Partners & Affiliates

CISWH team members and colleagues pose in front of the University of Global Health Equity sign at the Butaro Campus in Rwanda, with scenic mountains in the background.

Convergent partnerships are at the heart of what we do. We are proud to partner with federal and state agencies, non-profit and advocacy organizations, philanthropic institutions, and universities to elevate social work leadership and to create equitable health and mental health care systems for all.

Sazana Ishema Aging Centre (SIAC)

  • County Health Rankings & Reports
  • De Novo
  • National Alliance of Public Health Students and Alums
  • Reproductive Equity Now
  • Society for Social Work Leadership in Healthcare
  • Family Voices

  • AcademyHealth
  • Altarum Institute
  • American Academy of Pediatric
  • National Center for Medicaid Home Implementation
  • Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs (AMCHP)
  • Center for Health Care Strategies (CHCS)
  • Family Voices
  • Georgetown Center for Children and Families
  • Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health
  • National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP)
  • National Alliance for Adolescent Healt
  • Got Transition
  • Serena Rajabiun, Associate Professor, UMASS Lowell Zuckerberg College of Health Sciences

  • Better Together America
  • Braver Angels
  • More Perfect Union
  • National Coalition for Design and Deliberation

Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health

  • American Academy of Pediatrics
  • Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP)
  • Family Voices
  • Health Management Associates
  • Population Health Improvement Partners
  • Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
  • Boston Children’s Hospital
  • Harvard Medical School
  • National Center for Care Coordination Technical Assistance
  • Academy Health
  • National Care Coordination Academy
  • St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, Drexel University College of Medicine

  • Amal Alliance
  • Serena Rajabiun, Associate Professor, UMASS Lowell Zuckerberg College of Health Sciences

  • Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Additional Project Affiliates
  • Verenea Serrano, Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine
  • Rishi Agrawal, Professor, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
  • Karen Kuhlthau, Chief and Director of General Academic Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Brigham for Children
  • Maurice Sholas, Attending Physician, Ochsner Health
  • Diane Cejas, Associate Professor of Neurology, University of North Carolina Medical School

  • Melanie Morris, Assistant Professor, University of Washington School of Social Work

  • Parent Education & Advocacy Leadership (PEAL) Center
  • Hispanics United for Exceptional Children (HUNE)
  • Renee Turchi, Professor and Academic Chair, Drexel University College of Medicine
  • Pennsylvania Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC)

  • University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) ASSIST+
  • University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Rehabilitation Institute
  • University of Pittsburgh School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
  • Dan Ding, Professor and Vice Chair, University of Pittsburgh School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
  • Lynn Worobey, Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

  • Corporation for Supportive Housing and Collaborative Solutions
  • John Snow Inc. (JSI) Research & Training Institute
  • University of Massachusetts, Lowell
  • Implementation Technical Assistance Provider (ITAP)

  • System Dynamics Society
  • Iceberg Partners, LLC
  • Washington University, Brown School of Social Work
  • Tributary Design, LLC

  • Partners in Health
  • Schooner Foundation
  • University of Global Health Equity (UGHE)

  • Lin Piwowarczyk, Director, Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights:
  • Mojdeh Rohani, Executive Director, Community Legal Services and Counseling Center:
  • Janestic Twikirize, Senior Lecturer, Makerere University Department of Social Work:

  • DotHouse Health
  • Nicaragua Ministry of Health
  • Superemos Foundation

  • Clara Chen, Assistant Director of Operations, Biostatistics and Epidemiology Data Analytics Center at BU School of Public Health
  • Howard Cabral, Professor of Biostatistics, BU School of Public Health
  • Luz Marilis López, Clinical Professor, MSW/MPH Dual Degree Director, BU School of Social Work
  • M. Emilia Bianco, Clinical Assistant Professor, BU School of Social Work
  • Yoonsook Ha, Associate Professor, BU School of Social Work
  • Hyeouk Chris Hahm, Professor, Associate Dean of Research, BU School of Social Work

  • Melanie Morris, PhD’25
  • Jennica Allen, DrPH’26
  • Kimberly Baling, MSW’25/MPH’26
  • Sarah Gentner, MSW’25
  • Abdul Haseeb Hamza, MSW’25
  • Claudine Lavarin, DrPH’25
  • Zoë Richman, MSW’25
  • Eugenia Tseng, MS’25