Faculty Interests & Mentoring
Lindsay A. Bornheimer
Associate Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work and Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Medical School
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Yes
suicide prevention
Dr. Lindsay Bornheimer's research program focuses on understanding and preventing suicide death among adults experiencing serious mental illness, with a specific focus on psychosis and schizophrenia. Her work aims to examine suicide risk and protective factors, advance theories of suicide, develop and test behavioral interventions, and increase the utility and scalability of evidence-informed interventions in mental health care. As an intervention and implementation science researcher by training with expertise in cognitive behavioral therapy, she is particularly active in leading studies focused on the adaptation and implementation of cognitive-behavioral approaches in the treatment of serious mental illness and suicide prevention.
Bornheimer, L. A., Li Verdugo, J., Brdar, N., Im, V., Jeffers, N., Bushnell, C. B., Hoener, K., Tasker, M., DeWeese, K., Florence, T., Jester, J. M., King, C. A., Taylor, S. F., & Himle, J. A. (2024). A cognitive-behavioral treatment for suicide prevention among adults with schizophrenia spectrum disorders in community mental health: Study protocol for a pilot feasibility and acceptability randomized clinical trial. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 10, 99.
Suicide, mental health
Linda M. Chatters
Paula Allen-Meares Collegiate Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work, Professor of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, and Faculty Associate, Research Center for Group Dynamics, ISR
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Currently assigned to kyungeun song.
gerontology and family support among african americans
My work examines how diverse aspects of personal and social statuses are associated with social isolation, social relationships with family and church communities, and other health and social outcomes among subgroups within the African American population (NSAL dataset), with a primary focus on older adults.
Chatters, L. M., Taylor, H. O., & Taylor, R. J. (2021). Racism and the life course: Social and health equity for Black American older adults. Public Policy & Aging Report, 31(4), 113-118
Religious Participation, Caregiving, Gerontology, Health, Community, Social Isolation
M. Candace Christensen
Associate Professor of Social Work
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Yes
arts and power-based violence
Christensen’s research consists of a critical feminist approach to community engaged, qualitative and arts-based research methodologies that prevent and respond to gendered, racial and anti-LGBTQ+ violence. Their recent work focuses on queer and trans youth development, specifically how organizations can foster joy, a sense of belonging and mutual empowerment for youth. Another key focus is using Photovoice for evaluation, as an intervention, and as a tool for educating social work students. Christensen also has experience using theatre of the oppressed to construct sexual violence prevention interventions.
Oppression, art, violence, gender, community
Fernanda L. Cross
Assistant Professor of Social Work
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Yes
latinx adolescents and adults mental health, mixed status families, family processes
My program of research utilizes a strength-based approach to examining family and cultural factors that promote healthy development and mitigate the risk of poor psychological and/or educational outcomes for Latinx adolescents and families. I am particularly interested in examining the role of discrimination and undocumented status on the physical and mental health of Latinx immigrant parents as well as on the health outcomes of their adolescents. I utilize qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methodologies. My long-term career goal is to translate my work into culturally sensitive, community-based interventions focused on supporting the mental health and increasing access to treatment for Latinx youth from immigrant families.
Cross, F. L., Marchand, A. D., Diaz, M., Waller, A., Ledón, C., & Kruger, D. J. (2024). The Role of Documentation Status Concerns, Perceived Discrimination, and Social Support on Latinx Adults’ Physical and Mental Health. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 11(2), 946-957.
Migration, mental health
Ashley E. Cureton
Assistant Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work, and Assistant Professor of Educational Studies, Marsal Family School of Education
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Yes
refugee and migration; global social work; mental health; education; after-school programs; arts- based programs
My research identifies culturally relevant specific interventions, programs, and policies to improve the educational, socio-emotional, and environmental factors/outcomes of refugee and migrant youth and their families in the U.S. and abroad. By engaging in community-based participatory research, I am interested in the role of institutions (e.g., refugee-led organizations, schools, resettlement agencies)in supporting the distinct needs to these vulnerable groups. My research builds on over a decade of research and practice collaborating with refugee and migrant populations in global contexts such as Uganda, Zambia, South Africa, Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, and India.
