BUSSW Prof. Linda Sprague Martinez, who also serves as community engagement program co-director for BU’s Clinical & Translational Science Institute’s (CTSI), will moderate a panel exploring how housing policies in Boston affect community health. Prof. Dawn Belkin Martinez will be a featured expert, along with Mike Leyba from City Life/Vida Urbana, and Markeisha Moore from […]
Associate Professor Linda Sprague Martinez will welcome new presenters to the virtual stage each month as host of the 3rd Thursday Community Engaged Research Speaker Series. An initiative of Boston University’s Clinical & Translational Sciences Institute (BU CTSI), the speaker series showcases a diverse array of experts – including community partners, research groups, faculty and […]
BUSSW Prof. Linda Sprague Martinez will present at the latest iteration of Columbia University School of Social Work Dean’s Lecture on Inequality and Opportunity Series. Her talk, “Achieving the Promise of Participatory Research Approaches in the Context of Structural Racism,” will cover her experience in community-based participatory research (CBPR), common CBPR barriers such as structural […]
During the COVID-19 pandemic, telehealth services were one of many health care solutions that didn’t put patients at risk of virus exposure. However, vulnerable older populations–particularly those who are lower income and live in public housing–face unique challenges that telehealth may exacerbate. In an effort to address these telehealth inequities, Taylor Wensley (MSW’22) and Prof. […]