Daniel Jacobson López

Daniel Jacobson López, an expert in trauma, joined BU School of Social Work in 2021. He is also visiting faculty at Yale University’s School of Public Health and a BU Diversity & Inclusion STAR scholar. His research examines the experiences of gay Latino and Black sexual assault survivors and services provided to them; violence against gay Black and Latino men, and LGBTQ individuals; and COVID-19’s effects on people living with HIV/AIDS. Most recently, he traveled to Ghana to reduce stigma and increase HIV testing among men who have sex with men.

Prior to joining BUSSW, Jacobson López was a postdoctoral associate at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, where he was a CEED diversity scholar. In 2020, he became the inaugural chair of diversity and inclusion for the University of Pittsburgh Postdoctoral Association. Jacobson López has received awards from Black Men at Penn and the Center for Hispanic Excellence from the University of Pennsylvania. In addition to his scholarship and research, Jacobson López is a certified sexual assault counselor, certified ART therapist, licensed clinical social worker, and anti-bias facilitator with the Anti-Defamation League.