Report summary

Boston University Department of Global Health in 2024-2026 reads as a 12-PI network with 6 internal PI collaborations. The dominant subject mix is Medicine as the leading field (43% of slots across 10 PIs; 10 labels), Epidemiology as the leading subfield (13% of slots across 4 PIs; 4 labels), and HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions as the leading topic (8% of slots across 3 PIs; 3 labels). Overall the pattern is balanced: there is enough structure to identify active groups, while the field mix still leaves room for multiple research identities. The leading PI names are Andrew Stokes (9.6 weighted works; COVID-19 and healthcare impacts, Smoking Behavior and Cessation); Sandro Galea (9 weighted works; Healthcare cost, quality, practices, Healthcare Policy and Management). The most visible ties are Nancy Scott and Sydney Rosen (6 shared works, weight 2.4); Christopher Gill and Donald M. Thea (4 shared works, weight 2.2). The leading breakdown groups are group 1 with 5 PIs, 5 internal connections, weight 5.4, around Infectious Diseases, Economics and Econometrics, Epidemiology, led by Brooke E Nichols, Sydney Rosen, Nancy Scott.