Faculty News

Professor Edith C. Kieffer, MPH, Ph.D., is leading a quality improvement project conducted with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, the Michigan Department of Corrections and the University of Michigan's Child Health Evaluation and Research Center. It will generate information about former state prisoners’ enrollment in Michigan’s Medicaid expansion and impact on health care use.

Professor H. Luke Shaefer, Ph.D., was featured on Michigan Radio for his Poverty Solutions program.

Professor H. Luke Shaefer and Analidis Ochoa, PhD student, shared their research on plasma donations with The Atlantic.

Professor Barry Checkoway, Adjunct Lecturer Joe Galura, Professor Larry Gant, Postdoctoral fellow Odessa Gonzalez-Benson, Professor Lorraine Gutierrez, Postdoctoral fellow Shanna K. Kattari, Associate Professor Beth Reed, Assistant Professor Katie Richards-Schuster,  Lecturer William Vanderwill and Lecturer Amber Williams received a grant from the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching - Gilbert Whitaker Fund for piloting an online platform for strengthening community organization courses at SSW via a Michigan Organizers Video Archive.

Associate Professor Rogerio Pinto’s research on social and public health services in the fight against HIV/AIDS was featured in EurekAlert and Tech Explorist.

Professor Todd Herrenkohl was featured for his research on how child maltreatment impacts development and resilience in Science Daily and Psych Central.

Marion Elizabeth Blue Endowed Professor Emerita of Children and Families Kathleen Faller was appointed to the Blue Ribbon Commission to investigate Larry Nassar.

Associate Professor Daphne Watkins was featured in the Metro Parent’s article on the mental health gender gap.