What both young and older workers need is sensible policy that promotes job creation, Dean Lisa Lynch writes in the New York Times' Room for Debate.
The deadline for nominations for the Heller Teaching, Mentoring, and Staff Service Awards is March 1, 2013.
In the 2013 rankings, Heller is in the top ten schools of social policy.
The Afghan-NATO Partnership: The Way Ahead
Wednesday, February 27, 2013, 12:15 - 1:45 pm
G3, Irving Schneider and Family Building
full listing of Heller eventsPrescription drug abuse is rising at alarming rates. To combat the problem, prescription monitoring programs are becoming more sophisticated, aiming to put the brakes on abusers and, in some cases, incorporate rehabilitation programs. Scientist Peter Kreiner explains how the programs work and what they hope to accomplish.
Full faculty feature storyPeter Kreiner • Scientist and Principal Investigator, Prescription Monitoring Program Training and Technical Assistance Center
Professor Laurence Simon's career in world development spans 40 years and has taken him from hands-on antipoverty work in Sri Lanka to the halls of power and influence. Friends and colleagues recently lauded Simon’s dedication over the decades, including many who thanked Simon for his selfless mentoring.
Full faculty feature storyLaurence Simon • Professor and Director, Sustainable International Development Programs
"What [my] book intends to do is to trace the history of U.S. attempts to create universal coverage, going back to Teddy Roosevelt."
Full faculty feature storyStuart Altman • Sol C. Chaikin Professor of National Health Policy
"What the country needs is a revolution in how we structure disability policy."
Full faculty feature storySusan Parish • Nancy Lurie Marks Professor of Disability Policy, Director, Lurie Institute for Disability Policy, and Director, PhD Program
"Elders need help with both their everyday living and their health care, but the two systems are very separate."
Full faculty feature storyWalter Leutz • Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Personnel
"With more people covered by health insurance, it is imperative to measure the quality of care people receive, to create incentives for providing good care, and to implement programs focused on quality improvement."
Full faculty feature storyDeborah Garnick • Professor
"I don't believe that you can have equality without first securing that place where you can live out your dreams and all the opportunities the country has to offer."
Full faculty feature storyAnita Hill • Professor of Social Policy, Law, and Women's Studies
"Even when African-Americans do everything right -- get an education and work hard at well-paying jobs -- they cannot achieve the wealth of their white peers in the workforce, and that translates into very different life chances."
Full faculty feature storyThomas Shapiro • Pokross Professor of Law and Social Policy and Director, Institute on Assets and Social Policy
"Health plan decisions can dramatically affect the lives of people with substance abuse and mental health conditions."
Full faculty feature storyConstance Horgan • Associate Dean for Research; Director, Institute for Behavioral Health
"I fell in love with the Tsimane because they are sweet and peaceful. When you live in a small-scale society that practices cross-cousin marriage, the society ends up being a huge extended family and you have to learn how to manage your anger and get along."
Full faculty feature storyRicardo Godoy • Professor of International Development
"Just seeing how involved Heller faculty were with health care reform and how that Massachusetts law went on to be a model for the nation took my breath away."
Full student feature storyBevin Croft • Massachusetts • M.P.P. '10, Ph.D. '15
"I'm getting excellent training in being a researcher - I know where to go, whom to ask, and I'm equipped to do my own study."
Full student feature storyJodi Benenson • Minnesota • Ph.D. '15
"The Heller faculty really value students, while also producing really interesting work on their own."
Full student feature storyCallie Watkins • Massachusetts • Ph.D. '16
"The professors and career advisors motivate me, and their questions lead me to valuable answers."
Full student feature storyNeyha Sehgal • Massachusetts • M.B.A. '13
"I’ve come to think of all of my classmates as my teachers."
Full student feature storyKatherine Fitzgerald • Sudbury, Massachusetts • M.B.A. '13
"Preparation for a career in nonprofit management is what I came for and what the program delivers."
Full student feature storyAbraham Gore • Massachusetts • M.B.A. '13
"The Heller community is passionate and knowledgeable, bringing their varied experiences and backgrounds with them."
Full student feature storyMatthew Brown '08 • Los Angeles, California • M.P.P./M.A. '13
"My fellow classmates do a good job of keeping the big picture in mind."
Full student feature storyRachael Weiker • Menomonie, Wisconsin • M.B.A. '13
"I believe that to create change, you must start small, but I don't set limits on what is possible."
Full student feature storyGrace Majiakusi • Kenya • M.A./SID '13
"It wasn't until I started living and working among internally displaced person camps that I began to hear and understand what these people needed."
Full student feature storyJacqueline Okanga • Kenya • M.A. SID/COEX '13
"If it were only possible, I would reach out to all 20,000 children growing up in this community."
Full alumi feature storyDavid Portowicz • Ph.D. '80
Chairman and Co-Founder, the Jaffa Institute
"People with disabilities in Taiwan have lower education levels, lower income status and lower participation rates in various social activities, with less than sufficient transportation support to assist them in getting to school, the hospital and social events."
Full alumi feature storyLisa Wang • Ph.D. '91
Professor and Library Director, National Chung Cheng University
"This is an opportune time for me to be doing this building of government capacity. I hope to continue providing this much-needed help to develop systems for this new nation."
Full alumi feature storyPanther Alier • M.A./SID '09
Team Leader, Winrock International
"The scale of what needs to be done is huge. There has been a lot of finger pointing about whose responsibility it is, but it's not realistic to expect either government or the private sector alone to solve the problem."
Full alumi feature storyPaula Paris • M.M.H.S.'79
Deputy Director, JFYNetWorks, Boston
"When folks are not employed, crime rates go up, the cost of food stamps goes up, drug use goes up, the number of small children without support goes up."
Full alumi feature storyCarla Fuller • M.B.A. '05
Program Director, YouthBuild, Sasha Bruce Youthwork
"Our business model is aligned with our mission."
Full alumi feature storySara Wall • M.P.P. '10
Program Director, Project Access
"It's clear there's no one solution. It's a global problem."
Full alumi feature storyGregg Weltz • M.M.H.S. '97
Director, Division of Youth Services, Department of Labor
"Employers are not looking at potential anymore. By the time you finish college, you already should have accomplished something."
Full alumi feature storyRob Seidner • M.B.A. '03
HR Specialist, U.S. Department of Transportation
"Social enterprises are at the forefront of a global entrepreneurial trend."
Full alumi feature storyNeal Bermas • Ph.D. '81
Founder, Streets International
"I learned the importance of being politically active and how to influence policy -- but to do this I had to understand the economics at play behind the scenes and how it impacted patient care."
Full alumi feature storyAntoinette M. Hays • Ph.D. '90
President, Regis College
"I found my home at the Heller School. The atmosphere was intellectually exciting, the faculty was on a first-name basis with students, and it was the kind of place where you got what you put into the experience. I loved every minute of it."
Full alumi feature storyJulie Rosen • M.M.H.S. '89
Executive Director, Kenneth B. Schwartz Center, Massachusetts General Hospital
Implementing health care reform will be an "enormous burden" on the individual states, especially given the current economic climate.
Full alumi feature storyAnya Rader Wallack • Ph.D. '07
President, Arrowhead Health Analytics
Health systems in Central and Eastern Europe face a number of thorny challenges that the United States is confronting, including the graying of their population and rapidly increasing healthcare costs.
Full alumi feature storyHenrieta Madarova • M.S. '06
Partner, Advance Healthcare Management Institute