School of Social Work News

Erik Burris (MSW) and Marsha Davison (MSW) have been awarded the Steve Ngo Human Welfare Prize, awarded annually to the best article submitted to Human Welfare. The winning article is a critical review, "Transitioning Foster Care Youth and Their Risk for Homelessness: Policy, Program, and Budgeting Shortcomings".

Associate professor Bradley Zebrack received a funding award for a project involving a systematic evaluation of the implementation of psychosocial care services across select Association of Oncology Social Work member institutions. Results of the study will be shared with participating institutions to use for quality improvement and advocacy for supportive care services.

Assistant professor David Cordova and associate dean Jorge Delva presented their research, "A Community-Engaged Approach to Developing a Primary Care Substance Abuse Prevention and Sexual Health Promotion App," at the annual conference of the Society for Prevention Research in Washington, DC. 

 

Dean Laura Lein was part of the Achieving Racial Equity Symposium which just produced it's final report; she presented one of the examples featured in it - the curriculum on behavioral health disparities.

The November 2013 Achieving Racial Equity: Calling the Social Work Profession to Action think tank symposium convened by the NASW Social Work Policy Institute (SWPI). 

Clinical assistant professor Sue Ann Savas received a funding award from the Cody Rouge Community Action Alliance to conduct evaluation services for the alliance. Her agenda includes logic modeling, literature review, data collection tools, protocols and databases.

Assistant professor Emily Nicklett is currently teaching Aging in Multicultural Britain, which is taught to undergraduate students (several of whom are CASC students) through the Center for Global and Intercultural Study at U-M.

Students, representing a variety of majors, from engineering and biology to sociology to dance, are learning about aging from a transcultural perspective. They have formed partnerships with community-based, national, and international organizations including Age UK, Elders Voice, Homeshare International, and Arts 4 Dementia.

Students are also being exposed to the field of social gerontology and geriatric social work.

Abigail Eiler, MSW '06, was featured in the NASW-Michigan Chapter’s March edition of The Bridge newsletter.  Abigail is the Region 11 representative and was commended for her work in the area of clinical social work.

Beth Lindley, MSW '02, was acknowledged by Social Work Today magazine as one of ten dedicated and deserving social workers.  Her area of specialization is that of helping seniors age in place.