Faculty

Born in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Rogério M. Pinto uses mixed methods, including visual and performing arts, in community-engaged research in the United States and Brazil. Funded by the National Institutes of Health and other sources, Pinto investigates strategies for improving accessibility of social and health services (HIV and drug-use prevention and care) through cognitive/behavioral and social transformational interventions. Pinto’s work aims to help all people, and particularly racial/ethnic and sexual minoritized groups, engage in critical consciousness raising and social liberation.

Mari Pitcher, MSW 2000, specializes in grief work, trauma work and patient and family centered care for individuals, and their families, with life limiting illnesses. Currently a member of the Univ of Mich Med Center Palliative Care Consult Team, she has over 16 years of hospice, palliative care and grief work experience. Additionally, she has worked as a therapist supporting individuals with PTSD, histories of abuse and/or traumatic loss.

Thomas Powell conducts research with mental health and substance use self-help groups. He has been an active participant in research on community support systems for consumers and family caregivers. As principal investigator for the NIMH-funded Center for Self-Help Research, he has collaborated with a number of organizations including the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance, NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Schizophrenics Anonymous, Recovery, Inc., and consumer-run agencies. He has also collaborated with members of 12-step groups.

Dr. Daicia Price is a clinical associate professor of social work at the U-Michigan School of Social Work, where she teaches in the Interpersonal Practice in Integrated Health, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse pathway and leads specialized training programs. As the director of FLOURISH, she fosters leadership, engages in outreach, and promotes understanding, resiliency, innovation, support,and hope — aligning with the mission of reaching out, raising hope,and changing society.

Camille R. Quinn, PhD, AM, LCSW, LISW-S, LMSW, is an associate professor at the U-M School of Social Work and a leading health criminologist whose research investigates health and mental health equity among Black/African American adolescents and young adults. Her scholarly work specifically examines the intersections of race, gender, health,and crime for those impacted by the youth punishment system.

Susan Radzilowski, MSW '82, has practiced in community mental health settings, K – 12 Public Schools, and Head Start Early and Head Start environments for more than 30 years. Radzilowski is an Endorsed Infant Family Specialist.

Dr. Leigh Rauk is an assistant research scientist with the Program Evaluation Group (PEG). She specializes in participatory and collaborative approaches to community-based research and evaluation with a utilization focus. She received her PhD in Community Well-Being from the University of Miami in 2021. In 2022, Rauk completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the U-M Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention, where her research focused on the intersections of school safety and firearm violence.

Beth Glover Reed has a joint appointment with Women’s Studies and her general scholarly interests focus on how to define and work for social justice, barriers to this work, and ways to reduce these. Her current research is designed to a) identify approaches for working both on alcohol and other drug problems (AOD) and intimate partner violence (IPV) together; b) explore why joint work occurs infrequently despite need, and c) determine what can enhance effective attention to both issues together.