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LEO Adjunct Lecturer Adrienne Lapidos received a grant from the Peace Research Institute Oslo to conduct a review of the literature on the mental health after-effects of conflict; to prepare a written report and bibliography on this literature; and to help develop proposals aimed at appropriate...

Sara Stein (PhD student) and Associate Professor Andy Grogan-Kaylor’s article, “23 Contributions to depressed affect in latina women: examining the effectiveness of the moms’ empowerment program” was published in Injury Prevention.

Associate Professor Matthew Smith received a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to develop and test the efficacy of a virtual reality job interview training program (VR) to help train adults with severe mental illness prepare for job interviews, as part of the supported employment...

The U-M’s health science deans selected four faculty team projects to receive Interprofessional Exchange Research (IP-X) Stimulus pilot grants from the U-M Center for Interprofessional Education. All four projects selected include SSW faculty:

• Assistant Dean of Field Education and Clinical...

Madel Leal (MSW‘17) was featured in the Michigan News video, “Research, education, service: How we spent our summer vacation.”

Assistant Professor Cristina Bares’ article, “Nicotine dependence, internalizing symptoms, mood variability and daily tobacco use among young adult smokers” was published in Addictive Behaviors.

Janelle Goodwill (PhD student) interviewed with the University at Buffalo School of Social Work’s inSocialWork Podcast Series on her work with black men, media, and masculinity.

Professor Karla Goldman was cited in the Michigan Today article, “Hillel at 90.” She also contributed her piece, “Looking a Little More Deeply into C.C. Little” to the LearnSpeakAct blog.

Brittany Schuler (postdoctoral fellow) and Associate Dean for Research and Professor Joe Himle received a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for their study which contributes to a Culture of Health by enhancing our understanding of healthy-eating habits and healthy weight among children...

Professor William Elliott III and Assistant Professor Kristin Seefeldt received a grant from the John T. Gorman Foundation via the Alfond Scholarship Foundation to provide a systematic and objective evaluation of its Children's Savings Account CSAs program, called the Harold Alfond College Challenge...