The potential overturn of Roe v. Wade has far-reaching consequences on reproductive and human rights. PhD candidate Greer Hamilton will discuss these pressing issues on a panel hosted by The Women’s Fund. The panel is part of a bi-monthly discussion meeting, titled “Wait…What?!” Hamilton’s expertise in equity, racial justice, and gender give her a nuanced […]
The BU Initiative on Cities (IOC) has named Prof. Phillipe Copeland one of their 2022 Public Impact Scholars. Each year, the Public Impact Scholars program selects faculty from across BU to participate in an interdisciplinary cohort designed to influence positive societal change within local and state policy. As an expert in antiracist education, health equity, […]
Prof. Linda Sprague Martinez will share her expertise on a Mass General Brigham panel discussing community partnerships in research. Prof. Sprague Martinez’s work focuses on community-based participatory research and how community-led initiatives can help tackle health inequities. The upcoming panel, “Achieving Research Equity & Inclusion,” is a part of a two-day national conference exploring how […]
At a recent press conference, BUSSW lecturer Deborah Goldfarb and other medical experts testified to change a Massachusetts law that civilly commits people seeking treatment for substance use disorders to prison. While other states allow “qualified petitioners” (i.e. spouses, doctors, or police officers) to commit someone to treatment, Massachusetts is the only state that can […]