Professor Augsberger & Sprague Martinez Land Funding for Youth-Led Health Promotion Project with BU School of Medicine
BU’s Clinical & Translational Science Institute (CTSI) has awarded a research grant to professors Astraea Augsberger (BUSSW), Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett (BU School of Medicine) and Linda Sprague Martinez (BUSSW) for their project, “Data-Driven, Youth-Led Health Promotion Strategy for a Safety Net Accountable Care Organization.” The aim of the project, devised within a “participatory action research” […]
BUSSW Students and Alum Lobby for Legislation Focused on Mobility and Safety for All Mass. Drivers – Regardless of Immigration Status
Cristina Brinkerhoff, doctoral candidate at BUSSW, knows the mobility struggle well. She was undocumented for seven years and had been afraid to drive herself. With 78% of Massachusetts workers needing to drive to work, the ability to get a license is essential. According to an opinion piece in The Boston Globe, the goal of the […]
Professor Sprague Martinez Shares Expertise at Invitation-Only Event Commemorating Aspen Institute Report
A Nation at Hope, released in January 2019 by the Aspen Institute’s National Commission on Social, Emotional, and Academic Development, spurred a national conversation about how young people learn. The central idea of the Commission’s work deeply resonated with the experience of families, educators, and community leaders alike: that children learn best when they are […]
MSW Class Partners With Town of Winthrop to Address Hoarding
MetroBridge sparks collaboration at Charles River Campus BUSSW MSW students in lecturer Heidi Sulman’s “Mental Health and Social Policy” course recently applied their studies to real-world needs in the town of Winthrop, Massachusetts, as part of Boston University’s MetroBridge program. MetroBridge, a program established by BU Initiative on Cities, enlists BU faculty and their classes […]
BU Launches Worcester Program, Focuses Social Work Lens on Opioid Crisis (Telegram & Gazette)
BUSSW partners with community leaders to bring the School of Social Work to Worcester, Telegram & Gazette reports. May 13, 2019 | By Susan Spencer, Telegram & Gazette staff Tackling the opioid crisis involves more than ramping up public safety, medical intervention, rehabilitation and education efforts, according to a panel of health and community […]
BUSSW Researchers Create SMART Program to Help End Homelessness Among Boston Youth
In 2016, Mayor Marty Walsh convened a group of experts to address youth homelessness in Boston, where an estimated 360 young people sleep outside or in shelters on any given night. The discussion that followed gave rise to the Plan to End Youth and Young Adult Homelessness in Boston, which recommends an expansion of education […]
Cape Cod MSW Program Launches New Workshop for Field and Career Education
BUSSW’s Cape Cod MSW Program co-hosted an innovative day-long workshop recently with Cape Cod Community College to prepare students for the field by focusing on topical areas of interest not typically part of the course curriculum. The community effort included presenters from local organizations, who volunteered their time, and was open to associate, bachelor, and […]
Strong Families Strong Forces Training Program, Designed by BUSSW Professor DeVoe, Lands at Kentucky’s Fort Campbell
March 13, 2019 Strong Families Strong Forces, a two-day provider training program developed by Professor Ellen DeVoe, extended its reach last month to Fort Campbell in Kentucky — the home of the 101st Airborne and Special Forces units. The program provided tools and guidance to more than 60 chaplains, behavioral health providers, family members, local […]
Professor Lopez Leads CISWH Collaboration with Superemos Foundation to Improve Domestic Violence Services in Nicaragua
March 11, 2019 | Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health (CISWH) Social workers can be instrumental in helping women and children leave an abusive household, connecting them to the support and safety they need. The Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health (CISWH) at Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW) is collaborating with the […]
Two BUSSW Alumni, Yaminette Diaz-Linhart and Aaron Coleman, Selected for National Leadership Program to Build Health Equity
Boston, MA – With the intention of diversifying the next generations of leaders and ensure equity in policies, Health Policy Research Scholars has selected a group of PhD students from across the country to be part of its second cohort. As two of 40 selected applicants, Boston University School of Social Work alumni Yaminette Diaz-Linhart and Aaron […]