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Journal of Social Work Education: “Teaching Note—Educating Public Health Social Work Professionals: Results From an MSW/MPH Program Outcomes Study”

Clinical Professor and Director of the Dual Degree Program in Social Work and Public Health Betty J. Ruth, along with Jamie Wyatt Marshall, Esther E. M. Velásquez, and Sara S. Bachman recently published the results of their study of MSW/MPH graduates in the Journal of Social Work Education’s winter 2015 issue. In “Teaching Note—Educating Public Health […]

Marylou Sudders (’78) Appointed New Massachusetts Health and Human Services Chief

Governor-elect Charlie Baker recently appointed former mental health commissioner Marylou Sudders (’78) to lead his administration’s health and human services secretariat. Sudders is currently an associate professor of health and mental health at Boston College’s Graduate School of Social Work. She graduated BU School of Social Work. Sudders previously served as commissioner of mental health […]

Daniel P. Miller Awarded the 2015 Society for Social Work and Research Excellence in Research Award

On October 27, 2014, the Society for Social Work and Research announced the recipient of its Excellence in Research Award: BUSSW Assistant Professor Daniel P. Miller, PhD. In 2013, Miller’s article “Exposure to Childhood Neglect and Physical Abuse and Developmental Trajectories of Heavy Episodic Drinking From Early Adolescence into Young Adulthood,” authored alongside Sunny H. Shin […]

BU Ranks 37th Among Global Universities, Social Sciences and Public Health Ranks 25th

Social Sciences and Public Health at Boston University ranked 25th in the U.S News & World Report’s “Best Global Universities Rankings” for 2015. “Social Sciences and Public Health” includes various topics related to people and organizations, including social work. U.S News & World Report ranks universities based on reputation, research, citations, highly cited papers, international […]