Category: Macro

Linda Susan Sprague Martinez

5/23: Prof. Sprague Martinez Speaks at Panel on Successful Community Partnership Research

Prof. Linda Sprague Martinez will share her expertise on a Mass General Brigham panel discussing community partnerships in research. Prof. Sprague Martinez’s work focuses on community-based participatory research and how community-led initiatives can help tackle health inequities. The upcoming panel, “Achieving Research Equity & Inclusion,” is a part of a two-day national conference exploring how […]

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WGBH News: Lecturer Deborah Goldfarb Advocates to Divert Funding from Prisons to Healthcare Settings for Substance Use Treatment

At a recent press conference, BUSSW lecturer Deborah Goldfarb and other medical experts testified to change a Massachusetts law that civilly commits people seeking treatment for substance use disorders to prison. While other states allow “qualified petitioners” (i.e. spouses, doctors, or police officers) to commit someone to treatment, Massachusetts is the only state that can […]

JobMakers Podcast: Lecturer Celina Miranda (SSW’01,’15) Discusses Immigrant Entrepreneurship & Community Uplift in Jamaica Plain’s Latin Quarter

Last week on the JobMakers podcast, BU School of Social Work alum and lecturer Dr. Celine Miranda (MSW’01, PhD’15) shared her experience as executive director of the Hyde Square Task Force in a conversation with host Denzil Mohammed, director of the Public Education Institute.  JobMakers is a production of the Pioneer Institute and The Immigrant […]