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Lecturer Brinkerhoff Shares Expertise on Shaping Public Policy at Global International Symposium

Lecturer Cristina Brinkerhoff from BU School of Social Work (BUSSW) shared her expertise on how collaboration between government and immigrant communities – especially Brazilians – can shape public policy at both city and state levels in a recent presentation at the III International Symposium on Public Policies and Sustainable Development, in Espirito Santo, Brazil. She was joined by Lenita Reason from the Brazilian Worker Center to speak on Intersectorality of Public Policies in Cities.   In […]

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Prof. Treitler Finds Critical Gaps in Opioid Addiction Treatment Access

A research study led by Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW) professor Peter Treitler and the Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research at Rutgers University reveals alarming gaps in access to life-saving opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment among Medicaid enrollees nationwide.   The joint research findings, published recently in the peer-reviewed […]