Professor Lundgren Named BUSSW Director of Research
Dean Gail Steketee has announced that Professor Lena Lundgren will assume the role of the School of Social Work’s Director of Research beginning in September 2008. Dr. Lundgren’s duties will include identifying grant opportunities for faculty and doctoral students; mentoring faculty on proposal development; providing technical advice on ongoing funded research projects; advising on data […]
Doctoral Student Presents on Hoarding
BUSSW doctoral student Christiana Bratiotis presented on Understanding Compulsive Hoarding as part of the Lahey Clinic’s (Burlington, Massachusetts) Social Work Lunchtime Series on March 26. Christiana also is co-presenting How to Talk to Someone with a Hoarding Problem with Jesse Edsell-Vetter of the Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership. The presentation is being made to housing site […]
Doctoral Student Presents on Compulsive Hoarding
Doctoral student Christiana Bratiotis presented “This Full House: Understanding Compulsive Hoarding” as part of The Nevada Speaker Series of The University of Nevado on February 28, 2008.
IGSW and CalSWEC Training Will Improve Elder Mental Health Services
Through a partnership, the Institute for Geriatric Social Work (JGSW) of Boston University School of Social Work will join with the California Social Work Education Center (CalSWEC), a state consortium, to provide training in mental health aspects of aging to social work professionals in three areas of California. The training is crucial, according to IGSW […]
BUSSW Faculty Team Releases Research Reports as Part of National Evaluation of Child Welfare Training Grants
The research team of Associate Professor Mary Elizabeth Collins, Principal Invesitagator, Professor Maryann Amodeo, Co-Principal Investigator, and Clinical Professor Cassandra Clay, Co-Investigator, has released two reports as part of its National Evaluation of Child Welfare Training Grants. The reports are a Case Study Report of Independent Living Training Projects and a Review of the Literature on […]
SSW Receives Grant to Study Post-Foster Care Adolescents
Original Post: April 26, 2006 (Boston) — The latest statistics from the Massachusetts Department of Social Services (DSS) report that more than 10,000 children and adolescents across the state are currently placed in foster care homes. In an effort to examine the experiences of youth after they leave foster care, the School of Social […]