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Boston University’s School of Public Health co-hosted “Statistics and the Life Sciences: Creating a Healthier World,” a workshop on digital and global solutions for public health issues at the Hiebert Lounge in the School of Medicine Friday. LEXI PLINE/ DFP FILE PHOTO

Statistics can help in effort to solve health problems, BU experts say

By Akshata Shukla November 21, 2019
Professors shared ideas on how to solve issues in public health at the “Statistics and the Life Sciences: Creating a Healthier World” symposium in the Hiebert Lounge at the School of Medicine Friday.
Graduate students are taught to use Microsoft Excel. Several recent studies have shown that graduate students and researchers, especially women, are more prone to overworking, as well as anxiety and depression. PHOTO BY NATALIE CARROLL/DFP FILE PHOTO

Graduate student lifestyle conducive to anxiety, depression

By Kiran Galani April 8, 2018
Recent studies have found that people who work in academia, particularly graduate students, researchers and especially women, are more prone to anxiety, depression and workaholism.
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