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Jorge Delva New Leader of BU Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health
Dean Jorge Delva will take permanent leadership of the BU Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health as he assumes the Paul Farmer Professorship formerly held by inaugural CISWH director Sara “Sally” Bachman. By Rich Barlow @ BU Today | November 15, 2018 (BU Today) – At a reception Tuesday at the regal […]
BUSSW Names New Members to its Academic Leadership Team
Boston University School of Social Work recently announced several changes and additions to its academic leadership team: S. Wade Taylor Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Taylor joins BUSSW as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and a Clinical Associate Professor. His new role provides leadership for the overall MSW educational program and development of the curriculum, and […]
Dean’s Statement on Ford-Kavanaugh Hearings
Good morning to the SSW Community, The recent news surrounding the Senate Hearings on the Kavanaugh nomination can be difficult for many of us to hear, particularly those who are survivors of sexual assault or sexual abuse. I want to acknowledge this and try to offer some support and perspective. Students, faculty, and staff may […]
USA Gymnastics Names BUSSW’s Julie Springwater to New Board of Directors
After tapping BU School of Social Work adjunct associate professor and macro chair, Julie Springwater, to its interim board earlier this year, the organization has now named the professor to its newly seated Board of Directors. Springwater brings a macro social work background that includes child welfare policy, workforce development, positive youth development, and […]
Salas-Wright Awarded NIH/NIAAA KO1 Grant for Project on Preventing Adolescent Substance Use and Violence
Dr. Christopher P. Salas-Wright, assistant professor at Boston University’s School of Social Work, received a Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (KO1), a five-year project funded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. His study, “Preventing Alcohol and Other Drug Use and Violence among Latino Youth,” will focus on adapting the keepin’ it REAL curriculum—a […]
BUSSW Professor Renée Spencer and Collaborators Awarded $1.4m Grant for Research on Children of Mobile Military Parents
For children of highly mobile active-duty military parents, finding stability in a school setting poses exceptional challenges. To address this issue, Boston University School of Social Work Professor Renée Spencer (PI) and her research team have been awarded a four-year, $1.4 million grant from the Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. The mixed-methods […]
BUSSW researchers awarded five-year cooperative agreement to advance financing of care for children and youth with special health care needs
A national center dedicated to improving health insurance and financing of care for CYSHCN has a new five-year funding agreement to remain at the Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health (CISWH) at Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW). June 28, 2018 — Since 2005 the Catalyst Center has focused on how health care coverage […]
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 […]
Study Directed by Professor Tom Byrne Finds Health Care Cost Savings Through Community Support Program for Homeless Men and Women
The state’s funding of community-based support services for chronically homeless people is a “wise investment” that can lead to significant health care cost savings
BU School of Social Work Professors Receive NIAAA Grant
Immersion training model will equip faculty and students nationwide with vital empirically-supported alcohol and drug treatment methods The Boston University School of Social Work Center for Addictions Research and Services (CARS) professors Dr. Lena Lundgren (Center director) and Dr. Christopher Salas-Wright have received a new National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) R25 Grant. Responding to […]