Astraea Augsberger, a faculty member at Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW) and a faculty affiliate at BUSSW’s Center for Innovation in Social Work and Health, has been promoted from assistant professor to associate professor with tenure in recognition of her exemplary scholarship, teaching, and service. Augsberger has dedicated her social work career to […]
Astraea Augsberger, a faculty member at BU School of Social Work (BUSSW), has received new grant funding from the National Institutes of Health to fund the expansion of Project IMPACT, a preventative service program for parents with intellectual disabilities. The grant will fund a study examining Project IMPACT’s effectiveness at reducing foster care placement for […]
Youth and communities of color are underrepresented in health-related program design and delivery, but a study led by researchers at Boston University’s School of Social Work (BUSSW) and School of Medicine shows that youth engagement has potential to bring healthcare policy and practice closer to community needs – and that we need young people of […]
An article on family engagement in the child welfare system by BU School of Social Work faculty members Astraea Augsberger and Mary E. Collins and MSW student Benjamin Levine was named one of the best quantitative articles of 2022 by social services journal Families in Society. Cristina Mogro-Wilson, the journal’s editor-in-chief, says their article was […]