What’s up Sargent?
With May just beginning, let’s take a minute to look back at April! Last month was full of exciting events, research, and podcast appearances by our faculty, students and staff! You can find a few of April’s highlights below, but make sure to visit our website’s Headlines section for even more Sargent news! Interested in applying to one of our graduate programs? Reach out to us!
Science Finally Has a Good Idea about Why We Stutter
Dr. Frank Guenther appeared on the Scientific American podcast to talk about his research on stuttering – specifically, why stuttering occurs (in approximately one percent of the world’s population). Dr. Guenther works with the Guenther Lab, which is part of our Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences Department.
If you’d like to read a summary of the lab’s work on the mechanics behind stuttering, visit this page.
Why Do So Many Autistic Girls Go Undiagnosed? (BU Today’s Question of the Week Podcast)
Occupational Therapy Professor Gael Orsmond and PhD student Sharada Krishnan – who work in our Families & Autism Research Lab – offer a multifaceted perspective on how and why young women may have a different autistic experience compared to young men. The topic was prompted by the increase in social media anecdotes from young women about their diagnostic journey. Orsmond and Krishnan speak on a diverse range of topics, from discrimination in healthcare to developmental differences between the female and male sexes.
Don’t Get Scammed! (Spot On!)
Sargent College’s nutrition podcast, Spot On!, tackles a difficult topic: scams in healthcare! Dr. Joan Salge-Blake and multimedia content creator for Consumer Reports, Octavio Blanco, discuss scamming strategies and the consequences of being scammed in healthcare.
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Research: Wearable devices reliable in assessing gait, chair stand speed at home in osteoarthritis
Early this month, Michael Rose, a visiting research fellow for our Movement and Applied Imaging Lab, presented at the 2022 OARSI World Congress! He suggests that wearable technologies to assess disease parameters and outcomes in patient homes have been gaining more widespread use in rheumatology. Rose also found that those technologies are reliable assessment tools for gait and standing speed in patients with osteoarthritis. The study included 20 patients with physician-diagnosed OA who had been recruited from the community. Read more here.
April’s Instagram Callout
As part of their Assistive Technology course, first-year Doctor of Occupational Therapy students adapted battery-operated toys using battery-interrupters and adapted switches to promote accessibility! Completed toys will be donated to local centers.
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