126 episodes
HealthMatters Karen Jacobs
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- Health & Fitness
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 Learning and Innovation, a Clinical Professor and the Program Director at Sargent College.
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Ep 126: Plate to Profession - A Dietitian's Career Journey
How does nutrition play into our everyday lives? In this episode we have a chat with Dana J. Fryer, Boston-based dietitian and owner of Dana J. Fryer Nutrition LLC, about her nutrition journey. Dana received her Master's in Nutrition from Boston University and completed her dietetic internship at Boston Medical Center and specialized in weight management, oncology and nutrition support. She provides outpatient nutrition counseling through her private practice and at Dana Farber Cancer Institute, and also provides professional tutoring services for student dietitians to prepare them for the registered dietitian exam.
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Ep 125: Empowering Voices
How can health practitioners best support individuals with a stutter? Join as as we speak with Caroline Brinkert– a speech-language pathologist, a fellow Terrier, director of BU's Center for Stuttering Therapy, and clinical faculty of the Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences.
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Ep 124: Occupational Therapy in the Army
How does sleep and mental readiness affect active-duty soldiers? Join us as we chat with Curtis Lubic, an occupational therapist and an active-duty officer in the United States Army currently working in the Army's Holistic Health and Fitness team.
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Ep 123: Using Your Voice – A Professor's Perspective
How might you become involved in clinical experience? Today's episode features Rachael Kammer, Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Speech, Assistant Professor in the Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences at BU who has a special interest in evaluation and treatment of voice and swallowing in people with Parkinson’s Disease.
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Ep 122: Everyday Superheroes
Who are the superheros in your everyday life? Today's episode features Kim Day, an occupational therapist who is passionate about empowering families through her superhero programs The Zookeepers and SuperMe, SuperYou, AnyBody Can Be A SuperBODY.
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Ep 121: Cultivating Calm: Self-Regulation in Practice
How can self-regulation strategies support ourselves and our work as healthcare professionals? Join us as we speak with Julie Tourigny, founder and Director of the Colorado Center for Pediatric Learning and Development, and author of Calm and In Control: Simple and Effective Strategies to Support Young Children’s Self-Regulation.