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,…

Doctoral Fellow Melanie Morris is working on the Economic Case for Social Work in Public Health Settings and Healthcare. She has explored the current literature on the role of social work in healthcare, the cost savings and cost-effectiveness of social work interventions, and how social work promotes health equity.

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…