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Heller News Release
March 21, 2025
Study Shows High Physician-Patient Engagement Leads to Burnout
Heller PhD candidate Masami Tabata-Kelly publishes a new paper in JAMA Network Open.
Heller in the News
March 14, 2025
Fewer Than Half of Medicaid Managed Care Plans Provide All FDA-approved Medications for Alcohol Use Disorder
BU School of Public Health reports on a newly-published study by Maureen Stewart, PhD'09, and co-authors.
Heller in the News
March 11, 2025
A recession? You can thank Trump for that.
In an opinion piece for the Boston Globe, Robert Kuttner writes that Trump is the first president ever to deliberately engineer a recession.
Heller in the News
February 28, 2025
Imposing Medicaid Work Requirements Could Cause Many Adults With Substance Use Disorders To Lose Access To Treatment
In Health Affairs, Dominic Hodgkin and colleagues examine how proposed changes to Medicaid could affect enrollees with substance use disorders.
Heller in the News
February 28, 2025
Forced Sterilization of Disabled People Isn’t a Relic of the Past
In Mother Jones, Monika Mitra comments that that opposing forced sterilization means reckoning with how disabled people are viewed as parents.
Heller in the News
February 24, 2025
Savannah Cultural Arts Center to be renamed in honor of former Mayor Otis Johnson
Johnson, PhD'80, served as mayor of Savannah from 2004 to 2012.
Heller in the News
February 21, 2025
Anita Hill Says Confidence in Supreme Court Is At Risk
Hill spoke at Dartmouth College's 2024 Election Speaker Series on February 20.
Heller in the News
February 18, 2025
People with Disabilities Likelier to Misuse Rx Drugs
In Medscape Medical News, Sharon Reif comments on a recent study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
Heller in the News
February 12, 2025
Who Should Own Americans’ Health Care?
In JAMA, Robert Kuttner co-authors an opinion piece that discusses the collapse of the 31-hospital Steward Health Care system and the question of who should own hospitals and other essential health care resources.
Heller in the News
February 06, 2025
New Proposal Could Settle Purdue/Sackler Opioid Payment Cases With 15 States
In Pharmacy Practice News, Andrew Kolodny comments on the possible impact of the settlements.
Heller in the News
February 06, 2025
‘Believe things can change,’ Irish expert tells Israeli and Palestinian peace NGOs at Jerusalem summit
Professor Emerita Mari Fitzduff delivers the keynote speech at the annual Amal-Tikva summit for peace-building groups.
Heller in the News
February 04, 2025
Some Uber, Lyft drivers say pay has declined since new minimum wage enacted
David Weil spoke to the Boston Globe about the AI-powered algorithms that power ride-hailing platforms.