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Roxann Mascoll ’15MSW Integrates Art and Social Work to Address Trauma Experienced by Black and Brown Men

For 18 years, Roxann Mascoll ’15MSW worked as a domestic violence specialist. She is now Lead Clinician for The Triggered Project, a non-profit that includes a play and film that addresses how Black and Brown men experience and process childhood trauma.
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Faculty Spotlight

De-Mystifying the Microbiome with Diet

Despite all the hype about probiotics and detoxifying “gut resets,” scientists still do not have a general consensus regarding what constitutes a healthy gut. Professor of Nutrition Teresa Fung spoke with The Boston Globe about correlations between a healthy microbiome and a healthy diet.
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Wilfred Labiosa ’20PhD Continues the Simmons Tradition of Social Work in Puerto Rico

Wilfred Labiosa ’20PhD opened a series of Waves Ahead community centers in Puerto Rico, a nonprofit dedicated to working with marginalized and vulnerable people in Puerto Rico — most notably, LGBTQ+ elders.
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Simmons Nutrition Professor Discusses How to Make Salad Dressing Healthy

Health-conscious individuals gravitate toward greens, but they may be wary of the extra calories that salad dressing contains. “I don’t want people to worry about salad dressing to the point that they’re not eating the salad. Eat the salad,” Professor of Nutrition Teresa Fung told NBC’s Today.com.
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Molly Riportella ’12MS is helping victims of domestic violence

Molly Riportella ’12MS, a librarian in Westwood, Massachusetts, found a way to discreetly supply resources to people in violent relationships.
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Announcement

Simmons University Receives more than $400,000 in a grant from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Simmons University has received grant funding from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center to address health needs in the communities the hospital serves. The $416,000 grant awarded to Simmons University will help support mental and behavioral health at Fenway High School located in Mission Hill.
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Associate Professor offers Testimony on Act Prohibiting Body Size Discrimination

A clinical social worker and an Associate Professor of Practice in the Simmons University School of Social Work, Olivia Montgomery offers talks on anti-fat bias and health care in her community. In her virtual testimony, she related an experience visiting a new primary care physician.
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Student Story

Marina McCollum ’25 on Deconstructing Stigma: Changing Attitudes toward Mental Health

McLean Hospital recently launched Deconstructing Stigma: Changing Attitudes toward Mental Health. This campaign challenges popular and erroneous assumptions about psychiatric disorders. Social work major Marina McCollum is a participant in the program. She spoke with us about her personal experiences...
- Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
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Faculty Spotlight

Professor Elizabeth Metallinos-Katsaras, a.k.a. Dr. M-K, Shares How Good Nutrition Improves Cardiovascular Health

February is American Heart Month, a reminder for all of us to focus on cardiovascular health. Professor and Ruby Winslow Linn Endowed Chair of the Simmons' Nutrition Department Elizabeth Metallinos-Katsaras shares what specific nutritional and lifestyle modifications can help people...
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Esther Blum '92 Helps Women Master Menopause

Dietitian, author, and podcaster Esther Blum is known as celebrity and wellness ambassador Gwyneth Paltrow 's "menopause mentor." In her private practice, Blum helps women diagnose and treat menopausal symptoms. Moreover, she has published five books on women's hormones, diet...