Faculty: Noor Toraif

A photo collage shows images of parks, vitamin and mineral supplements, an EBT card, coded information on a computer screen, objects on a table with the caption "Figuring out my own treatment when my pain is dismissed," and a picture of a candle and organic matter and booklets with the caption "Spirituality is self-preservation."

Prof. Augsberger & BUSSW Student Researchers Partner with BUSM and Local Youths to Explore Health Inequities During COVID-19

A research project led by Boston University’s School of Social Work and School of Medicine is bridging the gap between health care institutions and community members by implementing a citywide youth advisory board at Boston Medical Center, BU’s teaching hospital and one of the city’s top health care institutions. The youth advisory board follows a […]

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Understanding Structural & Institutional Racism: BUSSW Offers Free Online Course Through Network for Professional Education

Dawn Belkin Martinez, clinical associate professor at Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW), and members of the BUSSW Equity & Inclusion committee have developed one of the first online courses to help people and organizations understand the compelling topic of structural and institutional racism. In its first free online course offering, The Network for […]

Doctoral Candidate Noor Toraif (’23) Receives SSWR’s 2022 Doctoral Fellows Award

Noor Toraif, BUSSW doctoral candidate and research fellow at the school’s Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health (CISWH), has received the 2022 Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) Doctoral Fellows Award – recognizing and supporting doctoral students whose proposed dissertation research reflects innovative ideas and rigorous methodologies related to social work research, […]