Jorge Delva New Leader of BU Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health
Dean Jorge Delva will take permanent leadership of the BU Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health as he assumes the Paul Farmer Professorship formerly held by inaugural CISWH director Sara “Sally” Bachman. By Rich Barlow @ BU Today | November 15, 2018 (BU Today) – At a reception Tuesday at the regal […]
Dean Jorge Delva Appointed Director Ad Interim of CISWH
By BU Center for Innovation in Social Work and Health Dr. Jorge Delva, Dean of the School of Social Work, has been named Interim Director of the BU Center for Innovation in Social Work and Health (CISWH), effective Wednesday, September 19, 2018. He assumes this additional role as outgoing CISWH Director Dr. Sally Bachman departs […]
BUSSW researchers awarded five-year cooperative agreement to advance financing of care for children and youth with special health care needs
A national center dedicated to improving health insurance and financing of care for CYSHCN has a new five-year funding agreement to remain at the Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health (CISWH) at Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW). June 28, 2018 — Since 2005 the Catalyst Center has focused on how health care coverage […]
The Center for Innovation in Social Work and Health Grants, Updates and Plans for the Future
The Center for Innovation in Social Work and Health (CISWH) has had a very exciting year, and is in the process of planning to ensure the successful trend continue and to help the Center meet its mission of expanding the impact of social work in health care, public health, and global health in order to […]
CISWH Spring Symposium
The Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health cordially invites you to the CISWH Spring Symposium. The Spring Symposium is the debut of The Center’s seven Learning Communities, bringing together trans-disciplinary groups to discuss social work and health and showcasing their work. Thursday, May 12, 2016 11pm – 3pm Hiebert Lounge, Boston University Medical Campus […]
BUSSW, BC School of Social Work, and NASW-MA Celebrate Marylou Sudders (’78), Massachusetts’ New Secretary of Health and Human Services
“We are delighted to have her intelligence, knowledge, practicality, and strong leadership in this area of extreme importance in the Commonwealth,” Dean Gail Steketee told an audience of approximately 200 on Tuesday, March 24, as she kicked off an afternoon celebration in honor of Marylou Sudders (’78), Governor Baker’s new Secretary of Health and Human […]
National AIDS Policy Director Keynotes AHSR Conference
On October 15, 2014, Douglas Brooks (’99), director of the Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP), returned to Boston to keynote the Addiction Health Services Research (AHSR) Conference, hosted by the Center for Addiction Research (CARS). The annual conference focuses on integrating addiction, mental health, and medical care services. President Barack Obama appointed Brooks to ONAP in […]
$12.5 Million Gift Creates Innovative Center for Social Work, Health
(The following excerpt is from an article in BU Today by Rich Barlow) The doctor—and social worker—will see you now. Social workers play a critical role in health care, and an anonymous $12.5 million gift will create a new BU center melding social work and public health science to improve care here and around the […]