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Four Tufts University Faculty Are Named Top Researchers in the World

Four Tufts University researchers have been named to a ranking of the world’s most highly cited researchers. The researchers in the Clarivate 2024 list have a significant impact on the research community as judged by the rate their work is cited...
19-Nov-2024 1:00 PM EST Add to Favorites

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Study Challenges Assumptions About How Tuberculosis Bacteria Grow

The rod-shaped tuberculosis (TB) bacterium, which the World Health Organization has once again ranked as the top infectious disease killer globally, is the first single-celled organism ever observed to maintain a consistent growth rate throughout...
15-Nov-2024 2:50 PM EST Add to Favorites

Research Concentrates on Genes That Cause Tumors in the Meibomian Gland

Tufts University researcher dedicated to finding treatments for cancer by researching tumors that develop in Meibomian glands, the specialized oil-secreting glands of the eyelid.
14-Nov-2024 1:30 PM EST Add to Favorites

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Tufts Mathematics Professor’s Gift Renames Science and Engineering Complex

Today, Tufts University announced that Loring Tu, a professor in the Department of Mathematics, has made a substantial gift to name the Science and Engineering Complex (SEC) in honor of his late grandfather, Tsungming Tu, who was a world-renowned...
13-Nov-2024 2:55 PM EST Add to Favorites

New Research Highlights Potential Role of the Thalamus in Complex Reasoning

11-Nov-2024 2:25 PM EST Add to Favorites

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AI Needs to Work on Its Conversation Game

Linguistics and computer science researchers at Tufts University have discovered some of the root causes of the inability of AI to engage in human-like conversation
12-Nov-2024 5:40 AM EST Add to Favorites

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People with Schizophrenia Show Distinct Brain Activity When Faced with Conflicting Information

In a study published November 7 in the journal Cell Reports Medicine, researchers from Tufts University School of Medicine and Vanderbilt University School of Medicine show that people with schizophrenia generate distinct neural patterns when asked...
1-Nov-2024 4:55 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Overall Youth Turnout Down From 2020 But Strong in Battleground States

Voter turnout among young people ages 18-29 was 42% (with +/- 1% margin of error) overall in the 2024 presidential election, and much higher—50% on aggregate—in key battleground states across the country (AZ, GA, MI, NV, NC, PA, WI), according...
6-Nov-2024 8:50 PM EST Add to Favorites

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Teaching AI the Rules of the Brain

As scientists across every field grapple with what AI will mean for their work, physician scientist Michael Halassa, an associate professor of neuroscience at Tufts University School of Medicine, is focused on how it could transform the study of...
15-Nov-2024 9:10 AM EST

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A Judge’s Action Muddies the Waters on Fluoridation

A Tufts University School of Dental Medicine expert weighs in on federal judge’s order that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency take action regarding the level of fluoride allowed in public water.
24-Oct-2024 2:50 PM EDT

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Switching to Plant Milk? Here's What You Should Know

Alice H. Lichtenstein, senior scientist at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (HNRCA) at Tufts University and the Stanley N. Gershoff Professor of Nutrition at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts...
23-Oct-2024 2:45 PM EDT

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Pediatric Dentist on Halloween Candy and Teeth

15-Oct-2024 9:05 AM EDT

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Survey Reports on Jewish Students’ Experiences at U.S. Colleges

The percentage of Jewish students on U.S. college campuses who said their Jewish identity was very important to them increased significantly from 2022 to 2024, according to a new study by a Tufts political scientist.
2-Oct-2024 11:05 AM EDT

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Oil Pulling for Oral Health: To Swish or Not to Swish?

A method of traditional Ayurvedic medicine native to India, oil pulling involves swishing oil in your mouth for about 10-15 minutes before spitting it out, and proponents of the process have touted various oral health benefits. Y. Natalie Jeong,...
2-Aug-2024 10:05 AM EDT

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Something to Chew On Before You Sink Your Teeth into Those Gummy Vitamins

Whether in the grocery aisle, at the pharmacy, or at a dispensary, little gummy treats containing vitamins, supplements, or THC have become ubiquitous. But do the benefits of gummies (and closely-related chewies) outweigh the risks they can pose to...
26-Jul-2024 10:05 AM EDT

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Struggling with doing physical therapy exercises at home? Here’s how to stay on track

Physical therapy can be a life changer, helping people address chronic pain, recovery from surgery or injury, or getting back to a beloved sport. But that’s only if physical therapy is done — and done right. Faculty from the Tufts University...
11-Jul-2024 8:05 AM EDT

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Tufts University, located on campuses in Boston, Medford/Somerville and Grafton, Massachusetts, and in Talloires, France, is recognized among the premier research universities in the United States. Tufts enjoys a global reputation for academic excellence and for the preparation of students as leaders in a wide range of professions. A growing number of innovative teaching and research initiatives span all Tufts campuses, and collaboration among the faculty and students in the undergraduate, graduate and professional programs across the university's schools is widely encouraged.

