Faculty

A course for young people with intellectual disabilities, designed by School of Medicine faculty and students to cut the risk of abuse, contains lessons for everyone

How much, how often, and why there’s no such thing as a healthy tan

Alvar Gustafson, who died October 13 at age seventy-two, put students first.

Phil Haydon was just fifteen years old when he suffered a severe brain injury that resulted in post-traumatic epilepsy. Today he’s the Chair of Tufts School of Medicine’s Department of Neuroscience, and in November of 2021 he plans to set sail from Boston

Researchers from Tufts Public Health and the School of Engineering are investigating ways to improve indoor air quality in multifamily housing built near major roadways and highways.

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

Jody Schindelheim, the director of medical student education in psychiatry and a clinical professor at the School of Medicine, helps budding physicians grapple with the emotional burdens of the profession.

After an internship at a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center in New Jersey opened her eyes to heart-wrenching stories of lost childhoods and broken lives, Margie Skeer devoted her life to a career in public health.

A new program founded by Lisa Gualtieri, an assistant professor of public health and community medicine at Tufts, will test if donated, recycled fitness trackers like Jawbone, Withings, Fitbit, and Garmin can help underserved populations get healthier.