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Welcome to HealthMatters@BUSargent, the podcast of the Boston University’s College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College. The mission of Sargent College is to advance, preserve, disseminate, and apply knowledge in the health and rehabilitation sciences. BU Sargent College strives to create an environment that fosters critical and innovative thinking to best serve the health care needs of society. The moderator of the podcast is Dr. Karen Jacobs, who is the Associate Dean, Digital…

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Ep 178: The Hidden Power of Writing, Craft and Kindness

Join us for an interesting and uplifting conversation with Katie Brunner, a marketer and enrollment staff member at Sargent College. She works primarily with Sargent College's graduate programs to ensure that those interested can smoothly transition from prospective applicants to enrolled students. Outside of BU, she is a nonfiction writer and musician.

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Ep 177: Co-Regulation: Developing a Course for Caregivers as a Doctoral Project

Join us for a captivating conversation with Maria Slavin, discussing her time in BU's Post-Professional Occupational Therapy Doctoral Program. She dives into her doctoral project, developing a course for caregivers on co-regulation and the importance of regulation and attachment!

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Ep 176: Pornography: What occupational therapists need to know for clinical practice

Join us for an engaging conversation with Emily F. Rothman, ScD and Dr. Kathryn Ellis about pornography within OT. Emily F. Rothman, ScD is Professor and Chair of the Occupational Therapy Department at Boston University. She has more than 10 years of experience conducting research and education about sexually explicit media, among other topics. Dr. Kathryn Ellis is a Doctor of Occupational…

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Episode 175: Sensory Overload vs. Structured Learning: How Children’s TV Shapes Speech Development

Join us for a fascinating conversation with Kaylin Torres, a senior at Boston University in the Kilachand Honors College studying Linguistics and Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences in Sargent College. Her senior Keystone research project, “Sensory Overload vs. Structured Learning: The Role of Children’s TV in Speech Development,” explores how specific features of children’s media, such as…

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Episode 174: Thriving in Nature: Promoting Well-Being through Occupation

Shannon Kara is an occupational therapist, small business owner, and doctoral student at Boston University whose work focuses on nature-based interventions for adults with neurodiversity and intellectual disability. She is the founder of Coree Occupational Therapy in Canberra, Australia, where she leads a team providing person-centered services across community and home settings. Shannon’s…

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Ep 173: Advancing Inclusive Early Childhood Education Through Embedded Occupational Therapy Practitioner and Teacher Collaboration

Join us for an engaging conversation with Karen Katzman, pediatric occupational therapist, private practice owner, and doctoral candidate in the PP-OTD program at Boston University. Karen shares about her years of experience and passion for OT in the pediatric space.

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Ep 172: A Dietitian's Journey - From family to food to fueling athletes.

Dr. Paula Quatromoni is a tenured Associate Professor of Nutrition and Epidemiology at Boston University. Her work focuses on eating disorders, sports nutrition, child health, dietary patterns, and cardiometabolic disease. She founded BU’s sports nutrition consult service and helped create the GOALS Program for athletes with eating disorders. She teaches courses in nutritional epidemiology, eating…

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Ep 171: Supporting First Generation Students and Pursuing an MBA

Join us for a fun and interesting conversation with KC Barnes who shares her experience as a first generation scholar, her journey to working in Clinical Education Services at BU, and her continued education journey earning an MBA and working to help the next first generation students in line.

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The Journey of a Person who Stutters

Chris works as a Correction Officer, living in the Boston area. In his free time, he likes to workout, cook and spend time with friends and family. He has stuttered since age four. Mindfulness and meditation have played a huge part in his stuttering journey. Over the years, Chris has learned that achieving fluency isn’t necessary to be successful in life. He is now a mentor at the Center for…

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Ep 169: Choosing the Right Home to Guarantee Successful Aging in Place

Join us for an engaging conversation with Dr. David Bernstein as he shares about his new book. David Bernstein, MD is an award-winning physician and author who is board certified in both Internal Medicine and Geriatrics practicing in Clearwater, Florida. His 40 years of experience have provided him with opportunities to observe and empathize with thousands of adults as they age. He has integrated…

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