BUSSW Health Equity & Addiction Lab Presents at Boston Addiction Conference
A team of research assistants and students from the Health Equity & Addiction Lab (HEAL) at BUSSW presented a poster at Together for Hope: Boston Addiction Conference 2024. The poster summarizes the effectiveness of a stigma-based substance use intervention for Black patients with complex medical and behavioral health needs. “Despite drinking alcohol at rates similar […]
Professor Donna McLaughlin Presents at the IASWG Symposium: From Social Separation to Social Solidarity
Clinical Associate Professor McLaughlin will present “Exploring the Experience of Loss and Grief during the Pandemic: The Heightened Need for Connecting in Groups at the 2022 International Association for Social Work with Groups (IASWG ) Symposium: From Social Separation to Social Solidarity. From June 16-18, group workers from across the globe will participate and present […]
Vitamin PhD Podcast: Professor Spencer Explores Ethical Responsibilities During Research
What are a researcher’s ethical responsibilities? In an episode with the podcast Vitamin PhD, BUSSW Professor Renée Spencer was joined by neuroscience PhD candidate Luis Rameriez to talk about the importance of transparency in the pursuit of knowledge. Professor Spencer draws on her experience as the chair of the Charles River Institutional Review Board, where […]
Professor Scott & Colleagues Develop Model Examining How Skin Color Affects Race/Ethnicity Messages & Youth Development
How can a youth of color’s phenotype–or skin color–affect the messages they receive about their place in an ethnic-racial group? How can those signals affect their development? In a recent study led by Professor Judith Scott at BU School of Social Work, researchers are expanding the understanding of Ethnic-Racial Socialization (ERS) to explore just that. […]
Professor Paris & Colleagues Call for Better Training for Infant/Early Childhood Mental Health
Infant and early childhood mental health (IECMH)—an interdisciplinary field dedicated to advancing understanding of early relationships, socioemotional development, and cultural and contextual influences on caregiving—offers essential tools for social workers to support the well-being of infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and their families. Even though social worker Selma Fraiberg was a founder of the field, and social […]
BUSSW Professor Hyeouk Chris Hahm’s New Publication Presents Guidelines for Conducting Culturally Relevant and Clinically Effective Intervention with Asian American Families
BUSSW’s Hyeouk Chris Hahm, Associate Professor and Chair of the Social Research Department, recently produced and co-edited her latest publication titled Asian American Parenting: Family Process and Intervention. The text provides social workers, mental health professionals, and practitioners with data-rich guidelines for conducting culturally relevant and clinically effective intervention with Asian American families. This book […]
Professor Ruth Paris Returns from Fulbright Specialist Grant in Israel
Dr. Ruth Paris, associate professor of clinical practice and director of the Family Therapy Certificate Program at Boston University School of Social Work, completed a Fulbright Specialist Program grant in social work at Bar Ilan University (BIU) in Tel Aviv, Israel this spring. From March through April, Paris worked with with faculty and students at […]