Ruth Dunkle, Associate Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs leads the center at U-M. See the announcement at Gerontological Society of America: http://www.geron.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1649&Itemid=608 . See the announcement at Medical News: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20130329/New-centers-chosen-to-increase-geriatric-social-work-training.aspx
Students were ask to consider the following:
- the impact a professor had on their personal or professional experiences
- the professor's commitment to social justice
- Did the professor inspire you as a teacher
See the book here: http://www.iupress.indiana.edu/product_info.php?products_id=806884
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Brad Zebrack's poster, "Trajectories of Distress and Psychosocial Support Service Use Among Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Patients" was awarded Best Research Poster at the American Psychosocial Oncology Society annual meeting.
David Cordova and Sandra Momper were both speakers at the recent Rackham Interdisciplinary Workshop, "The Potential of Interdisciplinary Research at the Intersection of Race/Ethnicity/Culture and Mental Health". The focus of the workshop was to facilitate conversation and research collaborations among graduate students and faculty across disciplines, at the intersection of race, ethnicity, culture, and mental health.
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