Tufts University child development expert George Scarlett recommends ways that parents can help their children and themselves navigate the holidays more successfully.
Tufts University School of Medicine announced today the opening of the new Tufts Center for Global Public Health dedicated to addressing current and future global health challenges. Based in the School of Medicine’s Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, the center is focused on research, policy development and program implementation in the areas of infectious diseases, non-communicable diseases and maternal and child health.
Equine pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction (PPID) can be detected earlier and more reliably with a new set of guidelines developed by the Equine Endocrinology Group (EEG), a body of leading veterinarians and researchers in the field of equine endocrinology.
Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, in partnership with Maine Medical Center and Community Dental, has launched a new program to offer advanced postgraduate training in general dentistry and promote oral health in Massachusetts and Maine. The one-year Advanced Education in General Dentistry (AEGD) residency program will offer clinical training in dental care for people with complex medical and oral health needs, such as those with HIV/AIDS, the elderly, homeless, victims of domestic violence, substance abusers, people with developmental disabilities.
Schools and departments on all three of Tufts’ Massachusetts campuses are now developing and submitting proposals for Bridge Professorships that reflect their unique vision for innovative cross disciplinary work.
In a study published in Neuron, Tufts neuroscientists report that exposure therapy, a common treatment for anxiety disorders, remodels an inhibitory junction in the mouse brain. The findings improve the understanding of how exposure therapy suppresses fear responses and may aid in the development of more effective treatments for anxiety disorders.
Almost a year after Hurricane Sandy, parts of New York and New Jersey are still recovering from billions of dollars in flood damage. Tufts University geologist Andrew Kemp sees the possibility of damage from storms smaller than Sandy in the future.
Tufts University and Tufts Medical Center today announced that the National Institutes of Health has named the Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) a recipient of the 2013 Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA). Tufts CTSI first received federal funding in 2008, and the new award provides more than $24 million in federal funding to support the Institute’s work over the next five years.
Tufts University researchers have identified a possible topical treatment for age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The findings are the first to report successful topical use of a compound with the potential to treat both major forms of AMD, which can currently only be treated in later stages with regular injections into the eye.
A recently published study suggests that exposure to social stress not only impairs a mother’s ability to care for her children but can also negatively impact her daughter’s ability to provide maternal care to future offspring.
Bree Aldridge, Ph.D., microbiologist and bioengineer at Tufts University School of Medicine, has received a 2013 National Institutes of Health Director’s New Innovator Award, which supports creative new scientists working on innovative biomedical research projects. Aldridge has been awarded a five-year, $1.5 million grant for her research focused on improving drug treatments for tuberculosis.
Tufts University School of Medicine announced today a new initiative to train selected medical students to work in medically underserved areas and equip them with the tools to help patients and communities overcome barriers to health. Ten first-year medical students have been selected for the inaugural class of the Service Scholars Pathway Program.
Researchers at Tufts have identified how one type of bacteria, Yersinia, immobilizes the immune system in order to grow in the organ tissues of mice. To do so, the researchers extended the use of a technique and suggest that it could be used to study other bacteria that use the same or similar means of infection.
Calling for a broad discussion of race in America, Tufts University's Center for the Study of Race and Democracy (CSRD) is leading other educational institutions and civic groups in convening a National Dialogue on Race Day on September 12, 2013.
New research from Tufts University scientists shows that feral cats that undergo a vasectomy or hysterectomy could reduce a feral colony's numbers more effectively than the traditional approach of neutering. This may be because vasectomized cats retain reproductive hormones, in addition to not being able to reproduce, and therefore protect their turf from sexually intact competitors.
Rresearchers have established new techniques for predicting the severity of seasonal cholera epidemics months before they occur and with a greater degree of accuracy than other methods based on remote satellite imaging. Taken together, findings from these two papers may provide the essential lead time to strengthen intervention efforts before the outbreak of cholera in endemic regions.
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute has awarded two doctoral students from the Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences at Tufts University with 2013 International Student Research Fellowships. Seblewongel Asrat, from Ethiopia, studies the bacterium that causes Legionnaires’ disease while Jennifer Nwankwo, from Nigeria, studies red blood cell dehydration in sickle cell disease.
A gene variant strongly associated with development of type 2 diabetes appears to interact with a Mediterranean diet pattern to prevent stroke, report researchers from Tufts University and from Spain. The results are a significant advance for nutrigenomics, the study of the linkages between nutrition and gene function.
Every year reported cases of Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) and the West Nile virus surface in communities around the country, raising concerns and questions about mosquito borne-illnesses. Despite reports that children and the elderly are at greatest risk, anyone can be stricken by these viruses. But prevention is within everyone’s control.
Emergency and critical care veterinarians at the Foster Hospital for Small Animals at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, one of the busiest academic veterinary teaching hospitals in the country, have put together a list of their top tips for a safe, fun season with your pet.
In an analysis of data from the first two school years of the Shape Up Somerville: Eat Smart Play Hard™ intervention, Tufts University researchers showed that schoolchildren in Somerville, Massachusetts gained less weight and were less likely to be obese or overweight than schoolchildren in two similar control communities.
Alan D. Solomont, U.S. ambassador, social activist and entrepreneur, will become the next dean of Tufts' Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service in Jan. 2014. He will lead a university-wide enterprise that works directly with all undergraduate, graduate and professional schools to instill an entrepreneurial approach to civic engagement.
