School of Social Work News
Joseph Himle's Research on Social Anxiety and Employment Featured in Michigan ResearchAssociate Professor and Associate Dean for Research Joseph Himle's study, “A Systems Level Intervention for Unemployed Persons With Social Anxiety Disorder” was featured in Michigan Research.
- June 4, 2015
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- Joseph Himle Receives National Institute of Mental Health-RO1 Grant
Associate Professor Joseph Himle and co-investigators Deb Bybee (MSU professor), Amy Kilbourne (U-M Psychiatry) and Amiram Vinokur (U-M Institute for Social Research) received a National Institute of Mental Health-RO1 grant for "Multi-site systems intervention for unemployed persons with social anxiety".
The team will conduct a multi-site trial of a cognitive-behavioral intervention for enhancing employment success among unemployed persons whose job attainment efforts have been undermined by social anxiety disorder. The project has two sites - one in Detroit partnering with Jewish Vocational Services and one in Los Angeles. The community partners include Jewish Vocational Service in Detroit led by Ed Steinberger, Zipora Golenberg and Wayne Laviolette. The second site at UCLA is led by Michelle Craske.
Several members of the Curtis Center Treatment Innovation and Dissemination Lab including Sarah Vlnka, project coordinator, Lisa O'Donnell, SSW Joint program student, Addie Weaver, Curtis Center research investigator, Debra Levine, U-M clinical psychology recent graduate, Brandy Sinco, Curtis Center data analyst and Peter Felsman, SSW Joint program student supported the grant application.
- August 13, 2014
- Elizabeth Thomason and Joseph Himle Receive Award from Curtis School of Social Work Research
Postdoctoral Research Fellow Elizabeth Thomason and Associate Professor Joseph Himle received an award from the Vivian A. and James L. Curtis School of Social Work Research and Training Center for their mixed-methods pilot study that will explore the feasibility and acceptability of designing, developing, and delivering cognitive behavioral therapy for postpartum depression in a support group setting using existing agency personnel.
- April 11, 2014