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SPH Selects Winners of Dean’s Innovation Challenge

BU School of Public Health Blog

Monitoring Public Health Emergencies Huimin Cheng , assistant professor of biostatistics, and Vedika Srivastava , a research scientist in the Department of Biostatistics, intend to use their award to develop a new digital platform that integrates multiple public data sources to enhance early detection and response to emerging health threats.

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Professor Receives $29M NIH Grant to Study Dementia Risk Factors, Prevention, and Treatment

BU School of Public Health Blog

September 27, 2024 0 Jillian McKoy Twitter Facebook Up to 45 percent of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) cases could be prevented by modifiable risk factors, but current research is limited to observational studies that make it difficult to establish definitive causes.

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The Pivot with Dr. Hongtu Zhu

UNC Epidemiology Blog

I play a pivotal role in public health as a professor and researcher at UNC-Chapel Hill, where I hold appointments across several departments, including biostatistics, genetics, radiology, computer science and statistics. Dr. Zhu speaks at the Department of Biostatistics’ 75th anniversary celebration.

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Breast milk from Mennonite moms on farms better protects babies from allergies

Frontiers

Multiple lifestyle and environmental risk factors have been proposed. Another probable factor is the steady decrease in the time spent playing outside by children, resulting in less physical activity, a higher body mass index, shallower breathing patterns, less exposure to bacteria, and a greater exposure to indoor allergens.

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What You Eat (And When) Can Affect Your Weight & Heart

Black Health Matters

a professor and chair of the department of epidemiology and biostatistics at the Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine in Shanghai, China. Its crucial for patients, particularly those with existing heart conditions or cancer, to be aware of the association between an 8-hour eating window and increased risk of cardiovascular death.