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  1. Meghan Harrington
     
    Meghan Harrington Receives 2025 U-M Research Study Coordinator Award

    Research Area Specialist Intermediate Meghan Harrington has received a 2025 Research Study Coordinator Award from U-M’s Office of the Vice President for Research. This award honors staff members for important contributions to the university’s research mission through exceptional performance, and by going beyond the ordinary fulfillment of position duties.  Harrington will receive the award at a reception in May.

    • April 9, 2025
  2. Katie M Edwards
     
    Katie Edwards Quoted in The Atlantic on NIH Funding Cuts

    Professor Katie Edwards spoke with The Atlantic about the termination of hundreds of research awards made by the NIH. She said that grinding these trials to a screeching halt is “completely reckless.”

  3. Kathryn L. Maguire-JackSunggeun (Ethan) Park
     
    Kathryn Maguire-Jack and Sunggeun (Ethan) Park Named 2025 SSWR Fellows

    Associate Professor Kathryn Maguire-Jack and Assistant Professor Sunggeun (Ethan) Park have been named Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) 2025 Fellows. SSWR Fellows are members who have served with distinction to advance the mission of the Society — to advance, disseminate and translate research that addresses issues of social work practice and policy and promotes a diverse, equitable and just society.

  4. Shawna J. Lee
     
    Shawna Lee Receives a 2025 SSWR Excellence in Research Award

    Professor Shawna Lee has received a Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) Excellence in Research Award as a co-author on the paper, "Family stress processes underlying material hardship and parental detachment and warmth amongst racially diverse fathers and mothers with low income" in the Journal of Family Violence.

  5. Andrew C. Grogan-Kaylor
     
    Andrew Grogan-Kaylor’s Research Cited in MSN News

    Professor Andrew Grogan-Kaylor’s research was cited in an article in MSN News on the detrimental effects physical punishment can have on children’s mental health. Grogan-Kaylor’s research found that kids who are spanked more often are more likely to defy their parents and experience an increase in anti-social behavior. They are also at an increased risk for developing aggression, mental health problems and cognitive difficulties.

  6. Anao ZhangRachel E. Brandon
     
    Anao Zhang and Rachel Brandon Receive Children’s Cancer Research Fund Grant

    Associate Professor Anao Zhang and PhD student Rachel Brandon are part of a team that recently received a grant from the Children's Cancer Research Fund. Their project evaluates the virtual delivery of a strength-based psychological treatment to young adults with cancer.   

    “We are excited to receive this grant and conduct a pilot clinical trial at Michigan Medicine's Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology Program,” said Zhang. “It is also very exciting to involve Rachel Brandon, a joint social work and psychological doctoral student, as a study co-investigator and project coordinator to further boost the implementation of the trial.”

    • October 23, 2024
  7. Shawna J. Lee
     
    Shawna Lee’s Research Cited in Tech Explorist

    Professor Shawna Lee’s research on how fathers are connecting with their children — despite economic hardship and negative stereotypes — has been cited in an article on Tech Explorist. Lee and her co-authors call for these positive experiences to be reflected in the media and for health care providers to support father-inclusive practices.

  8. Anao Zhang
     
    Anao Zhang Quoted in Everyday Health

    Associate Professor Anao Zhang's article "The efficacy of cognitive behavioral therapy for mental health and quality of life among individuals diagnosed with cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis," was published in Cancer Medicine and featured in Everyday Health. Zhang says the findings confirm that cognitive behavioral therapy can help many people cope with the negative feelings that come up while living with cancer.

  9. Rogério Meireles Pinto
     
    Rogério M. Pinto Is Featured on the Academic Minute

    Professor Rogério M. Pinto was featured on Academic Minute, a daily radio segment showcasing academic research on WAMC/Northeast Public Radio. In the segment, Pinto explores how artwork can help white heterosexual men to confront feelings of homophobia and sexism.

  10. Lexx  Brown-James
     
    Lexx Brown-James is Quoted in SELF Magazine

    Lexx Brown-James, director of the School’s Sexual Health Certificate Program, spoke with SELF magazine in an article on how verbal affirmation — a praise kink — can boost confidence and pleasure in your sex life.

    The story also ran in Vogue India.

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