Oppression, Refugee, Art, Education
David Córdova
Professor of Social Work
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Yes
substance use
My research focuses on disease prevention and promoting youth well-being. I use community-engaged research to better understand the risk and protective factors that influence youth substance use and related health behaviors. Building on this foundational knowledge, I develop and test interventions aimed at addressing these issues. The ultimate goal of my research is to reduce substance use-related health disparities among vulnerable youth populations.
Calhoun, K., Burns, T., Smith, A., Ehrlich, E., Gultekin, L., Asabigi, K., ... & Cordova, D. (2022). A Community–Academic Approach to Preventing Substance Use Disorders. Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action, 16(2), 45-58.
Sexuality, health, substance, community
William Elliott III
Professor of Social Work, Director, Joint Doctoral Program in Social Work and Social Science
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Yes
assets, poverty, education financing
Professor William Elliott is a leading researcher in the fields of college savings accounts, college debt, and wealth inequality. He challenges individual beliefs and cultural values that surround funding for college, student debt, wealth inequality, systemic patterns of poverty, and educational justice.
Finance, Economic Opportunity, Assets
James M. Ellis
Assistant Professor, School of Social Work and Assistant Professor, Marsal Family School of Education
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Yes
strength-based approaches to promoting education access and success, positive young adult development, school social work
My research program examines the degree to which intersections of racial harm, affirming interactions (i.e., microaffirmations), engagement in postsecondary pathway interventions, and psychosocial factors (e.g., social support, mental health, social-emotional health), influence successful college transition experiences of FGCS and students of color. I engage this program of research to construct knowledge that will inform how educational institutions can become spaces that holistically support students who are racially and socioeconomically marginalized in our society and are inclusive of their identities, background, and lived experiences.
Education, Poverty, community
Katrina R. Ellis
Associate Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work, Associate Professor of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, and Faculty Associate, Research Center for Group Dynamics, Institute for Social Research
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Maybe
family health promotion and disease management; cancer and chronic disease; caregiving; racial health equity; african american family health
My program of research on focuses cancer and caregiving, with a specific focus on African Americans. First, my work examines the interdependence of individual and familial aspects of drawing needed attention to the experiences of care amid the competing health concerns of individuals with cancer (i.e., patient comorbidities) and the chronic conditions of their family members (i.e., family comorbidity). Second, my research spans the cancer continuum from etiology (e.g., genetic factors, health behaviors) through survivorship (e.g., coping, health promotion). Third, I have ongoing efforts to systematically develop health promotion and cancer and chronic disease management programs families that reflect a commitment to racial health equity and use of rigorous methods to improve health outcomes, particularly among African Americans.
Ellis, K. R., Young, T. L., & Langford, A. T. (2023). Family Health Equity in Chronic Disease Prevention and Management. Ethnicity & Disease, 33(4), 194-199.
Oncology, cancer, health, community
Lisa Fedina
Associate Professor of Social Work
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Yes
violence
My scholarship focuses on the social, economic, and health consequences of gender-based violence (i.e., intimate partner violence, sexual violence). I have extensive experience collecting and integrating survey data through researcher and practitioner-partnerships in both U.S. and international settings. This work includes the investigation of structural factors contributing to inequities in violence and health among young people and improving institutional responses to violence and harm.
Fedina, L., King, C., DeVylder, J., & Herrenkohl, T. I. (2023). Distinct profiles of violence victimization and suicide risk: Findings from a national survey of emerging adults. American journal of orthopsychiatry, 93(3), 245.
Trauma, violence, gender
Terri L. Friedline
Professor of Social Work
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Yes
money, finance, racial capitalism
Critical scholarly inquiries of finance and technology are important for understanding and ameliorating the harms of racial capitalism. People increasingly rely on debt to afford everyday expenses. Banks use algorithms to automate lending decisions. Digital technologies replicate in virtual spaces the racist redlining observed in physical ones. It is within this context that my scholarship focuses on racial capitalism, technology, and the financial system. I draw on critical and abolitionist theories and deploy a range of qualitative and quantitative methodologies to study banks as racialized and gendered organizations, debt as predatory violence, and financial technologies or “fintech” as invasive digital infrastructure. These inquiries are a foundation for understanding and, eventually, repairing the harms of racial capitalism experienced by people and communities
Assets, Economic Opportunity, Finance
Odessa Gonzalez Benson
Associate Professor of Social Work
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Yes - on sabbatical fall 2025 but can meet online. on campuse winter 2025.