Another piece of the puzzle to better understand and treat obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) has fallen into place with the publication of new research that shows that the structural brain abnormalities of Doberman pinschers afflicted with canine compulsive disorder (CCD) are similar to those of humans with OCD. The research suggests that further study of anxiety disorders in dogs may help find new therapies for OCD and similar conditions in humans.
Tufts University researchers analyzed meals from independent and small-chain restaurants, which account for approximately 50% of the nation’s restaurant locations. They found that the average single meal contained two to three times the estimated calorie needs of an individual adult at a single meal and 66% of typical daily calorie requirements.
Adm. James Stavridis, who is NATO’s top military commander and oversees all American forces under the U.S. European Command, will be the next dean of Tufts University's Fletcher School, the nation’s oldest graduate-only school of international affairs. Stavridis holds an M.A. and Ph.D. from Fletcher; he will follow Stephen Bosworth who is retiring.
The American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care (ACVECC) has approved nine veterinary hospitals and clinics in the U.S. to be provisionally designated as Veterinary Trauma Centers in a new initiative designed to improve treatment outcomes of animal trauma cases.
Healthcare professionals from the Tufts Family Medicine Residency program have defined competency areas, called entrustable professional activities (EPAs), for training family medicine doctors. These EPAs are a starting point for family medicine residency programs interested in moving toward a competency-based education approach.
Researchers from Tufts University School of Dental Medicine have discovered an association between local dental anesthesia given to children ages two to six and evidence of missing lower wisdom teeth. The results of this epidemiological study suggest that injecting anesthesia into the gums of young children could interrupt the development of lower wisdom teeth.
Tufts University School of Medicine has announced a new Doctorate in Public Health (DrPH). The DrPH program will draw from across the University’s distinguished graduate schools in medicine, nutrition, veterinary sciences, dentistry, engineering and international relations. Tufts will enroll its inaugural DrPH class in the fall of 2013.
Microbiologists have identified mechanisms of antibiotic resistance in a clinical isolate of E. coli resistant to carbapenems, a class of “last resort” antibiotics. The new study, in April’s Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, found the E. coli genetically mutated four times to resist the antibiotic, showing the lengths to which bacteria will go to survive.
The first phase of the Great Diseases Project, a collaboration between researchers at Tufts University School of Medicine and teachers in Boston Public Schools, has increased critical thinking and science literacy for high school students.
New research published in The Journal of Neuroscience suggests that modifying signals sent by astrocytes, our star-shaped brain cells, may help to limit the spread of damage after an ischemic brain stroke. The study in mice, by neuroscientists at Tufts University School of Medicine, determined that astrocytes play a critical role in the spread of damage following stroke.
Fourth-year medical students from Tufts University School of Medicine gathered on “Match Day” today to learn where they will begin their residency training following graduation this spring. Nearly 200 doctors-in-training – supported by family, friends and the University community – eagerly opened small white envelopes to find the results of the national “Match.”
For the first time, scientists have shown that transplanted eyes located far outside the head in a vertebrate animal model can confer vision without a direct neural connection to the brain. Tufts University biologists used a frog model to shed new light – literally – on one of the major questions in regenerative medicine and sensory augmentation research.
A study published today in Nature reports that a viral predator of the cholera bacteria has stolen the functional immune system of bacteria and is using it against its bacterial host. This provides the first evidence that this type of virus, the bacteriophage, can acquire an adaptive immune system. The study has implications for phage therapy, the use of phages to treat bacterial diseases.
Workplace-based programs that include dietary advice coupled with behavioral counseling appear to be a promising approach for men and women with significant weight loss goals, based on the results of a pilot study. Employees enrolled in the intervention arm of a randomized controlled trial lost, on average, 18 pounds over a six-month period compared to a two pound weight gain in a control group.
Beginning in September 2013, the Sackler School at Tufts will offer a two-year master’s program in pharmacology and drug development designed to address the need for more scientists in the growing pharmaceutical industry domestically and internationally.
Biologists at Tufts University School of Arts and Sciences have discovered a bioelectric signal that can identify cells that are likely to develop into tumors. The researchers also found that they could lower the incidence of cancerous cells by manipulating the electrical charge across cells’ membranes.
A popular dog treat, the "bully stick," could be adding more calories than pet owners realize, and possibly be contaminated by bacteria, according to a study published this month by researchers at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University and the University of Guelph.
Neuroscientists from Tufts have found that our star-shaped brain cells may be responsible for the rapid improvement in mood in depressed patients after acute sleep deprivation. The researchers report that the findings may help lead to the development of effective and fast-acting drugs to treat depression, particularly in psychiatric emergencies.
The growing trend towards conducting research on youths as they use social networking sites like Facebook raises ethical questions in academia. Guidelines and best practices are lacking.
Tufts University School of Engineering researchers have developed a new technique, called bioskiving. The fabrication process creates collagen structures from thin sheets of decellularized tendon stacked with alternating fiber directions that maintain much of collagen's natural strength.
Scientists at Tufts University have discovered a new gene mechanism that appears to regulate triglyceride levels. This pathway may protect carriers of a gene variant against cardiovascular disease.
A study conducted at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University associates mild vitamin B-12 deficiency with accelerated cognitive decline in men and women, beginning in their mid-seventies. Whether such mild vitamin B-12 deficiency has any clinical consequences is the subject of debate.
Three faculty members at Tufts University have been elected Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Professors Joanne Berger-Sweeney, Barbara Brodsky, and Krishna Kumar are among 702 new Fellows recognized by AAAS this year for their distinguished efforts to advance science.
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