In order for policymakers to make community-informed decisions, they must understand how complex political history determines environmental health action among those communities. To illustrate this necessity, BU School of Social Work Prof. Linda Sprague Martinez, Dr. Shir Lirman Ginzburg, and Sharon Ron from the Metropolitan Area Planning Council’s Public Health Team have used a case […]
In a recent interview on the BU Sargent podcast Health Matters, BU School of Social Work alumna Margie Pettingell (SSW’89) described her experience as she pursued a new certificate in Interprofessional Leadership in Healthcare, developed by BUSSW and Sargent College. The certificate’s pilot project included 30 alumni from various Boston University schools. One of the things […]
Aging and disability education can improve the lives of caregivers and the cared for all over the world. Recently, The Center for Aging & Disability Education & Research (CADER) at BU School of Social Work collaborated with the Centre for Dignified Aging (CDA) in Rwanda to transform a CADER course for use in Rwanda and […]
BU School of Social Work Professor Renée Spencer is one of several speakers at an upcoming national mentoring roundtable event, “Meaningful Engagement of Caregivers of Color.” The roundtable “seeks to deepen the exploration of the ways in which mentee caregivers are essential to quality matches and to their children’s futures. And consider the ways in […]