migration, resettlement policy, organization studies (grassroots orgs), human service
Her areas of research are refugee resettlement, grassroots organizations, participatory practice, state-civil society relations and critical policy studies, with three broad aspects to her research. First, she contributes to knowledge about grassroots organizations, particularly refugee-run community organizations (RCOs), aiming to inform participatory approaches to social work practice and urban governance. For instance, her studies have examined RCOs' crisis response during the COVID-19 pandemic, participation in urban governance, community health practices and role in resettlement practices. As part of her Just Futures Action Research Lab, she leads her research team in capacity building and technical assistance for RCOs in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Second, in her critical policy studies, she examines various aspects of U.S. refugee policy, including refugee placement strategies, work policies and neoliberal discourse, using varied methodological approaches, from quantitative analyses of federal data to discourse analyses of historical text. Finally, Gonzalez Benson conducts critical theoretical inquiry about forced migration and social work practice with refugees, with work on state violence, active strategies in policy research and migrant ontologies, for example.
Gonzalez Benson, O., Routte, I., & Yoshihama, M. (2023). Organisational legitimacy and refugee-led community organisations: examining form, function and cultural vis-à-vis scientific expertise. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 1-23.
Refugee, migration
Andrew (Andy) Grogan-Kaylor
Sandra K. Danziger Collegiate Professor, Professor of Social Work
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No
parenting
I am broadly interested in parenting and child development. Harsh parenting can contribute to high levels of child anxiety, depression, and aggression, while warm and supportive parenting can contribute to reducing these outcomes. Much of my recent work makes use of international data, and I am interested in studying how parenting and child development play out across countries and cultures. Most of my work uses advanced quantitative methods to find more precise answers to questions about these issues.
Maltreatment, Parenting
Jaclynn M. Hawkins
Associate Professor of Social Work, Director, Vivian A. and James L. Curtis Center, School of Social Work, and Associate Professor of Learning Health Sciences, Medical School
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Yes
creating and evaluating health interventions to address health disparities
Hawkins's research focuses on identifying the causes of physical health disparities between Black men and non-Hispanic white men, and creating and evaluating diabetes health interventions with an emphasis on addressing the unique needs of Black men. Hawkins specializes in African American and Latino men's health; social determinants of health/health disparities; factors that contribute to access to and utilization of care; diabetes self-management; and community-based interventions targeting low-income African Americans and Latinos.
Hawkins, J. (2019). Type 2 diabetes self-management in non-Hispanic Black men: A current state of the literature. Current Diabetes Reports, 19(3): 10. doi: 10.1007/s11892-019-1131-8.
Health, community, poverty
Todd I. Herrenkohl
Marion Elizabeth Blue Professor of Children and Families
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Yes
childhood adversities and trauma; resilience; lifecourse development; prevention
My scholarship focuses on the correlates and consequences of child maltreatment, risk and resiliency, and positive youth development. My funded studies and publications examine health-risk behaviors in children exposed to adversity, protective factors that buffer against early risk exposure, and prevention. I work in the US and internationally with policy makers, school and child welfare professionals, and community partners to increase the visibility, application, and sustainability of evidence-based programs and practices in prevention, social emotional learning, and trauma supports.
Maltreatment, parenting, trauma, resilience
Shanna K. Kattari
Associate Professor of Social Work and Associate Professor of Women's Studies, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
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Yes
disability, sexuality, gender
Kattari’s multi-methodological and community engaged research focuses on three areas that often overlap: disability and ableism (including neurodivergence, Mad studies, and disability justice), sexuality and sexual health (including reproductive justice), and queer and trans affirming practice (in behavioral, physical, and sexual health spaces).
Gross, E. B., Kattari, S. K., Steel, M., Wilcox, R., Ernst, S., & Parrish, D. (2024). ‘I have had several providers who recognize my humanity’: exploring the overall health and positive healthcare interactions of transgender and gender diverse college students. Journal of LGBT Youth, 21(2), 323-347.