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MEDICAL, SCIENCE

Pilar Alcaide, Ph.D., M.S.

Professor, Immunologist

Keywords:
Autoimmune,Autoimmune Disease,Cardiac,Heart Failure,Immune Response,Immunology,T-Cell,Vascular Biology

Wendy Puryear

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Keywords:
Infectious Disease,Molecular Virology,Viral Evolution

Amanda Martinot, D.V.M., M.P.H., Ph.D., DACVP

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Keywords:
HIV,Infectious Diseases,Monkeypox,mpox

Elizabeth Byrnes, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Comparative Pathobiology

Keywords:
Neuroscience,Opioid

MEDICAL, SCIENCE

Cheryl London , D.V.M., Ph.D., ACVIM

Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education

Keywords:
Clinical Trials,Oncology,Veterinary Medicine

MEDICAL, SCIENCE

Joel Mason, MD

Senior Scientist, Vitamins and Carcinogenesis Team

Keywords:
Cancer Research,Carcinogenesis,Colorectal Cancer,Obesity

MEDICAL, SCIENCE

Linden Hu, AB, MD

Paul and Elaine Chervinsky Professor of Immunology

Keywords:
babesiosis,Infectious Disease,Lyme Disease,tick-borne diseases,tick-borne infection

MEDICAL

Benton Lindaman, P.T., D.P.T., B.A.

Assistant Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Science

Keywords:
Exercise,physical rehabilitation,Physical Therapy

Jeffrey Foucrier, P.T., D.P.T., O.C.S.

Assistant Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Science

Keywords:
Exercise,physical rehabilitation,Physical Therapy

MEDICAL

Michael Clarke, P.T., D.P.T.

Assistant Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Science

Keywords:
Exercise,Orthopedic,physical rehabilitation,Physical Therapy

SCIENCE

Meera Gatlin , DVM

Assistant Teaching Professor

Keywords:
Infectious Diesease,Public Health

MEDICAL

Aikaterini Papathanasiou, MBA, DDS, DMD

Professor and Chair of Comprehensive Care

Keywords:
Dental,Dental School,Dentist,Dentistry,Oral Health

Y. Natalie Jeong, DMD

Professor and Chair of Periodontology

Keywords:
Dental,Dentist,periodontal care,Periodontology

MEDICAL, SCIENCE

Chris Dulla, Ph.D.

Professor and Interim Chair, Department of Neuroscience

Keywords:
Astrocyte,Brain Trauma,Concussion,Epilepsy,Neurological Disease,Neuronal Activity,Neuroscience,Synaptic Activity,Traumatic Brain Injury

MEDICAL

Eric Hegedus, PhD, DPT, MHSc, MPT

Professor and Chair, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences

Keywords:
exercise intervention,injury recovery,musculoskeletal care,Physical Therapy,Rehabilitation,Sports Injury

MEDICAL

David Leader

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Keywords:
comprehensive care,dental emergencies,Oral Health Care

MEDICAL

Karina Irusa

Assistant Professor, Comprehensive Care

Keywords:
Caries,comprehensive care,Dental Erosion,Oral Health,Tooth Whitening,Vaping

MEDICAL, SCIENCE

Alice H. Lichtenstein, DSc

Senior Scientist

Keywords:
Cardiovascular Health,Nutrition,nutrition and aging,Nutrition Education

MEDICAL, SCIENCE

Cornelia Peterson, DVM, PhD, DACVP (Anatomic Pathology)

assistant professor at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University

Keywords:
eye,ocular cancer,ocular oncology

SCIENCE

Michael Halassa, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Neuroscience and Psychiatry

Keywords:
AI,Brain,cognition and brain,Neuroscience

SCIENCE

Nicole Tichenor Blackstone, PhD

Assistant Professor in the Division of Agriculture, Food, and Environment

Keywords:
Food and environment,Food Policy,food systems,Life Cycle Assessment,Social Responsibility,Sustainability

MEDICAL

Dariush Mozaffarian, MD, DrPH

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Keywords:
cardiometabolic diseases,Cardiovascular Disease,Diet And Lifestyle,Food is Medicine,Heart Disease,nutrition policy,Nutrition Security,Public Health,ultraprocessed food

SCIENCE

Jonathan Runstadler , D.V.M., Ph.D.

