Kudos October 2023

October 1, 2023

Celebrating Tufts Faculty and Staff

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Kudos is a monthly submissions-based roundup celebrating university faculty and staff—awards, honors, thought leadership, new arrivals, and more. Share your own great news or recognize a colleague at go.tufts.edu/kudos.

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AS&E Shared: Jazmine Pena, Admissions Assistant, Admissions - AS&E

AS&E Shared: Emma Waite, Admissions Counselor, Admissions - AS&E

AS&E Shared: Mackenzie Gross, Admissions Counselor, Admissions - AS&E

AS&E Shared: Tahkeya Blake, Assoc Dir Admissions, Admissions - AS&E

AS&E Shared: Emily Soto-Bernabel, Patient Services Coordinator, Counseling Center

AS&E Shared: Angela Hrad, Student Health Insurance Admin, Health Services

AS&E Shared: Stephanie Gennusa, Student Services Rep, Student Services Center - A&S

AS&E Shared: Sean Corning, Asst Librarian Res & Instruct, Tisch Library

Advancement: Melissa Oliva, Administrative Coordinator, UA-Dental Dev & Alumni Rel

Advancement: Meghan Barrasso, Asst Dir Alumni Relations, UA-Friedman Dev & Alumni Rel

Arts and Sciences: Elena Sobrino, Lecturer, Anthropology

Arts and Sciences: Sarah Hengel, Assistant Professor, Biology - A&S

Arts and Sciences: Yanbo Zhang, Postdoctoral Scholar, Biology - A&S

Arts and Sciences: Frank David, Professor of the Practice, Biology - A&S

Arts and Sciences: Christopher Richardson, Lecturer, Chemistry - A&S

Arts and Sciences: Pei-Ju Liu Lantry, Postdoctoral Scholar, Chemistry - A&S

Arts and Sciences: Benjamin Chrisinger, Assistant Professor, Community Health-A&S

Arts and Sciences: Nazmim Bhuiya, Lecturer, Community Health-A&S

Arts and Sciences: Shuo Zhang, Professor of the Practice, Data Analytics

Arts and Sciences: Jennifer O'brien, Lecturer, EP Child Study & Human Dev

Arts and Sciences: Karen O'hicks, Lecturer, EP Child Study & Human Dev

Arts and Sciences: Rebecca Jackson, Assistant Professor, Earth and Climate Sciences

Arts and Sciences: Jahandar Ramezani, Lecturer, Earth and Climate Sciences

Arts and Sciences: Ekaterina Sinitskaya, Lecturer, Economics - A&S

Arts and Sciences: Ivan Kandilov, Lecturer, Economics - A&S

Arts and Sciences: Ratib Ali, Lecturer, Economics - A&S

Arts and Sciences: Douglas Gollin, Professor, Economics - A&S

Arts and Sciences: Richard Kim, Lecturer, Education - A&S

Arts and Sciences: Amaris Brown, Assistant Professor, English - A&S

Arts and Sciences: Emmajean Holley, Lecturer, English - A&S

Arts and Sciences: Rebecca Forney, Lecturer, English - A&S

Arts and Sciences: Megan Crotty, Lecturer, English - A&S

Arts and Sciences: John Howard, Lecturer, English - A&S

Arts and Sciences: Noa Saunders, Lecturer, English - A&S

Arts and Sciences: Mackenzie Berry, Lecturer, English - A&S

Arts and Sciences: Benjamin Davies, Lecturer, Environmental Studies

Arts and Sciences: Quillon Arkenstone, Lecturer, Experimental College

Arts and Sciences: Gregory Marton, Lecturer, Experimental College

Arts and Sciences: Eli Sobel, Lecturer, Experimental College

Arts and Sciences: Cliften Bonner-Desravines, Lecturer, Experimental College

Arts and Sciences: Melinda Barbosa, Lecturer, Experimental College

Arts and Sciences: Cicek Beeby, Lecturer, Experimental College

Arts and Sciences: Nicole-Anne Keyton, Lecturer, Experimental College

Arts and Sciences: Brandon Leshchinskiy, Lecturer, Experimental College

Arts and Sciences: David Lewis, Lecturer, Experimental College

Arts and Sciences: Oluwatobi Pitan, Program Assistant, Experimental College

Arts and Sciences: Pamela Corkey, Lecturer, Film & Media Studies

Arts and Sciences: Sarah Mass, Assistant Professor, History - A&S

Arts and Sciences: Dingru Huang, Assistant Professor, Intl Lit-Cultural Studies-A&S

