Monday, March 1st, 2021
Clinical associate professor Emily McCobb spoke with National Geographic on the pandemic’s impact on human-animal relationships and pets’ roles in families.
Monday, February 22nd, 2021
Psychology Today featured research led by assistant professor Megan Mueller examining the effectiveness of therapy dog interaction with adolescents.
Thursday, June 18th, 2020
Scientists collaborate to understand the coronavirus, from how it is transmitted to the disparity of its harm. https://now.tufts.edu/articles/researchers-across-tufts-pivot-fight-covid-19
Thursday, June 4th, 2020
A feature in The Boston Globe highlights the CoVERS study being led by Professor Jonathan Runstadler, which seeks to understand the potential for transfer of the novel coronavirus between humans and animals
Monday, March 30th, 2020
Pets can provide company and comfort in the face of social isolation and high anxiety
Tuesday, February 18th, 2020
Dog owners band together to crowdfund a clinical trial of a drug that could help pets and people survive pulmonary fibrosis
Wednesday, January 9th, 2019
The importance of first impressions, why “draconian leash laws” are hurting dogs, and more insights from the renowned animal behaviorist, Temple Grandin
Thursday, November 1st, 2018
Caregivers of dogs with heart disease are stressed most by worry.
Wednesday, May 31st, 2017
GRAFTON, Mass. (May 31, 2017)—Second-grade students who read aloud to dogs in an afterschool program demonstrated improved attitudes about reading, according to researchers at Tufts Institute for Human-Animal Interaction at Tufts University. Their research appears… Read More
