Luz Marilis López believes in strengths-based and culturally responsive partnerships to advance health equity, social work, and public health practices around the globe. As a faculty affiliate in the Global Social Work & Public Health lab, she has been working in Nicaragua in collaboration with the Superemos…

Maya Gutman supports the Marketing and Communications team at the Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health (CISWH) by creating digital content, assisting with event promotion, and contributing to social media and newsletters. Her work focuses on elevating the center’s mission through creative storytelling and effective outreach that highlights…

Doctoral Fellow Edima Ottoho works closely with CISWH’s executive director to enhance the center’s strategic initiatives. She provides guidance and tools to strengthen team procedures, streamline planning and implementation tracking, and improve performance measurement. Her work supports integration efforts to maximize the effectiveness, cohesion, and impact of CISWH’s labs,…

For more than 30 years, Clinical Professor Emerita at Boston University (BU) School of Social Work Betty J. Ruth has taught Ethics, Racial Justice, and Macro Practice, directed professional education programs, and served as the longstanding director of BU’s Master of Social Work/Master of Public Health degree…

Tami Gouveia, DrPH, MSW, MPH, is the Paul Farmer Professor of the Practice and Director of the Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health at Boston University School of Social Work, appointed to both roles in 2023. Over a 25-year career spanning social work and public health, she…