Arts and Sciences: Efrat Amiri, Lecturer, Intl Lit-Cultural Studies-A&S

Arts and Sciences: Samantha Petti, Assistant Professor, Mathematics - A&S

Arts and Sciences: Corey Bregman, Assistant Professor, Mathematics - A&S

Arts and Sciences: Saba Zerefa, Assistant Programmer, Mathematics - A&S

Arts and Sciences: Jasmine Bhullar, Norbert Wiener Fellow, Mathematics - A&S

Arts and Sciences: Carl Lian, Norbert Wiener Fellow, Mathematics - A&S

Arts and Sciences: Meghan Holmes, Lecturer, Museum Studies

Arts and Sciences: Michel Muller, Lecturer, Music - A&S

Arts and Sciences: Owen Richardson, Lecturer, Music - A&S

Arts and Sciences: Jamee Elder, Assistant Professor, Philosophy - A&S

Arts and Sciences: Michelle Dyke, Lecturer, Philosophy - A&S

Arts and Sciences: David Martin, Assistant Professor, Physics & Astronomy - A&S

Arts and Sciences: Daniel Jimenez Aguilar, Postdoctoral Scholar, Physics & Astronomy - A&S

Arts and Sciences: Aerielle Allen, Assistant Professor, Psychology - A&S

Arts and Sciences: Debbie Nguyen, Lab Coordinator, Psychology - A&S

Arts and Sciences: Ulas Kaplan, Lecturer, Psychology - A&S

Arts and Sciences: Carly Dickson, Research Coordinator, Psychology - A&S

Arts and Sciences: Daryl Spurlock, Lecturer, Race, Colonialism & Diaspora

Arts and Sciences: Sophia Mao, Teaching Fellow, Race, Colonialism & Diaspora

Arts and Sciences: Jeffrey Amshalem, Lecturer, Religion-A&S

Arts and Sciences: Andrew Kaulbach-Stuhl, Lecturer, Science, Technology & Society

Arts and Sciences: Marisa Plasencia, Artist in Residence, Theatre, Dance, & Performance

Arts and Sciences: Emily Stranski-Brame, Costume Shop Supervisor, Theatre, Dance, & Performance

Arts and Sciences: Katherine Brook, Lecturer, Theatre, Dance, & Performance

Arts and Sciences: Shefali Jain, Lecturer, Theatre, Dance, & Performance

Arts and Sciences: Chelsea Kerl, Lecturer, Theatre, Dance, & Performance

Arts and Sciences: Patricia Meneses, Lecturer, Visual and Material Studies

Arts and Sciences: Ihnmi Jon, Lecturer, Visual and Material Studies

Central Administration: Ethan Maines, Assistant Coach Rowing, Athletics

Central Administration: Jean Otsuki, Associate Director, Ctr for Enhance of Learn&Teach

Cummings: Adrienne Haley, Assistant Clinical Professor, Clinical Sciences-Cummings-Vet

Cummings: Lauren Nixdorf, Research Tech, Clinical Sciences-Cummings-Vet

Cummings: Ephraim Gonzalez, Histotechnologist, Cumming Diagnostic Lab Linking

Cummings: Dustin Sampson, Animal Care Attendant, Foster Hosp - Cummings-Vet

Cummings: Emily Goulet-Visocchi, Veterinary Assistant, Foster Hosp - Cummings-Vet

