At Boston Medical Center (BMC), the region’s largest safety-net hospital, when patients are diagnosed with COVID-19 and sent home to quarantine, they often have concerns that reach far beyond their symptoms. How will they get food and medicine if they can’t leave the house? What if they fall behind on their rent and utilities? These […]
Hosted by the University of Pennsylvania’s Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, “Addressing Social Needs to Improve Health” is a virtual conversation with BU School of Social Work dean Jorge Delva, Caroline Fichtenberg and Kathleen Noonan, moderated by Rachel Werner. Dean Jorge Delva is a nationally recognized expert on substance use disorders and ethnic health […]
Professor Phillipe Copeland, an expert on racial justice, is a key contributor and consultant on the new report, Building Toward Racial Justice and Equity in Health: A Call to Action, issued by Attorney General Maura Healey. The report advances a far-reaching set of recommendations for reducing health inequities that impact communities of color in Massachusetts. […]
When Christina Lee, PhD, a licensed psychologist, joined BUSSW as an associate professor in 2019, she brought with her a clear expertise in intervention science, addiction psychology, and health disparities research. As the first director of the Research Core at BUSSW’s Center for Innovation in Social Work and Health, she continues her pioneering work on […]