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 […]
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 […]
What are a researcher’s ethical responsibilities? In an episode with the podcast Vitamin PhD, BUSSW Prof. Renée Spencer was joined by neuroscience PhD candidate Luis Rameriez to talk about the importance of transparency in the pursuit of knowledge. Prof. Spencer draws on her experience as the chair of the Charles River Institutional Review Board, where […]
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 Prof. Judith Scott at BU School of Social Work, researchers are expanding the understanding of Ethnic-Racial Socialization (ERS) to explore just that. […]