Cummings: Chelsea Brosque, Veterinary Technician I, Foster Hosp - Cummings-Vet

Cummings: Rebekah Eisner, Veterinary Technician IV, Foster Hosp - Cummings-Vet

Cummings: Richard Charette, Data Analyst, Infec Disease&Global Hlth-Vet

Cummings: Nikitha Jestus, Research Tech, Infec Disease&Global Hlth-Vet

Cummings: Christie Davis, Veterinary Technician II, Large Animal Hosp-Cummings-Vet

Dental: Gina Kesaris, Administrative Coordinator, Administration - Dental

Dental: Justine Bouthot-Remmes, Project Administrator, Administration - Dental

Dental: Sherry Harper, Sr Compliance Officer, Administration - Dental

Dental: Lunes Kersaint, Central Sterilization Asst, Clinic Materials-Dental

Dental: Shahad Abulhamael, Assistant Professor, Prosthodontics

Dental: Nestrete Xhullima, Dental Assistant, Public Health & Comm Service

Dental: Li Kousidis, Dental Assistant, Public Health & Comm Service

Dental: Ann Glynn, Patient Registration Coord, Public Health & Comm Service

Dental: Byron Roseboro, Billing Coordinator, Revenue Cycle Operations

Dental: Kaye Andaya, Patient Financial Coordinator, Revenue Cycle Operations

Dental: Ja-Lene Scott-Dottin, Patient Financial Coordinator, Revenue Cycle Operations

Dental: Kendall Harcourt, Assistant Registrar, Student Services - Dental

Dining: Ryan Pozerycki, Assistant Unit Manager, Dewick Dining

Dining: Joseph Peterson, Chef Manager, Dewick Dining

Dining: Dennis Friendly-Akers, Dining Service Attendant, Dewick Dining

Dining: Ducarmel Attis, General Assistant, Dewick Dining

Dining: Manuel Sanabria, Third Cook, Dewick Dining

Dining: Tamara Kenny, Catering Events Manager, Faculty Center/Catering

Engineering: Jordan Jones, Postdoctoral Scholar, Biomedical Engineering

Engineering: Lauren Blake, Postdoctoral Scholar, Biomedical Engineering

Engineering: Narendar Gogurla, Postdoctoral Scholar, Biomedical Engineering

Engineering: Do Yoon Kim, Postdoctoral Scholar, Biomedical Engineering

Engineering: Thomas Hinton, Research Associate, Biomedical Engineering

Engineering: Ronak Tarun Shethia, Research Asst, Biomedical Engineering

Engineering: Vladimir Podolskiy, Associate Professor, Computer Science

Engineering: David Medeiros, Lecturer, Gordon Institute

Engineering: Kathryn Weiler, Lecturer, Gordon Institute

Engineering: Holly Tarnower, Lecturer, Gordon Institute

Engineering: Timothy Buntel, Lecturer, Gordon Institute

Engineering: Sanford Rosenberg, Lecturer, Gordon Institute

Engineering: Thomas Van de Velde, Lecturer, Gordon Institute

Engineering: Daniela Faas, Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering

Fletcher: Kaushik Chaudhuri, Assoc Dir Corp & External Rel, Academic Support-Fletcher

Fletcher: Surjit Tinaikar, Adjunct Assoc Prof, Instruction - Fletcher School

Fletcher: Alexander Pascal, Adjunct Professor, Instruction - Fletcher School

Fletcher: Jefferson Ren, Administrative Coordinator, Instruction - Fletcher School

Fletcher: Nigel Purvis, Professor of the Practice, Instruction - Fletcher School

Fletcher: Salim Tamari, Research Professor, Instruction - Fletcher School

Fletcher: Sufang Zhang, Visiting Scholar, Instruction - Fletcher School

Friedman: Jarvis Smith, Sr Research Administrator, Business Operations

Friedman: Lizbeth Moreno Loaeza, Postdoctoral Scholar, Dariush Mozaffarian Research

Friedman: Ashton Valdovinos, Research Asst, Dariush Mozaffarian Research

Friedman: Helene Vilme, Assistant Professor, Helene Vilme Research

GSBS: Maria Sterrett, Postdoctoral Scholar, IRACDA Department

Medical: Jennifer Chapple Ingram, Communications Specialist, Center for Black Maternal Hlth

