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    To survive a trauma like the Capitol riot, it helps to discuss it


    Graphic depictions of the deadly Jan. 6th insurrection were shown Tuesday at Former President Trump’s impeachment trial. Northeastern professors who specialize in mental health say acknowledging the impact can help reduce the stigma of PTSD.

    • by Hillary Chabot   February 9, 2021
  • Physical therapy—but socially distanced


    Christopher J. Hasson, director of the Neuromotor Systems Laboratory at Northeastern, is pioneering research that combines physical therapy with tele-robotics — creating a robotic arm…

    • by Cam Sleeper   January 6, 2021
  • Graduate students in Northeastern's Physician Assistant Program wear face shields, masks, and gloves while practicing physical exam skills in class. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

    How do you learn hands-on medical skills during a pandemic?


    Clad in masks, face shields, and gloves, a dozen students in Northeastern's physician assistant program begin to pore over each other’s hands, arms, neck, and scalp. Six more students begin the same process without all the protective equipment; their patients are family members, friends, and partners, and their exam spaces are living rooms, bedrooms, and home offices.

    • by Laura Castañón   August 27, 2020
  • A mouthguard hangs over a doctor's coat in a family doctor's surgery in a treatment room. AP Photo by Marijan Murat/picture-alliance/dpa

    Taking the ‘physical’ out of physical therapy


    Kellie Bedoni, a Northeastern graduate who works as a physical therapist, had to learn how to help her patients in a hands-off way. It wasn’t an easy transition, she said during a webinar hosted by the Bouvé College of Health Sciences, but like others in her profession, she has had to acclimate to new protocols brought about by COVID-19.

    • by Khalida Sarwari   August 26, 2020
  • Sierra Still, a graduate student of speech-language pathology at Northeastern, raised $1,280 in donations, and used the money to create nine care packages, which she sent out to speech language pathologists in the Greater Boston area. Photo courtesy of Sierra Still.

    Here’s how students are supporting speech language pathologists on the front lines of COVID-19


    Sierra Still, a graduate student at Northeastern, raised over $1,200 to create and mail care packages to speech language pathologists—healthcare workers she says are sometimes overlooked.

    • by Irvin Zhang   August 10, 2020
  • Clockwise from top left, Alisa K. Lincoln, Rachel Rodgers, Dean Carmen Sceppa, and Suzanne Garverich. Screenshots by Northeastern University

    How has COVID-19 affected mental health and well-being?


    During a panel on mental health, Northeastern researchers discussed the impact of COVID-19 on people’s emotional well-being and the effects of the pandemic on people with serious mental illness and disordered eating.

    • by Khalida Sarwari   July 30, 2020
  • Creative rendition of particles of SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Credit: NIAID

    Scientists still don’t have all the answers about the coronavirus–and that’s a sign of progress


    As researchers study SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 at breakneck speeds, one key aspect to keep in mind is that the research is happening while everyone watches. “The public is getting front-row seats to the scientific method, probably in a way they never imagined they would’ve experienced,” says Samuel Scarpino, who runs the Emergent Epidemics Lab at Northeastern.

    • by Roberto Molar Candanosa   July 27, 2020
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    Is contact tracing enough to slow the spread of COVID-19?


    As schools, businesses, and organizations prepare to reopen, efforts to trace contacts and provide COVID-19 testing will need to be amplified to prevent a new wave of infections, said a panel of current and former Northeastern public health students who are working as contact tracers.

    • by Khalida Sarwari   July 24, 2020
  • Police officers are reflected in the glass wall of a bus stop as a demonstration calling for the defunding of the police department marches by on June 13, 2020 in Philadelphia. AP Photo/David Goldman

    The research is clear: White people are not more likely than Black people to be killed by police.


    When President Donald Trump responded to a question about Black people who have died at the hands of U.S. law enforcement by focusing his attention on white victims, he was engaging in a “grotesque” misdirection, says Matt Miller, a Northeastern professor who studies gun violence. “Black people are more likely to be killed per capita by law enforcement than are white people,” Miller says.

    • by Ian Thomsen   July 16, 2020
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