Lisa Zerden (PhD’09) Receives $1.4 Million Federal Grant for Integrative Healthcare Project
When we learned that Lisa Zerden (PhD’09) recently received $1.4 million in federal funding for her innovative integrative healthcare project, we were anxious to learn more about her vision for the future of primary care as well as her work as a professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Zerden told the […]
Fall Faculty Updates: Renee Spencer, Associate Professor and Chair of Human Behavior in the Social Environment
Professor Renee Spencer will deliver a keynote talk titled, “Realizing the Promise of Youth Mentoring,” at Mentors in Schools: Research in Action, sponsored by the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland on November 27. In September, Professor Spencer held a project launch meeting in Seattle, WA, for a new 4-year project, “Developing a Model for Delivering […]
Fall Faculty Updates: Ruth Paris, Associate Professor
Professor Paris, site PI, was recently funded by the NIH/NCCAM to study the impact of chronic low back pain on military veterans and their families. The parent study, based at Boston Medical Center (PI, Robert Saper) and the VA in Bedford, MA, is a randomized control trial of yoga for chronic low back pain in […]
Fall Faculty Updates: Julie Springwater, Adjunct Associate Professor and Coordinator of the Human Services Management Certificate
Professor Julie Springwater is currently serving as the interim Chair of Macro Practice at the School of Social Work, as well as the Chair of the Governance Committee of the Board of the Child Welfare League of America. Professor Springwater recently celebrated her 20th anniversary as the Executive Director of the NE Association of Child […]
Fall Faculty Updates: Lena Lundgren, Associate Dean for Research, Professor, and CARS Director
Associate Dean and Professor Lena Lundgren hosted the 2014 Addiction Health Services Research Conference (AHSR), a national conference bringing together experts in the field of addiction research, in Boston. Professor Lundgren introduced alumnus Douglas Brooks (SSW’99), one of the plenary speakers at the 3-day event. For more information about this year’s AHSR Conference, click here. […]
Fall Faculty Updates: Michelle Novelle, Lecturer
Professor Michelle Novelle is presenting her dissertation on social orphans in Colombian state care at the first ever “Latin American Biennial of Youth and Childhoods” in Colombia from November 17-21.
Fall Faculty Updates: Lisa Moore, Clinical Assistant Professor
Professor Lisa Moore spoke on “Race, Racism, and Collective Oppression through a Psychodynamic Lens” at the the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute on November 3.
Fall Faculty Updates: Hyeouk “Chris” Hahm, Associate Professor
Professor Hyeouk “Chris” Hahm will visit the Harvard School of Education on November 12, speaking on the topic “Invisible Minority No More: Exploring Stress, Coping, and Mental Health among Asian and Asian-American Students.” She was a recently featured BU Researcher. For more information, click here. On October 12, 2014, Professor Hahm was invited to give a […]
Fall Faculty Updates: Judith Gonyea, Professor
Professor Judith Gonyea’s recent publications include: Gonyea, J.G., López, L.M., & Velásquez, E.H. (2014). The Effectiveness of a Culturally Sensitive Cognitive Behavioral Group Intervention for Latino Alzheimer’s Caregivers. Gerontologist, DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnu045. Hahm, H.C., Gonyea, J.G., Chiao, C., & Koritsanszky, L.A. (2014). Fractured identity: A framework for understanding young Asian American women’s self-harm and suicidal behaviors. […]
Fall Faculty Updates: Janice Furlong, Clinical Associate Professor
Professor Janice Furlong presented “The Power to Name: Controversies and Changes in the DSM 5” at the Southern Jamaica Plain Health Center in November. Professor Furlong was also a discussant at a NASW film series event in September.