Medical: Bob Chang, Lab Instructor, DPT Boston Program

Medical: Rachel Partington, Library Assistant, Health Sciences Library

Medical: Qiwen Dong, Postdoctoral Scholar, Microbiology-Basic Sci/Medical

Medical: Michelle Yoon, Research Tech, Microbiology-Basic Sci/Medical

Medical: Camila Demaestri, Postdoctoral Scholar, Neuroscience-BasicSci/Medical

Medical: Neil Washington, Instructor, Public Health & Community Med

Medical: Alison Melchionna, Student Wellness Advisor, Student Wellness

Operations: Eric Kjersgard, Ops Control Center Tech, Facilities Services - Medford

Operations: Constantinos Tsiotos, Campus Security Officer I, Public Safety - Fenway

Operations: Peter Duffy, Public Safety Dispatcher I, Public Safety - Medford

Provost: Ian Hines, Lab Animal Caretaker, CMS

Provost: Nancy Cosgrove, Lab Animal Caretaker, CMS

SMFA at Tufts: Rana Young, Lecturer, SMFA

SMFA at Tufts: Kelsey Miller, Lecturer, SMFA

SMFA at Tufts: Zora Murff, Professor of the Practice, SMFA

SMFA at Tufts: Leslie Rogers, Professor of the Practice, SMFA

SMFA at Tufts: Qais Assali, Professor of the Practice, SMFA

SMFA at Tufts: Nallieli Santamaria, Teaching Fellow, SMFA

SMFA at Tufts: Margarita Kuleva, Visiting Scholar, SMFA

SMFA at Tufts: Sophie Cloherty, Administrative Coordinator, SMFA at Tufts

Tisch: Jimmeka Anderson, Postdoctoral Scholar, Tisch College

Tisch: David Augustine, Professor of the Practice, Tisch College

Tufts Technology Services: Nicholas Cazmay, AV Services Campus Coordinator, Tufts Technology Services

Tufts Technology Services: Matthew Hearnlaye, Assoc AV Installatn Supp Spec, Tufts Technology Services

Tufts Technology Services: Ashley Oheim, Asst Director IT Acquisition, Tufts Technology Services

Tufts Technology Services: Timothy Seward, Principal Business Analyst, Tufts Technology Services

Tufts Technology Services: Kee Chang, Sr Business Analyst, Tufts Technology Services

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Brian Aull was promoted to professor of the practice of electrical and computer engineering.

Emily Carlson, assistant teaching professor of electrical and computer engineering, earned her Ph.D. in electrical engineering.

Remco Chang was promoted to professor of computer science.

Prashant Deshlahra, associate professor of chemical and biological engineering, was awarded tenure.

Khaled ElMahgoub was promoted to assistant teaching professor of electrical and computer engineering.

Amy Hirschfeld was promoted to distinguished senior lecturer at Tufts Gordon Institute.

Jonathan Lamontagne was promoted to associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and was awarded tenure.

Madeleine Oudin was promoted to associate professor of biomedical engineering and was awarded tenure.

Chris Swan was promoted to professor of civil and environmental engineering.

A veterinarian at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University taking the heartbeat of a Dalmatian overlayed with the text Awards and Honors.

Lima Halima Ahmad, Ph.D. candidate at The Fletcher School, has been selected to the new class of Asia 21 Next Generation Fellows.

Tim Cheng, Ph.D. candidate in the School of Engineering, and Emmett Lepp, master of science student in the School of Engineering, were recently accepted to the Draper Scholars Program.

Saloni Dev, assistant professor of public health and community medicine, received an R03 award from the National Institute of Mental Health.

Laura Gee, associate professor of economics, was awarded a grant from the Committee on the Status of Women in the Economic Profession-Social Science Research Council (CSWEP-SSRC) Women in Economics and Mathematics Research Consortium, which is supporting work on diversifying economics and mathematics.

Sunil Kumar, president of Tufts University, was named to Cummings Foundation’s Board of Trustees.

