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Luz López, assistant professor of clinical practice at the School of Social Work talks about the three-week summer travel and study program in Puerto Rico called "The Puerto Rican Experience." López says the program gives students the chance to [...]focus on social, economic, and cultural issues in Puerto Rico.
Hosted by Boston University School of Social Work Alumni Association. on November 1, 2007.
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Joan Wallace-Benjamin, School of Social Work 2007 Commencement Speaker
Hosted by Boston University School of Social Work on May 20, 2007.
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Social work and public health are both centrally concerned with the social determinants of health. This half-day symposium will explore how, together, social work and public health can improve population health, from individual-level to systemic [...]change. We aim to generate ideas for future collaboration in scholarship, policy, and practice.
OPENING REMARKS
Sandro Galea, Dean and Robert A. Knox Professor, Boston University School of Public Health
Jorge Delva, Dean, Boston University School of Social Work and Director and Paul Farmer Professor, Center for Innovation in Social Work and Health
3:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
KEYNOTE
Charles E. Lewis, Jr., President, Congressional Research Institute for Social Work and Policy
3:45 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
PANEL
Educating Social Workers for Public Health
Betty J. Ruth, Clinical Professor and Director, MSW/MPH Program, Boston University School of Social Work (SSW ’84, SPH ’85)
Community Health
Linda Sprague Martinez, Associate Professor, Boston University School of Social Work
Health Care
Jennifer Valenzuela, Principal of Equity and People, Health Leads (SSW ’00, SPH ’01)
Policy
Heidi Allen, Associate Professor, Columbia University School of Social Work
Global Health
Fernando Ona, Clinical Associate Professor of Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University and Clinician, Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights, Boston Medical Center (CAS ’92, SSW ’15)
Moderator: Harold Cox, Associate Dean for Public Health Practice and Associate Professor of Community Health Sciences, Boston University School of Public Health
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