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ALE Spotlight: Body Composition & Breast Milk Fat Content Among Lactating Mothers in Guatemala
Tufts’ Applied Learning Experience (ALE) provides students with real-world experience designing and implementing a public health project.
High food insecurity found in a sample of adults on probation in Rhode Island
A cross-sectional study led by public health researchers at Tufts University School of Medicine has found significant food insecurity for adults on probation in Rhode Island.
School of Medicine Faculty Named to Endowed Professorships
Ekaterina “Katya” Heldwein is the American Cancer Society (Massachusetts Division) Professor of Molecular Biology and Rachel J. Buchsbaum is the Jane F. Desforges, M.D., Chair of Hematology and Oncology
Early life trauma in men associated with reduced levels of sperm microRNAs
In mice, the same changes to sperm miRNAs occur and are transmitted to the next generation
Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) receives $56 Million National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical and Translational Science Award
Prestigious NIH grant provides five years of funding to Tufts University and Tufts Medical Center
Leptin’s neural circuit identified
Genome editing study reveals how hormone helps prevent both obesity and diabetes.
Our Alumni: Vishakha Ramakrishnan (MPH ‘16)
How Vishakha Ramakrishnan’s (MPH ‘16) love of data and passion for community health paved a path to the Centers for Disease Control.
A Cancer Clue?
Researchers from Tufts University School of Medicine, led by Dominique Michaud, professor of public health and community medicine, have found a positive association between severe gum disease and an increased risk of cancer.