Babak Moaveni, professor of civil and environmental engineering, was elected to the Engineering Mechanics Institute (EMI) Membership grade of Fellow. Moaveni and the 2023 class of fellows were recognized during the awards ceremony at the EMI Conference in July.

Peter Neumann, professor of medicine, was appointed to the Congressional Budget Office’s Panel of Health Advisers for the coming year. The panel comprises widely recognized experts in health policy and health care.

Daniel Votipka, Lin Family Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science, and Josephine Wolff, associate professor of cybersecurity policy at The Fletcher School, were recently rewarded for their achievements at the 32nd USENIX Security Symposium.

Gary Weingarden, privacy officer and director of IT security compliance in Tufts Technology Services, obtained a new certification: Privacy Law Specialist from International Association of Privacy Professionals.

Researchers at the Food and Nutrition Innovation Institute at the Friedman School named Boston a top food technology hub in a recent report. Read about the findings of the report on Tufts Now.

Tufts Center for Black Maternal Health and Reproductive Justice is among the 11 recipients of the Massachusetts Attorney General Office’s maternal health equity grants.

Women’s basketball was named one of the 2023 Tara VanDerveer Fund for the Advancement of Women in Sport recipients. Grants were awarded to institutions to support collegiate women coaches on the rise, assist with living expenses, professional development, and mentorship. Tufts is one of 10 universities and colleges to receive the grants, which are designated for women coaching fellows in a wide variety of women’s sports.

Tufts dental students chatting in the lobby of the School of Dental Medicine.

Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha, professor of Black maternal health at the School of Medicine, is quoted in this New York Times op-ed about her experience with microaggressions during childbirth.

Marcia Boumil, associate dean for conflict of interest administration and professor of public health and community medicine, and Paul Beninger, professor of public health and community medicine, discuss the repercussions of the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision on affirmative action for medical school admissions and its potential adverse effects on the diversity of the physician workforce in this article in Science Direct.

Sean Cash, associate professor at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, along with researchers from the Center for Science in the Public Interest and New York University, authored a study in the journal Public Health Nutrition about third-party food delivery platforms and the lack of calorie disclosure, which is required by law. Authors of the study say that the Food and Drug Administration should clarify the rules so that calories are posted more consistently. Read more about this research on Tufts Now.

Cristóbal Cea, professor of the practice at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, has work featured in The Endless Coup, a group show at NADA Gallery in New York City commemorating 50 years from the 1973 U.S.-backed military coup in Chile. In this group show curated by New Latin Wave, Cea is presenting the 3D animation Hawker Haunted, along with installations, performances, and mixed media works from many Chilean artists based in the United States, Chile, and elsewhere. He also opened his first solo exhibition, No Monsters No Paradise, at the Mills Gallery of the Boston Center for the Arts last month. The exhibition, consisting of 3D animations, paintings, and sculptures, is based on Cea’s research on monstrosity within the context and history of the Americas and will be on view until December 9.

Bhaskar Chakravorti, dean of global business and professor of the practice at The Fletcher School, was interviewed for a Marketplace article entitled “Just half of CEOs see climate change as a risk to their business.” Chakravorti also co-wrote an article for Harvard Business Review last month.

Ravi Shankar Chaturvedi, director of research, lecturer in global business, and Doctoral Research Fellow for Innovation and Change at The Fletcher School and Digital Planet co-founder, is quoted in a recent Barron’s article.

Laura Corlin, assistant professor at the School of Medicine, tells the New York Times that wildfire smoke exposure can weaken your immune system and inflame and irritate the tissue in your nose.

Tom Dannenbaum, associate professor of international law at The Fletcher School, is quoted in this article entitled “Meeting Erdogan, Putin Lies (Again) About Why Russia Quit the Black Sea Grain Deal.”

Daniel Dennett, professor emeritus of philosophy, was featured in a New York Times article about living a happy life.

Daniel Drezner, professor of international politics at The Fletcher School, was quoted in this Christian Science Monitor article about the G20 summit.

