The MASBHA Board is thrilled to welcome our keynote speaker:
Sophie Godley DrPH
Come join us virtually for the Annual MASBHA meeting opened to all!
Sophie Godley is a Clinical Associate Professor at the Boston University School of Public Health where she had been teaching full time since July of 2010. Sophie has been working in the field of public health since 1993, and her areas of expertise include adolescent health, sexual health, implementing science-based prevention programs and incorporating anti-racist approaches into public health education. Sophie served as the Director of Adolescent Health and Youth Development for the Massachusetts Department of Public health for five years, and as deputy director of the AIDS Action Committee in Massachusetts for six years, overseeing prevention and education programs, while also offering practicum opportunities to BUSPH students. Sophie has also worked with ROCA, Inc. in Chelsea, MA, a performance-driven anti-poverty and anti-violence agency. At ROCA Sophie worked on a process evaluation of a project focused on high-risk young mothers. In 2011 Sophie received the Associations of the School of Public Health/Pfizer Early Career in Public Health Teaching Award. In 2013 Sophie won the BUSPH annual Education Innovation Award. In May of 2017 Sophie received one of the University's highest awards in teaching, the Metcalf Award.
She received her B.A. from Smith College, her master’s degree in public health from the University of Washington, and her doctorate in public health from Boston University in 2017.
Sophie also serves as Director of Undergraduate Education in the School of Public Health, advising students enrolled in the public health minor and the innovative 4+1 program, BUSPH’s combined BA/MPH and BS/MPH.
Sophie's current work in the community focuses on supporting healthy sexuality in communities and schools and supporting community resilience among those working in direct service roles.