A research study led by Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW) professor Peter Treitler and the Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research at Rutgers University reveals alarming gaps in access to life-saving opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment among Medicaid enrollees nationwide. The joint research findings, published recently in the peer-reviewed […]
Recently, Associate Professor Jennifer M. Gómez from Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW), was a guest at the Intersectionality Training Institute’s Intersectionality Research Salon to speak on two areas of her expertise: cultural betrayal trauma theory, dreamstorming, plus her career trajectory. Prof. Gómez’s research gives voice and legitimacy to experiences that are often silenced […]
Cristina Brinkerhoff, lecturer at Boston University’s School of Social Work (BUSSW), testifies on Nov. 25 in Massachusetts on behalf of the Safe Communities Act (S.1681) (Sens. Eldridge and Miranda), H.2580 (Reps. Cruz and Sousa). The Safe Communities Act is focused on limiting local law enforcement involvement in federal immigration enforcement. By preventing local police from acting […]
In a new article in Think Global Health, BU School of Social Work Research Professor Allyala K. Nandakumar, director of the Global Social Work & Public Health Lab at the Center for Innovation in Social Work and Health (CISWH) at Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW), and Debbie Stenoien, CISWH research associate, contribute to […]