Following is an overview of our Tufts Wide Programs.
Committee to Establish a University-Wide Ethics
Program at Tufts University.
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| Description: |
This committee endeavors to establish
a university-wide collaboration in ethics, bioethics
and research ethics that will identify the teaching
and research efforts in this field throughout the university
and provide a centralized resource for students, faculty
and others who work in the field.
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| Department
Contact Person: |
Marcia Boumil |
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Tufts Community Research Center
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| Description: |
Tufts University has a strategic, institutional
wide commitment to "active citizenship" as
one of its three priority themes (along with environmental/life
sciences and internationalism). The emphasis that we
have placed on active citizenship is rare, if not unique,
at a university with a heavy research focus and raises
questions about how to integrate a research program
funded primarily by extramural sources with vibrant
public service and active citizenship that seeks expression
from virtually all corners of the university. One answer
is the development of the Tufts Community Research Center
as a bridge between the two areas. Our center is the
in the early formative stages, however, we have a couple
of dozen affiliated faculty who are already doing research
with communities. We have begun a process by which community
representatives can influence the form that the center
eventually takes. Community collaborative projects under
development include: 1) a study of patient advocates
for Latinos dually diagnosed with HIV and either mental
health or substance abuse problems; 2) a study of motor
vehicle pollution and health along highways of some
of Tufts' host communities; 3) legal and strategic planning
assistance for Boston's Chinatown to address gentrification
and nearby mega development that is under consideration
by the city; 4) a study of energy savings and health
for public housing residents; and 5) a study of obesity
in public housing residents.
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| Department
Contact Person: |
Doug Brugge, Director |
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InForMID
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| Description: |
An interdisciplinary collaboration to
forecast and model the dynamics of infectious diseases.
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| Department
Contact Person: |
Elena Naumova and Nina Fefferman |
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Ross Aging Initiative
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| Description: |
The Ross Initiative on Aging at Tufts
University seeks to further knowledge of aging as a
biological and cultural phenomenon. The Initiative serves
as a resource for its affiliated faculty to promote
interdisciplinary research, education, training, and
policy development for application in the broad field
of aging. Projects catalyzed by the Initiative include
workshops; conferences; planning and seed money for
collaborative research; new courses and curricula, including
undergraduate, graduate, postgraduate, and professional
training programs; policy development; dissemination
of research findings to benefit society; and fund-raising
to support all of these activities.
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| Department
Contact Person: |
Aviva Must, Co-Director |
| Web
Link: |
http://www.tufts.edu/programs/ross/
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MS-Nutrition/MPH
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| Description: |
The MS-Nutrition/MPH program is a dual
degree program offered collaboratively by the Friedman
School of Nutrition and the School of Medicine. Students
are enrolled in both programs of study simultaneously,
and select a focus in each. The program requires completion
of 20 full courses, and may be completed on a full or
part-time basis.
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| Department
Contact Person: |
Aviva Must, Director |
| Web
Link: |
http://www.tufts.edu/med/gpph/JointDegrees/
Nutrition/index.html |
WSSS: Water, Systems, Science and Society
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| Description: |
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| Department
Contact Person: |
Elena Naumova
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| Web
Link: |
http://www.tufts.edu/watershed/student_opportunities
/WSSS.PDF |
TIE: Tufts Institute of the Environment
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| Description: |
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| Department
Contact Person: |
Elena Naumova |
| Web
Link: |
http://www.tufts.edu/tie/ |
Tufts-NEMC Health Institute
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| Description: |
Medication Adherence Project
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| Department
Contact Person: |
Libby Bradshaw, DO, MS 617-636-6946 |
| Web
Link: |
http://www.tufts-nemc.org/icrhps/programs/
THI/THIareas.asp#HIVCare |
Science and Practice of Medicine
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| Description: |
Undergraduate course exploring the link
between health science and medical decision making
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| Department
Contact Person: |
Richard Glickman-Simon |
| Web
Link: |
http://ase.tufts.edu/commhealth/
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Health Sciences Honors Course
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| Description: |
Course for academically accomplished
high school juniors and seniors interesting in health
science and clinical medicine
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| Department
Contact Person: |
Richard Glickman-Simon |
| Web
Link: |
http://ase.tufts.edu/summer/
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