Community Health Sciences

Climate Action

Joe Biden’s $2 Trillion Climate Plan? BU Scientists Weigh In

Social Justice

Five New Studies to Probe Pandemic’s Impact on Vulnerable Urban Populations

Gun Culture

New Gun Subculture Is on the Rise in Liberal States with Stricter Gun Laws

Mental Health

In College Students, COVID-19 Has Increased Depression Rate and Raised New Barriers to Mental Health Care

Adolescence & Autism

How Autistic Youth Navigate Alcohol Use and Peer Relationships

Public Opinion & COVID

In National Survey, Americans Say Chinese People Are Blameless for Coronavirus Spread, but Their Government May Owe Us

Data

How Data Science Could Revolutionize Population Health

Scientist on Strike

Why BU Environmental Researcher Nathan Phillips Is on a Hunger Strike

Maternal Health

Why Black Women Face More Health Risks Before, During, and After Pregnancy

Vaping

CDC Bias Against E-Cigarettes Is Putting Kids’ Lives At Risk, Says BU Researcher

Mental Health

Transgender College Students Are Up to Four Times as Likely to Experience Mental Health Problems

GUN DEATHS

The FBI and CDC Datasets Agree: Who Has Guns—Not Which Guns—Linked to Murder Rates

LGBT Health

A Silent Epidemic? Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Women Receive Less Post-Cancer Treatment Than Everyone Else

Addiction

Why Making Buprenorphine Opioid-Based Medication Available without a Prescription Could Save Lives

Public Policy

POV: Medicare for All—Is It Feasible?

Epidemiology

Framingham Heart Study Inspires Researchers to Hit the Road

Accolades

BU researcher named one of 2018’s Ten Outstanding Young Leaders by Boston Chamber of Commerce

Addiction

Almost Half of US Adults Who Drink, Drink Too Much, and Continue to Do So

Cancer

Breast Cancer Research

Urban Health

Helping Student Scientists Do Health Research at Home