HealthMatters

About HealthMatters

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.

Publisher

Karen Jacobs

Category

health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

22 Jan 2020

Latest episode

9 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

179 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   9 Sept 2026

   Moving the Needle on Hypertension, Efforts Across Populations

   Did you know your blood pressure can reveal more about your health in 30 seconds than most people learn in a year? Jesse Moreira-Bouchard shares the simplest at-home habit that can give you and your provider the kind of day-to-day data that leads to better decisions, earlier action, and more control over your health. Dr. Jesse Moreira-Bouchard is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Physiology at Boston University. They are a cardiovascular physiologist by training. Their research program focuses on how psychosocial stress gets under the skin to influence hypertension and cardiovascular disease, and they have a particular interest in historically understudied populations, like the LGBTQ+ community. Their lab combines human autonomic physiology, translational cardiovascular research, and physiology education to improve both cardiovascular health and how we train the next generation of clinicians and scientists.

2. 

   26 Aug 2026

   Ep 179: Sargent College Alumna Coaches BU’s Women’s Ice Hockey Team

   Join us for a fascinating conversation with BU's Women's Ice Hockey Coach and Gold Olympic Medalist, Tara Watchorn, as she describes why she chose Boston University and recounts her career highlights.

3. 

   12 Aug 2026

   Ep 178: The Hidden Power of Writing, Craft and Kindness

   Join us for an interesting and uplifting conversation with Katie Brunner, a marketer and enrollment staff member at Sargent College. She works primarily with Sargent College's graduate programs to ensure that those interested can smoothly transition from prospective applicants to enrolled students. Outside of BU, she is a nonfiction writer and musician.

Who has been a guest on HealthMatters

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Dr Rah-Rah
• Sarah Harvey
• Tami Atkins
• Dr Samantha Brown

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

10 ratings

Spotify

4.8 / 5

5 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 52 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

73

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

77

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