The Grayken Center for Addiction at Boston Medical Center partners with the Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health (CISWH) at Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW) to present a panel discussion exploring social work leadership at the intersection of substance use treatment and social justice advocacy. Dr. Nabila El-Bassel, director of the […]
Home visits are a key part of being a health and social service professional. However, graduate students often do not receive hands-on, interprofessional learning in class to prepare them for home assessments at field placements or after graduation. To address this, Profs. Jordana Muroff and Bronwyn Keefe from BU School of Social Work (BUSSW) and […]
Faculty, staff, doctoral students, and alumni from Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW) brought community engagement expertise to the university and beyond this year with a speaker series hosted through the BU Clinical & Translational Science Institute’s (CTSI) Community Engagement Program. The Building a Culture of Community Engagement Speaker Series was led by Linda […]
Hoarding disorder is a serious behavioral issue that affects millions of individuals. However, it wasn’t well understood until the 1990s when researchers including Gail Steketee, the former dean of Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW), led systematic studies that dispelled early conceptions of the condition. Since then, research on hoarding has grown significantly thanks […]
