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Brian E. Perron

Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work, and Faculty Associate, Populations Studies Center, Institute for Social Research

Brian E. Perron

Brian E. Perron, PhD, is a Professor at the University of Michigan School of Social Work. Perron’s recent work focuses on helping community-based organizations use data to improve service delivery and other business processes. This includes developing user-friendly and sustainable data management systems; creating interactive data visualizations to facilitate interpretation of data, especially for non-technical users; and building organizational capacity to promote data-driven decision making. Perron helped establish and works actively with the Child & Adolescent Data Lab, where he examines services for vulnerable youth and families in the child welfare system, with the ultimate goal of improving service outcomes. His research (NCBI, Google Scholar, ResearchGate) has been supported by the National Institutes of Health, Department of Veterans Affairs and the state of Michigan. Perron is also interested in the role, application and ethical use of artificial intelligence in social work and how tools like machine learning and natural language processing can be leveraged to improve our knowledge.

Perron is passionate about teaching students about research and data analysis, with a special interest in helping students who do not have a strong math background. Perron also has considerable experience teaching both the diagnosis and treatment of mental health and substance use disorders. In addition to his research, service and teaching activities, Perron regularly participates as a student in MOOCs to ensure his skills and knowledge are current with the rapid developments of technology.

Research Interests/Focus

Service research, data science, artificial intelligence, non-profit data consulting

Contact Information

PhoneEmailRoomAddress
(734) 763-9272beperron@umich.edu2728 SSWBUniversity of Michigan
School of Social Work
1080 S. University
Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Education

Year Degree   School
2007 PhD Social Work Washington University, St. Louis, MO
1998 MSW Social Work University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
1995 BA Psychology The College of St. Scholastica, Duluth, MN

Websites

Child & Adolescent Data Lab
Medium

News

Year Description
2019 Perron, B.E. (2019). Building a social work tool box: Essential skills and theory for practice. Lanzhou University. Gansu, Lanzhou, PR China.
2019 Perron, B.E. (2019). Developing research infrastructures in global and multicultural context (Keynote speech). Center for Studies of Ethnic Minorities in Northwest China. Lanzhuou University. Gansu, Lanzhou, PR China.
2018 Perron, B.E. (October, 2018). Big Data, data science and social work: Advancing the science in mainland China. Tsinghua University, Beijing, PR China.
2018 Perron, B.E. (October, 2018). Big Data, data science and social work: Advancing the science in mainland China. Peking University, Beijing, PR China.
2008 Vaughn, M., Perron, B. E., & Howard, M. O. (2008, January). Reasons for using inhalants: Evidence for discrete classes in a sample of incarcerated adolescents. Presented at the Society for Social Work Research Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.
2008 Pollio, D., Perron, B. E., Alexander-Eitzman, B., & Gillespie, D. (2008, January). Modeling victimization among homeless persons with mental illness. Presented at the Society for Social Work Research Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.
2008 Perron, B., Pollio, D., & Gillespie, D. F. (2008, November). Modeling victimization and depression in homeless persons with severe mental illness. Presented at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.
2008 Perron, B. E., Guo, B., & Gillespie, D. F. (2008, January). A systematic review of structural equation modeling in social work research. Presented at the Society for Social Work Research Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.
2008 Morrow-Howell, N., Proctor, E., Perron, B. E., Moon, A., & Kingsborough, J. (2008, January). Coordination between behavioral health and long-term care: A national survey of state units on aging. Presented at the Society for Social Work Research Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.
2008 Hasche, L., Perron, B. E., Proctor, E. K. (2008, January). Making time for dissertation grant submissions: A review of strategies for doctoral students and educators. Presented at the Society for Social Work Research Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.
2007 Perron, B., Ilgen, M., & Hasche, L. (2007, October). Classifying service needs among persons in outpatient substance use disorder treatment. Presented at the Addiction Health Service Annual Meeting, Athens, GA.
2007 Perron, B. (2007, June). The relationship between legal coercion and dropout from substance abuse treatment. Presented at the World Psychiatric Association Thematic Conferenc, Coercive Treatment in Psychiatry: A Comprehensive Review, Dresden, Germany.
2007 Perron, B. (2007, June). A comparison in the quality of care among legally coerced and voluntary clients in outpatient substance abuse treatment program. Presented at the World Psychiatric Association Thematic Conference, Coercive Treatment in Psychiatry: A Comprehensive Review, Dresden, Germany.
2007 Perron, B., Pollio, D., & Gillespie, D. F. (2007, June). Modeling victimization among homeless persons with serious mental illnesses. Presented at the AcademyHealth Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL.
2007 Perron, B., Gotham, H. J., & Cho, D. W. (2007, June). Dropout among African American adolescents in substance abuse treatment. Presented at The College on Problems of Drug Dependence Annual Meeting, Quebec City, Canada.
2007 Perron, B. (2007, June). Psychiatric comorbidities and dropout from substance abuse treatment. Presented at the AcademyHealth Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL.
2007 Perron, B., Gotham, H. J., & Cho, D. (2007, June). Victimization in inner-city African-American substance abusing treatment clients: prevalence, associations, and implications for treatment planning. Presented at the AcademyHealth Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL.
2007 Gotham, H. J., Perron, B., & Cho, D. (2007, June). Treatment motivation and resistance among adolescents in substance abuse treatment: A latent class analysis. Presented at the The College of Problems on Drug Dependence Annual Meeting, Quebec City, Canada.
2007 McIntosh, L., Kymes, S. M., Perron, B., Baum, M. C., Nease, R. F., & Sumner, W. (2007, October). Development of a vision specific utilities elicitation method. Presented at the Society for Medical Decision Making Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA.
2006 Davidson, D., Perron, B., Morrow-Howell, N., & Proctor, E. K. (2006). Public community long-term care systems' response to mental disorders. Presented at the 59th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Dallas, TX.
2005 Hovmand, P., Perron, B., & Proctor, E. (2005). Getting evidence based practice to work within organizations: A system dynamics based meta-analysis. Presented at the Society for Social Work and Research Annual Meeting, Miami, FL.
2004 Perron, B., & Munson, M. R. (2004). Coping with voices: A group approach for managing auditory hallucinations. Presented at the International Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services, San Diego, CA.

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