Joseph E. Aoun, a leader in higher education policy and a renowned scholar in linguistics, is the seventh President of Northeastern University.
President Aoun has strategically aligned the University’s research enterprise with three global imperatives—health, security, and sustainability. Northeastern’s faculty focus on interdisciplinary research, entrepreneurship, and transforming academic research into commercial solutions for the world’s most pressing problems. During President Aoun’s tenure, the University has realized a 189 percent growth in external research funding, along with approximately 1,500 patent applications filed by faculty and students.
With schools now entering another year upended by the COVID-19 pandemic, many parents are concerned about the dangers of Delta or other variants spreading from classrooms to play groups and beyond. For those with kids under 12, the uncertainty is especially frightening, and with varying guidelines around masks, it's easy to feel confused by mixed messages. Kara Baskin, the Globe's parenting reporter, will interview parenting and infectious disease experts about how best to prioritize COVID-19 safety in the face of highly transmissible variants like Delta. Join the conversation with MGH pediatric physician, Dr. Vandana Madhavan; Brown University economist and author, Emily Oster; and Lesley University education department chair, Dr. Lisa Fiore.
Boston Children’s Hospital is dedicated to improving and advancing the health and well-being of children around the world through its life-changing work in clinical care, biomedical research, medical education and community engagement.
Boston Children's is ranked the number one pediatric hospital in the nation by U.S. News and World Report. It is home to the world's largest pediatric research enterprise, and it is the leading recipient of pediatric research funding from the National Institutes of Health. It is the primary pediatric teaching hospital for Harvard Medical School. Boston Children’s treats more children with rare diseases and complex conditions than any other hospital.
For answers to your questions about COVID, back-to-school, immunizations, and everything in between, visit bostonchildrens.org/covid19.
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