

Willpath mobile smartphone app, healthy eating lifestyle, Daniel Imler, Boston University School of Public Health SPH

Science & Technology

Wealth from Willpath

December 14, 2012

Boston University BU, School of Medicine BUSM, Eugene Lee, home care visit geriatric patients Boston, public health

Medicine

House Calls and a Higher Purpose

December 4, 2012

House Calls and a Higher Purpose