Yunieska Krug, director of Boston University School of Social Work’s (BUSSW) Bedford campus, brings together social workers, medical professionals, researchers and more for the second annual Northeast Integrative Medicine Conference. The in-person event will feature industry leaders presenting on topics including compassion fatigue, gender-affirming care, grant writing, and mindfulness with incarcerated populations. The conference is […]
Since the rise of anti-Asian hate crimes in the US during the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers and mental health practitioners have sought to address how the crimes affect the Asian American community. While first-hand racism is shown to negatively impact a survivor’s mental health, the impact of vicarious or “secondhand” discrimination is less understood. A recent […]
Linda Sprague Martinez, associate professor at Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW), moderated a panel for a two-day national symposium on long Covid hosted by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM). Prof. Sprague Martinez’s session focused on less-studied long COVID symptoms and gaps in evidence. The session featured the deputy chief […]
The Association of Oncology Social Work (AOSW) presented its 2023 Quality of Life in Cancer Care Award to Barbara Jones, PhD, MSW, the incoming dean of Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW). The award recognizes her contributions and dedication to quality-of-life care for cancer survivors. As the award recipient, Jones delivered the Quality of […]