Alex de Waal, executive director of the World Peace Foundation and a research professor at The Fletcher School, authored an article about the future of Sudan in The Conversation.

Brent Forester, Dr. Frances S. Arkin Chair of Psychiatry and professor of psychiatry at the School of Medicine, explains how to tell the difference between age-associated memory loss and dementia in this KCBS radio segment.

Nishanth Ganeshbabu, a third-year medical student at TUSM, discusses his efforts to have his resolution to implement opt-out mental health screening for resident physicians adopted as new policy at the 2023 American Medical Association (AMA) Annual Meeting. His efforts are featured in this article posted on the AMA website.

Tarun Gopalakrishnan, Bethany Tietjen, and Seth Owusu-Mante, all postdoctoral fellows in the Climate Policy Lab at The Fletcher School, discuss ways to address America’s housing crisis and climate change at the same time in The Conversation.

Nate Harrison, professor of the practice and dean of faculty at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, screened his film Pour le People in Beirut as part of the Lebanese Independent Film Festival last month.

Justin Hollander, A96, professor in the Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, was invited to share his research in a presentation to the Planning Institute of Australia, a professional association for urban planners. His talk “The Role and Potential Risk of Bots in Participatory Planning” was based on research he has been working on with colleagues in the U.K. and Canada, with financial support from the Land Economics Foundation.

Linden Hu, Paul and Elaine Chervinsky Professor in Immunology and vice dean for research, provides insight into the ongoing efforts to identify and address posttreatment Lyme disease syndrome in this JAMA article.

Rebecca Jackson, assistant professor in the Department of Earth and Climate Sciences, is co-author on the study “Melting of glacier ice enhanced by bursting air bubbles” published by Nature Geoscience.

Siddharth Jain, research assistant in the Climate Policy Lab at The Fletcher School, wrote an article entitled “The Inflation Reduction Act: One Year On” for the lab’s Climate Smart blog.

David Kaplan, Stern Family Endowed Professor of Engineering, and the work happening at Tufts’ Center for Cellular Agriculture are featured in this Boston Globe article.

Matt King, fine arts studio director at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, has work included in a new book, Let’s Talk About Critique: Reimagining Art and Design Education, by Elissa Armstrong and Mariah Doren, published by the University of Chicago Press.

Michael Klein, William L. Clayton Professor of International Economic Affairs at The Fletcher School, is quoted in this Boston Globe article about incomes and inflation.

Susan Landau, Bridge Professor in Cyber Security and Policy at The Fletcher School and School of Engineering, and Patricia Vargas Leon, postdoctoral researcher at The Fletcher School through 2022, lay out the entire infrastructure of personal data collection as it exists today, describe the total collapse of any meaningful form of digital privacy, and propose a workable solution to extend the public’s original Fourth Amendment right “to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects” to our digital lives. Landeau also authored an article in Lawfare about the research. Read more about Landau’s and Vargas Leon’s work on Tufts Now.

Jong Min Lee, MALD candidate at The Fletcher School, wrote an article entitled “The Absence of Data Privacy Law is a National Security Threat” published in The National Interest.

Lester Leung, associate professor of neurology, was quoted in the Berkshire Eagle about a new tiered system for transporting stroke patients to hospitals in Massachusetts.

Pavel Luzin, visiting scholar at The Fletcher School, is quoted in the Newsweek article “Ukraine Timelapse Map Shows Ground Lost, Retaken in 18 Months of War.”

Chris Miller, associate professor of international history at The Fletcher School, co-wrote an article about microchips for Foreign Affairs; was quoted in an EE Times article, a Washington Post article, and an article for The Next Web; and was interviewed for a Bloomberg segment on semiconductor production.

Maureen Murray, director of the Tufts Wildlife Clinic at Cummings School, had her research featured in this Wildlife Society article. Visit the journal Environmental Pollution to read the full study.

Ethan Murrow, professor of the practice at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, has a solo exhibition opening at Les Filles Du Calvaire in Paris, France, entitled Magic Soil. The show will run from October 12 through November 25.

