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Jorge Delva, PhD

Bio

Jorge Delva is Dean and Professor of the School of Social Work at Boston University. He is also the Director of the BU SSW Center for Innovation in Social Work and Health (http://www.bu.edu/ciswh/). Prior to this appointment he was the Kristine A. Siefert Collegiate Professor of Social Work and Director of the Community Engagement Core of the Michigan Institute on Clinical & Health Research, School of Medicine. At the University of Michigan School of Social Work he served as founding co-Director of the Curtis Research & Training Center as well as Associate Dean for Research and Associate Dean for Educational Programs.

http://www.bu.edu/ssw/profile/jorge-delva/

Education

BSW, School of Social Work, University of Hawai‘i

MSW, School of Social Work, University of Hawai‘i

PhD, School of Social Work, University of Hawai‘i


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