Health
From AI and Big Data to nanotechnology and public policy, our faculty are at the forefront of making people and communities healthier.
Health. Security. Sustainability.
Turning discoveries into high-impact solutions
From AI and Big Data to nanotechnology and public policy, our faculty are at the forefront of making people and communities healthier.
What powers our research enterprise
Fluid collaboration across disciplines
Innovative partnerships with industry, government, and powerful consortia
A global enterprise to scale and accelerate research
Vast support and flexibility to bring ideas to market
Your climate hazard exposure may not be the same as your neighbor’s.
Northeastern’s Dan O’Brien and Amy Mueller find granular variability in environmental hazards within Boston neighborhoods
Meet Northeastern’s new astrophysics professors who hope to shed light on dark matter and dark energy
At a critical moment in astrophysics, Northeastern hires three new professors — Jonathan Blazek, Jacqueline McCleary and Tsuguo Aramaki — to dig into cosmology’s biggest questions.
Cannabis leads us to a revolutionary molecule for addressing pain management and opioid tolerance
Northeastern’s Alexandros Makriyannis created a synthetic cannabinoid that can reduce pain and may wean people off of conventional painkillers.
Buildings don't use energy — people do
Northeastern’s Michael Kane shows how clean energy might go to waste if we don’t figure out how to use it.
Our researchers in action
Research Discovery
Northeastern University’s research discovery platforms help users identify subject matter experts across disciplines and institutions and build collaborative teams and networks.
The Research Discovery website makes faculty research and scholarship activity discoverable to external audiences through faculty profiles that can be searched by scholar name or research topic.
Northeastern faculty use Faculty Insight for:
Finding subject matter experts within the university or at another institution
Building interdisciplinary research teams
Showcasing faculty scholarly activity with curated faculty profiles
Identifying federal funding and honorific award opportunities