Bouvé College of Health Sciences Archives

Gene Tunik, associate dean for research and innovation, works in his lab in Robinson Hall on Sept.14, 2021. Northeastern received a prestigious major research instrumentation grant to acquire a new brain stimulation machine. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

Why a groundbreaking brain stimulation machine promises new health insights

Northeastern will soon be home to a “revolutionary” brain stimulator that researchers can use to study everything from cognition, emotion, and memory to movement disorders, motor function, and aging, says Gene Tunik, associate dean of research and innovation at Northeastern.

by Tanner Stening September 14, 2021

Novak Djokovic, of Serbia, returns a shot during the first round of the US Open tennis championships, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021, in New York. AP Photo/Frank Franklin II

Are athletes’ immune systems better equipped to fight COVID-19?

Athletes make headlines for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine, claiming they don’t need it. “It’s a false narrative,” says Mansoor Amiji, Northeastern University Distinguished Professor in the departments of pharmaceutical sciences and chemical engineering.

by Tanner Stening September 1, 2021

Northeastern students gather at Krentzman Quad before the start of the fall semester

Campus infused with new energy as students move into dorms for the fall

After the pandemic lull, people are excited to be back on campus and mixing face-to-face with others again. “There's definitely an energy,” says one student of the upbeat mood.

by Peter Ramjug August 31, 2021

man in a blue jacket running on a bridge

Their co-op contributed to advancing new research on Alzheimer’s and brain health

Sabrina Bond and Sofia Mazuera, fourth-year neuroscience students, received co-authorship credit for a published study that yielded new insights into Alzheimer’s and other neurological diseases.

by Peter Ramjug August 30, 2021

With COVID-19 infections surging, can doctors refuse treatment to unvaccinated patients?

As more health care workers share their testimony from the bedsides of the sick, growing frustration over the sheer number of unvaccinated patients taking up beds has some asking: Can doctors refuse to treat, or decline to see, patients who are unvaccinated? Several Northeastern experts weigh in.

by Tanner Stening August 25, 2021

Why the pandemic is more confusing than ever

Mask on. Mask off. Now, put your mask on again. Don’t leave your house. Hug your grandparents. Stop hugging Grandma. Trying to navigate the renewed risks of the pandemic amidst the Delta variant may make your head spin. “We are in a situation where the ground rules have changed,” says Rory Smead, associate professor of philosophy at Northeastern.

by Eva Botkin-Kowacki August 23, 2021

Graduate student Diego Arguello is working on a study funded by the National Institute of Aging to help improve and sustain physical activity and fitness in older adults using AI.

To sit less and promote healthy aging, artificial intelligence may be key

Diego Arguello, a doctoral student working in the Exercise Science Laboratory at Northeastern, is running a clinical trial funded by the National Institute on Aging that looks at using AI to help combat what’s become an epidemic of sedentariness in modern life that’s linked to early death and poor health.

by Tanner Stening August 19, 2021

Here’s how to make sense of the new guidance on booster shots. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University

Why the Biden administration now says we need booster shots for COVID-19

New research reveals that COVID-19 vaccine protections began to decline in the middle of the summer when the delta variant was sweeping through the nation. “As we get new information, as the data provides new clues and a new direction in terms of what we need to do, we have to then respond accordingly,” says Neil Maniar, professor of public health practice at Northeastern.

by Eva Botkin-Kowacki August 18, 2021

Large crowds of people with and without masks fill Times Square in New York City.

It could be too late to stop the Delta variant–and to achieve ‘herd immunity’; Here’s why

Now that cases are rising across the country again because of the high transmissibility of the Delta variant, even with more than half of the U.S. population fully vaccinated, it’s time that health authorities rethink the pandemic “endgame,” says Neil Maniar, professor of the practice and director of the Master of Public Health in Urban Health program at Northeastern.

by Tanner Stening August 13, 2021

A selection of caviar from California Caviar Company.

The caviar industry was in trouble. This former nursing student is saving it.

An entrepreneurship award from Northeastern is helping to revolutionize the caviar industry, says Deborah Keane, founder and chief executive officer of the groundbreaking California Caviar Company. She is committed to the development of “no-kill caviar,” which enables ripe eggs to be massaged from a female sturgeon without killing or cutting into the fish.

by Ian Thomsen August 10, 2021