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Deborah Chassler, MSW is a senior academic researcher based at Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW). She is deeply committed to social work values of equity and justice. In practice that means she grounds her work in community engagement, harm reduction, and knowledge democracy to address racial and health equity. As a researcher she is currently a member of Grayken Center for Addiction research team, and she also works with the HEALing Communities Study at BMC. At BUSSW she mentors doctoral students and for many years she taught in the masters’ program. For two years she was the Faculty Fellow for BU Diversity and Inclusion. She currently serves on the National Advisory Council for Drug Abuse.