PsyPost: Immigrants are Less Likely than US-Born Individuals to Experience Mental Disorders
By ERIC W. DOLAN @ PsyPost | July 12, 2018 New research provides evidence that immigrants to the United States are far less likely than US-born individuals to experience a number of psychiatric disorders. The study appears in the journal Psychiatry Research. “Over the last several years, my colleagues and I have conducted more than two dozen national […]
BUSSW Professor Ruth Paris & Colleagues Tackle the Opioid Crisis’ Impact on Children and their Mothers
As organizations across the United States tackle the ongoing opioid crisis, a team led by PI Ruth Paris, PhD, LICSW, Associate Professor at Boston University’s Social of Social Work (BUSSW) and the chair of BUSSW’s clinical practice department, has been working to address one of the epidemics’ most vulnerable populations — children and their mothers. […]
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 […]
BUSSW Faculty Roll Out Groundbreaking Addiction Training Program
Boston University School of Social Work takes over the most recent issue of Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions with a multi-part special feature on the school’s emerging Alcohol and Other Drugs Education Program (ADEP). ADEP, an initiative started in 2017 to promote better education about addiction, provides training to MSW social work […]
BUSSW’s Renee Spencer Receives a William T. Grant Research Award
The William T. Grant Foundation is pleased to announce that Renee Spencer, Dept. of Human Behavior, School of Social Work, Boston University, is part of a Research Award under the Foundation’s Reducing Inequality focus area, which funds high quality, empirical projects that examine programs, policies, and practices that can reduce inequality among young people in […]
BUSSW Announces Faculty and Doctoral Student Presentations for 2018 Society for Social Work and Research Conference
Boston University School of Social Work is pleased to announce a slate of faculty and doctoral students who will be presenting at the 2018 Society for Social Work and Research Conference in Washington D.C. from January 10-14, 2018. This event is a key convening of leading researchers in the field of social work. Topics such research areas as […]
Special supplement to American Journal of Public Health focuses on social work and public health
New research from the Center for Innovation in Social Work and Health at Boston University available on AJPH.org Washington, D.C., December 13, 2017 — A special supplement to the American Journal of Public Health published today explores new perspectives and research on the role of social work in public health. Articles in this supplement tackle […]
BUSSW Faculty Receive RWJF Grant to Explore a Question with Housing Policy Implications
Does the value of housing assistance impact health outcomes? The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has awarded $99,850 to two BUSSW faculty members affiliated with the Center for Innovation in Social Work and Health (CISWH) at Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW). Thomas Byrne, assistant professor, BUSSW, and Daniel P. Miller, associate professor, BUSSW, will […]
BUSSW Professor Hyeouk Chris Hahm’s New Publication Presents Guidelines for Conducting Culturally Relevant and Clinically Effective Intervention with Asian American Families
BUSSW’s Hyeouk Chris Hahm, Associate Professor and Chair of the Social Research Department, recently produced and co-edited her latest publication titled Asian American Parenting: Family Process and Intervention. The text provides social workers, mental health professionals, and practitioners with data-rich guidelines for conducting culturally relevant and clinically effective intervention with Asian American families. This book […]
Tufts Health Plan Foundation Awards Over $130,000 to CADER at Boston University
CADER initiative supports Age-Friendly New Bedford Coalition Tufts Health Plan Foundation announced a two-year grant of $138,889 to Trustees of Boston University to create community outreach and educational campaigns focused on reducing the stigma of mental illness and social isolation. The grant reflects the Foundation’s commitment to building healthier communities by promoting collaboration and improving […]