Project Director
Boston University School of Social Work, Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health
Ms. Flaherty is a Public Health and Social Work research professional specializing in youth development, program design, implementation science, mixed-methods process and outcome evaluation, and community-based participatory action research. She has extensive municipal, federal, and philanthropic funding experience and is a career activist for left-of-center causes, particularly HIV/AIDS, health care access, and LGBTQ-liberation issues.