Chair, Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health

Keywords:
Global Health,H5N1,Influenza,Virology,Virus

Maureen Murray , D.V.M., DABVP

Associate Clinical Professor & director, Tufts Wildlife Clinic at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine

Keywords:
rodenticides

Sam Telford , Sc.D.

Professor, Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health

Keywords:
babesiosis,Deer Ticks,Lyme Disease,powasson virus,tickborne diseases

SCIENCE

Hellen Amuguni, B.V.M., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine

Keywords:
Global Health,one health

MEDICAL

Michael Siegel, MD, MPH

Professor

Keywords:
Alcohol,Firearms,Gun Control,Gun Violence,guns,Guns and Violence,health inequities,mass shootings,Public Health,Tobacco,tobacco advertising

MEDICAL

Karin Arsenault, DMD, MPH

Hilde H. Tillman, D49, Professor in Geriatric Dentistry

Keywords:
community-based care,dental education ,Health Care Policy,Oral Health,Public Health

SCIENCE, BUSINESS

Sean Cash, PhD

Chair of the Division of Agriculture, Food and Environment, and Bergstrom Foundation Professor in Global Nutrition

Keywords:
consumer choices,Food and environment,Food Labelling,Food Production,health messages

SCIENCE

Erin Coughlan de Perez, PhD

Research Director

Keywords:
Food Production,heat and drought,Humanitarian Response

MEDICAL, SCIENCE

Jamie Maguire , Ph.D.

Kenneth and JoAnn G Wellner Professor Neuroscience

Keywords:
Biochemistry,Cell Biology,Cognitive Sciences,Neuroscience,Psychology

MEDICAL

Athanasios Zavras, DDS

Chair and Professor of Public Health and Community Service

Keywords:
Caries,Oral Cancer,Oral Health

MEDICAL, LIFE

Erin Hennessy, PhD, MPH

Director of ChildObesity180, Assistant Professor

Keywords:
Childhood Obesity,community-based interventions,Food Policy

MEDICAL

Cheen Loo, MPH, DMD

Chair of pediatric dentistry

Keywords:
Caries,children and oral health,Dentistry and children,Dentistry and kids,Pediatric Dentistry

MEDICAL

Kathryn Sawyer, PT, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Science

Keywords:
Back Pain,gait analysis,Neck Pain,Physical Therapy,risk of falls

MEDICAL, SCIENCE

Carlos Pinto

Chair, ambulatory medicine and theriogenology at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine

Keywords:
animal reproduction,Theriogenology

SCIENCE

Fang Fang Zhang

Chair, Division of Nutrition Epidemiology and Data Science

Keywords:
Cancer epidemiology,Food is Medicine,nutrition and cancer prevention,Produce prescription programs,ultraprocessed food

SCIENCE

José Ordovás

Senior Scientist

Keywords:
Molecular Biology,Nutrition,Obesity,precision nutrition

MEDICAL, SCIENCE

Christina Economos

Dean and New Balance Chair in Childhood Nutrition

Keywords:
Child Health,Child Nutrition,community-based health interventions,Food is Medicine

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Pilar Alcaide, Ph.D., M.S.

Wendy Puryear

Amanda Martinot, D.V.M., M.P.H., Ph.D., DACVP

Elizabeth Byrnes, Ph.D.

Cheryl London , D.V.M., Ph.D., ACVIM

Joel Mason, MD

Linden Hu, AB, MD

Benton Lindaman, P.T., D.P.T., B.A.

Jeffrey Foucrier, P.T., D.P.T., O.C.S.

Michael Clarke, P.T., D.P.T.

Meera Gatlin , DVM

Aikaterini Papathanasiou, MBA, DDS, DMD

Y. Natalie Jeong, DMD

Chris Dulla, Ph.D.

Eric Hegedus, PhD, DPT, MHSc, MPT

David Leader

Karina Irusa

Alice H. Lichtenstein, DSc

Cornelia Peterson, DVM, PhD, DACVP (Anatomic Pathology)

Michael Halassa, MD, PhD

Nicole Tichenor Blackstone, PhD

Dariush Mozaffarian, MD, DrPH

Jonathan Runstadler , D.V.M., Ph.D.

Maureen Murray , D.V.M., DABVP

Sam Telford , Sc.D.

Hellen Amuguni, B.V.M., Ph.D.

Michael Siegel, MD, MPH

Karin Arsenault, DMD, MPH

Sean Cash, PhD

Erin Coughlan de Perez, PhD

Jamie Maguire , Ph.D.

Athanasios Zavras, DDS

Erin Hennessy, PhD, MPH

Cheen Loo, MPH, DMD

Kathryn Sawyer, PT, PhD

Carlos Pinto

Fang Fang Zhang

José Ordovás

Christina Economos

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