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Community Connection in Changing Times: CISWH’s Executive Director reflects on her return to Ecuador

October 13, 2022 My trips to Ecuador have forever influenced my global view of the role of social work in community health and social justice.... More

Social Work Today: CISWH Executive Director Ellie Zambrano & Kristina Whiton-O’Brien (SSW’95) Urge Social Workers to Promote Civic Health

September 30, 2021 Civic health is directly related to physical health. CISWH Executive Director Ellie Zambrano & Kristina Whiton-O'Brien explain why social workers should register clients to vote.... More

The Heller School: CISWH Board Member Explains How Pandemics Threaten U.S. Lives, Health Systems, & Economic Stability

August 25, 2021 CISWH Board member A.K. Nandakumar, professor of the Practice, director of the MS Program in Global Health Policy and Management, and the Institute for Global Health and Development recently conducted...... More

Barron’s: Coronavirus Leaves Children in Institutionalized Care at Risk

June 10, 2020 The Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health's Senior Project Director Meg Comeau discusses how some of the most vulnerable children—those living in long-term care facilities—are being impacted by...... More

Helping Those Living with HIV Get Jobs and Housing

December 18, 2019 A Special Projects of National Significance chapter in San Antonio, TX, which works with people with HIV, was recently featured on local San Antonio television.... More

BU Today: Don’t call Jessica Lareau an Alcoholic. To Her, Words Matter

April 03, 2019 BUSSW student Jessica Lareau has launched a campaign—Support Recovery Initiative—to get SSW faculty, staff, and students to replace stigmatizing language with terms that put the person first, not the illness—as...... More

The Daily Free Press: Panelists discuss racial health inequities in Boston

April 03, 2017 The Boston University Center for Innovation in Social Work and Health hosted a panel discussion on social work’s role in managing health inequities in Boston on Thursday in the Photonics...... More

The Daily Free Press: School of Social Work addresses health needs outside of medical care

April 03, 2017 Boston University students, alumni, faculty, staff and social work experts came together Thursday night to discuss how to reform the healthcare system to fit social needs. Read more about the...... More

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