Sargent in the Summer
Although the 2022-2023 school year has come to an end, Sargent College is still busy! We have hosted events, faculty have published new work, and innovative research is ongoing. This update also includes a special spotlight on one of our own doctoral students, Allison Aaron, MS, CCC-SLP!
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BU researcher Jesse Moreira works to improve the education and representation of marginalized groups
How might future clinicians, researchers, and medical professionals be better trained to serve LGBTQ+ identifying patients? With research expertise in cardiovascular systems and disease, Moreira educates students on the burden of heart disease on historically marginalized communities and the full spectrum of the cardiovascular system. By increasing representation in the classroom, and enhancing students’ understanding of how chronic stress from marginalization impacts heart health, Moreira works to improve patient care.
“When we train more inclusive-minded scientists and clinicians, we reduce implicit bias that they hold, and possibly that will translate as better outcomes for their patients one day or better designed clinical trials,” Moreira says.
Celebrating National Biomechanics Day!
Medway High School freshmen Regan Longval (left) and Elizabeth McNeil (right) learn about measuring knee strength using a dynamometer from BU PhD student and research assistant Soyoung Lee (Sargent’24) in Sargent’s Movement & Applied Imaging Lab, May 22. The group of Medway High students was invited to BU after winning 1st Place in the Biomedical Science category at the recent Student Industry Connects competition hosted by Mass STEM Hub.
Spotlight:
Q&A with Allison Aaron, MS, CCC-SLP from the STEPP Lab
Allison is a doctoral student in the Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences Department at Sargent College, and works in the STEPP Lab for Sensorimotor Rehabilitation Engineering. She works primarily with transgender voice therapy. She was interviewed by Lauren Tropio, a student in our MS in Speech-Language Pathology program.
HealthMatters Podcast:
Learn how an occupational therapist can advocate for neurodiverse populations:
Hear from Bryden Carlson-Giving, a neurodivergent, doctoral student at Boston University and pediatric occupational therapy practitioner based in Minnesota:
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