CADER Launches Two-Year Clergy Training Program Responding to Older Adult Mental Health Needs
On March 21, the Center for Aging and Disability Education and Research (CADER) officially launched a two-year grant-funded program aimed at building the capacity of clergy to address the behavioral health needs of older adults by developing a training program for diverse faith-based leaders throughout Massachusetts. This program, funded by the MA Department of Public […]
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
Special Intergenerational Programming Workshop Provides Interactive Learning Opportunity
Explores how to effectively unite older adults and youth through programming
Quartz: “What effect did the record influx of refugees have on jobs and crime in Germany? Not much”
Finds evidence that refugees are substantially less likely than those born in the US to report involvement in a variety of non-violent and violent criminal behaviors
Special Lecture: “The Sociocultural Context of Coping: Homicide Victims and African American Survivors,” with University of Maryland Professor Tanya Sharpe
Sharpe developed a culturally-relevant intervention and tool of measurement designed to support African Americans in coping with their grief
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 […]
CBS News: “How big a problem is crime committed by immigrants?”
“The evidence is really compelling that immigrants are involved in these behaviors at a far lower rate than native-born Americans.” Boston University School of Social Work Assistant Professor Christopher Salas-Wright discusses findings from his research of antisocial behavior like drug use, gambling and fighting in immigrant and non-immigrant populations with CBS news in this article after President […]
Professor Daniel P. Miller Receives a William T. Grant Foundation Award
New York, NY– The William T. Grant Foundation is pleased to announce that Daniel P. Miller at the School of Social Work; Maureen Waller, Cornell University; and Lenna Nepomnyaschy, School of Social Work, Rutgers, received a Research Award under the Reducing Inequality focus area. This grant funds high quality, empirical projects that examine programs, policies, and practices that can […]
Marijuana Use Among Older Americans Is Up, Concern Over Use Is Down
Boston University study findings published in “Drug and Alcohol Dependence” A new study by Boston University School of Social Work professor Christopher Salas-Wright finds that marijuana use among older Americans has increased markedly in recent years. Drawing from national data, Salas-Wright and his colleagues found that the prevalence of marijuana use among adults ages 50 […]
Youth Today: “Fear, Stress Are Obstacles to Health for Youth of Color”
The YouthToday.com article “Fear, Stress Are Obstacles to Health for Youth of Color,” published on November 18, quotes assistant professor Linda Sprague Martinez in its research study on young people of color. She says that young people are the experts of their own lives and know about the conditions in their communities as well as about […]