The behalf of the UConn Collaborative to Advance Equity Through Research on Women and Girls of Color
presents
Beyond Hurricane Maria:
Cultural Trauma, Forced Exodus, Personal and Collective Responses
from the Puerto Rican Diaspora in the USA
with
Dr. Luz López
Boston University
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November 14, 2017
4:00PM-5:30PM
Schenker Lecture Hall 151
Click here for event flyer: Beyond Hurricane Maria
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Luz Marilis López, PhD, MPH, MSW was born and raised in Puerto Rico. She earned her Ph.D. degree in Social Work and a Masters in Public Health (MPH) from Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. Dr. López is a faculty member in the Clinical Department at Boston University School of Social Work. She teaches clinical practice, group work, culture and narrative stories, and advanced courses in substance abuse and trauma. She is the Associate Director of the dual degree MSW/MPH and chair of the Equity and Inclusion committee. Her research interests are in the areas of addiction, trauma and global health with immigrants and refugees. She is currently working in a HRSA funded grant with focus on inter-professional collaborations in primary care with the Boston Medical Center and the Boston University Center for Innovation in Social Work and Health (CISWH).
For more information, contact: Dr. Shayla Nunnally at shayla.nunnally@uconn.edu