Susan Napier, Goldthwaite Professor of Rhetoric and Japanese, was featured on CBC discussing Hayao Miyazaki, the Japanese animator, filmmaker, and manga artist.

Chidi Odinkalu, professor of the practice in international human rights law at The Fletcher School, is quoted in a Financial Times article about the fall of an African government to military rule. Odinkalu also wrote an op-ed piece about coups in Africa for the Financial Times.

Freeden Blume Oeur, associate professor of sociology and education, co-edited a new volume, Gender Replay, published by NYU Press.

Mihaela Papa, senior fellow at The Fletcher School, joined NPR to discuss the group of nations known as BRICS inviting six more countries to join in 2024.

Susan Parson, professor of medicine, was featured in The Asco Post about her journey from growing up on a dairy farm to becoming an oncologist and founding director of the Reid R. Sacco Adolescent and Young Adult Program for Cancer and Hereditary Blood Disorders at Tufts Medical Center.

Anastassios Pittas, professor of medicine, spoke to AARP about his research on blood sugar and supplements.

Sebastian Ramos, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology, discusses in MDedge how prediction models can be integrated into obstetric practice and applied in a uniform way among clinicians, avoiding biases that can lead to discrepancies in patient care.

Sheldon Rowan, assistant professor of ophthalmology at the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and assistant professor of nutrition at the Friedman School of Nutrition and Science Policy, authored the following article in Redox Biology: “Unbalanced redox status network as an early pathological event in congenital cataracts.”

Peter Scott, School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University professor of the practice emeritus, curated Exit through the Printshop, a backroom exhibit at Gallery NAGA in Boston, which runs from October 6 through October 27 with works by several SMFA faculty, alumni, and staff artists.

James Smoliga, professor in the Tufts DPT Seattle Program, recently joined “The Real Science of Sport Podcast” to explain and debunk the science behind the Q-Collar, a device claimed to reduce athlete concussion risk.

Tara Sonenshine, Edward R. Murrow Professor of Practice in Public Diplomacy at The Fletcher School, wrote an op-ed for The Hill about American extremism and another about dangers for students this year. She was also quoted in an article about the Ukraine-Russia invasion in Politico and was interviewed for a WBUR segment on 9/11.

Vickie Sullivan, Cornelia M. Jackson Professor of Political Science, had her essay entitled “Montesquieu on Slavery” included in The Cambridge Companion to Montesquieu, edited by Keegan Callanan and Sharon R. Krause and published in 2023.

Farshid Vahedifard, professor of civil and environmental engineering, Mohammed Azhar, School of Engineering graduate student, and Dustin Brown of Mississippi State University authored a study entitled “Overrepresentation of Historically Underserved and Socially Vulnerable Communities Behind Levees in the United States,” which was published in the journal Earth’s Future. The research was also released in the report “Inequities Behind Levees” by the United Nations University’s Institute for Water, Environment, and Health. Read more about the study on Tufts Now.

Clarissa Yang, the Harvey B. Ansell Professor and chair of Dermatology, offered advice for how to prevent and treat acne in a USA Today article. She also spoke with USA Today for a separate article about dark circles around the eyes and how to alleviate them.

Abay Yimere, postdoctoral scholar at The Fletcher School, discusses the risks to public health and infrastructure in Addis Ababa due to growing climate change risks like heatwaves, droughts, and severe flooding in a recent article published in The Conversation.

Chantal Zakari, professor of the practice at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts, recently produced an artist’s book, Pictures from the Outside. The accompanying exhibition opened at Kingston Gallery in Boston in August. Zakari was recently interviewed for this Lenscratch Magazine article.

Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement research on climate change’s prevalence as one of young people’s political priorities appears in this New York Times article.

Researchers from the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy authored the study “Impact of Produce Prescriptions on Diet, Food Security, and Cardiometabolic Health Outcomes: A Multisite Evaluation of 9 Produce Prescription Programs in the United States” in the American Heart Association journal Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. The research is also featured on an NPR segment. Read more about the study on Tufts Now.