Comms prof becomes BU’s first non-STEM researcher to earn prestigious NSF Career Grant
Anyone who has visited the doctor in recent years — whether in-person or virtually — can see that the ways patients and doctors share information is changing. From online patient portals to computerized files medical professionals can reference while talking to the patient, new technologies ensure that everyone involved is both adopting and adapting together. Dr. Ashley Barrett (BA ’07, MA ’09) studies these ever-evolving patient-provider interac…