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Boston University School of Medicine. BU researcher Michael Alosco was awarded a grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to study a new method of detecting chronic traumatic encephalopathy — CTE — in living people. SHANNON DAMIANO/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU neurology professor receives NIH grant to study brain trauma in NFL players

Anne Jonas January 26, 2021
The National Institute of Neurological Disorders awarded Boston University associate professor of neurology Michael Alosco a two-year $460,000 grant to study the chronic traumatic encephalopathy brain disease.
Boston University Ph.D. student Michael Rosario, pictured above, was awarded a four-year Health Policy Research Scholarship from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. COURTESY OF MICHAEL ROSARIO

BU doctoral student receives health policy research scholarship

Sari Cohen October 14, 2018
A Boston University doctoral student has received a scholarship from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the nation’s largest philanthropic organization dedicated to health.

City Crime Logs: Jan. 26

Solange Hackshaw February 1, 2018

The following crime reports were taken from the Boston Police Department crime logs from Jan. 26th.   Driving Miss Mary Jane: A Drug Transaction on Commonwealth Ave. While conducting a drug...

Alzheimer’s and dementia rates in Boston are steadily increasing. PHOTO BY MADDIE MALHOTRA/ DFP FILE PHOTO

Legislature looks into Alzheimer’s crisis in Massachusetts

Camila Beiner October 26, 2017

New research has found Alzheimer’s disease continues to be a growing problem both in Boston and for the future of health care. The Alzheimer’s Association Massachusetts is collaborating with the...

The National Institutes of Health and National Institute on Aging awards the Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Center a $5.4 million grant renewal. PHOTO BY MADDIE MALHOTRA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

NIH renews Alzheimer’s Disease Center’s multi-million dollar grant

Andres Picon September 6, 2017

The National Institutes of Health and the National Institute on Aging renewed a three-year $5.4 million research grant for the Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Center on Aug. 25. The grant will...

Joining Hands is a program within the Boston University Community Service Center that helps students connect with elders and people with disabilities. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY RACHEL MCLEAN/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

CSC’s Joining Hands reaches out to people with disabilities

Elise Takahama December 2, 2015

Many individuals make what activist groups consider the mistake of agreeing with seemingly harmless assumptions about those living with disabilities. Part of that comes from an unbalanced media portrayal,...

BU undergrad fights for Alzheimer’s awareness, research

Daily Free Press Admin September 12, 2013

In an effort to take raise awareness about Alzheimer’s, disease, a Boston University student with a personal stake in the disease’s eradication will take part in the Greater Boston Walk to End Alzheimer’s...

Boston hospital developing promising Alzheimer drug

Daily Free Press Admin January 28, 2013

A new drug is being developed at Brigham and Women’s Hospital that could slow or even halt the development of Alzheimer’s disease in patients. The Center for Alzheimer’s Research and Treatment at...

BUSM researchers find link in DNA connecting cataracts to Alzheimer’s

Daily Free Press Admin September 13, 2012

Researchers at the Boston University School of Medicine and School of Public Health identified a gene connecting age-related cataracts to Alzheimer’s disease, according to a Sept. 11 press release. “Investigators...

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