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CMAC Research Associate F. LeRon Shults recently published Practicing Safe Sects: Religious Reproduction in Scientific and Philosophical Perspective. The book is now open access and anyone can download it for free! Shults’ book addresses how conceptions of supernatural agents arise…
In April 2011, the first issue of Religion, Brain & Behavior was published by Taylor & Francis, adorned then as today with William Blake’s “Web of Religion”. The journal provides “a vehicle for the advancement of current biological approaches to understanding religion…
Dave Rohr has been in the CMAC network since 2013 as a doctoral fellow. He’s now stepping into a new role as a postdoctoral fellow and joining the admin staff as an Executive Assistant. Learn more about Dave’s background and…
One of CMAC’s newest projects is Black Maternal Mortality, which is looking at data from Boston hospitals to learn more about the underlying conditions that cause maternal mortality rates to be three to four times worse for Black mothers than…
The COVID-19 pandemic has created an unprecedented global health crisis. Given the urgency for a rapid response to the pandemic, the open communication of knowledge and expertise within the scientific community has never been more important. Scientific models and algorithms…
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we’re all getting used to a new normal. Phrases like “in these unprecedented times” and “stay healthy” are now frequently used by myself and others. Even for those not experiencing the symptoms of the virus,…
Our three summer researchers are hard at work on various projects. Learn more about the research they’re working on, the impacts it could have, and what our researchers like to do outside of CMAC! Kate Stockly is a PhD student…
We’re excited to bring Nicole Smith on board as our Administration and Communications Coordinator at CMAC. Find out a little more about her! How did you come to work at CMAC and what were you doing before here? I’m new…
After a winter break hiatus, CMACers are back to the grindstone. We had our first research meeting of 2019 on Wednesday, February 20, and heard from guest presenter and BU Psychology Masters student Khushboo Patel about her work with CMAC…
We’re excited to bring Kippy Rudy, our Chief Development Officer, on board as our third full-time staffer at CMAC! With years of nonprofit fundraising experience, Kippy is exactly the kind of person we need here at CMAC. Find out a…
November’s research meeting at CMAC was a “small but mighty” gathering! Allana, our undergraduate intern from BU, took the spotlight today to show her progress on developing a model for the factors contributing to suicide in rural areas, as part…
On Wednesday, October 3rd, National Mean Girls Day, CMACers from all across the city gathered in the office to share the progress and challenges with their research. Fortunately, both Kendra and Maggie were wearing pink. Connor and Dimitri Luzincourt, a…
This is an article in our new series exploring and explaining the concepts that underlie our research. Many of our projects integrate highly involved, deeply technical theories and methods, which can be hard to understand without proper training. These posts…
Our first team meeting of the fall semester! First, introductions. Over the summer, Ali O’Hare was hired as our new Projects and Development Manager. Julia Dunlavey was hired as our new Administration and Communications Coordinator. Everyone gave some background about themselves and…
It’s been a record hot summer in Boston and a red hot summer at CMAC too, with lots of projects heating up and a constant stream of activity. Research Manager John Balch and Office Manager Maggie Boyd have focused on…
This is an article in our new series exploring and explaining the concepts that underlie our research. Many of our projects integrate highly involved, deeply technical theories and methods, which can be hard to understand without proper training. These posts…
We have recently welcomed Julia Dunlavey to the CMAC family as a member of the administrative team. Julia is our new Administration & Communications Coordinator. Research Manager John Balch sat down with her for a Q&A. JOHN: So tell us…
This is an article in our new series exploring and explaining the concepts that underlie our research. Many of our projects integrate highly involved, deeply technical theories and methods, which can be hard to understand without proper training. These posts…
We have recently welcomed Ali O’Hare to the CMAC family as a member of the administrative team. Ali is our new Projects & Development Manager. Research Manager John Balch sat down with her for a Q&A. John: Tell us about…
This is an article in our new series exploring and explaining the concepts that underlie our research. Many of our projects integrate highly involved, deeply technical theories and methods, which can be hard to understand without proper training. These posts…