Oppression, sexuality, gender
Shawna J. Lee
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work
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Yes
child maltreatment and parent-child relationships
Dr. Shawna J. Lee's research is focused on child maltreatment, fathers' parenting behaviors, father-child relationships, parenting stress and family functioning, and parental discipline. Recently, Dr. Lee led the Parenting and Stress during the Coronavirus Pandemic study, which surveyed American parents at three time points as families adjusted to the initial pandemic shutdown. Other recent research uses the Building Strong Families study to examine the family transactional processes related to father involvement and child wellbeing in low-income families.
I suggest looking at parentingincontext.org for more information on recent publications. It's hard to identify one publication that is representative of my work.
Parenting, maltreatment
Lydia W. Li
Professor of Social Work
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Maybe
social isolation and loneliness
My current research focuses on social isolation and loneliness in older adults. My goal is to find ways to reduce the isolation and loneliness of older adults who have traditionally been underserved, including those living in rural areas and those with difficulties leaving their homes due to health issues, caregiving responsibilities, and socioeconomic disadvantages.
Gerontology, social isolation, caregiving, mental health
Kathryn L. Maguire-Jack
Associate Professor of Social Work
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Yes!
child maltreatment prevention
Dr. Maguire-Jack studies macro-level risk and protective factors for child maltreatment, including neighborhoods and public policies. She also conducts rigorous evaluation of child maltreatment prevention strategies. Read more about the work from Dr. Maguire-Jack and her students at childmaltreatmentpreventionlab.com.
Maltreatment, community, parenting
Jamie Mitchell
Associate Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work and Faculty Associate, Research Center for Group Dynamics, Institute for Social Research
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Maybe
aging, community engaged research with black older adults; health communication; black men's health
For the past several years I have been funded by the National Institute on Aging to help create research infrastructure for Black older adults in Flint and Detroit, MI to participate in NIH-aligned aging research. I have helped to establish community advisory boards and community research registries from which local investigators can sample to diversify their scientific endeavors. We also host free public community health education and health screening events, give local and national presentations on best practices for community-engaged research with Black older adults, and collaborate with several academic and community partners. My research team (and agenda) is now transitioning to developing community-engaged curriculum for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias as well as making cognitive screening and health communication strategies freely available in Flint and Detroit.
Cancer, Oncology, health, caregiving, community
Sunggeun (Ethan) Park
Assistant Professor of Social Work
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Maybe
human service organizations
Park is an organizational scholar with an overarching research question, 'How can health and social service organizations provide more responsive and effective services?" He is deeply interested in (1) how to ensure users' meaningful representation opportunities in service and policy decision-making processes and (2) how intra/inter-organizational collaborations and macro-level measures influence organizational behaviors and shape the experience of vulnerable service users. As a scholar using the organization as a main unit of analysis, Park's study spans multiple fields, including but not limited to substance use disorder treatment centers, community-based organizations in South Side Chicago, child and youth-serving organizations, homeless-serving regional networks, and HIV prevention service providers.
Park, S. (2020). Beyond patient-centered care: A conceptual framework of co-production mechanisms with vulnerable groups in health and social service settings. Public Management Review. 22(3). 452-474. DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2019.1601241
Human service, community
Brian E. Perron
Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work, and Faculty Associate, Populations Studies Center, Institute for Social Research
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Not specified
artificial intelligence
My current research focuses on using AI technologies for advancing research with administrative data systems. I am specifically interested in using local / open source large language models for developing decision support systems and applying natural language processing to extract/structure/analyze vase collections of unstructured data (e.g., social worker notes, investigation summaries).
Perron, B.E., Luan, H., Victor, B.G., Hiltz-Perron, O., Ryan, J. (In press). Moving Beyond ChatGPT: Local Large Language Models (LLMs) and the Secure Analysis of Confidential Unstructured Text Data in Social Work Research. Research on Social Work Practice.
Artificial intelligence
Rogério Meireles Pinto
University Diversity Social Transformation Professor; Berit Ingersoll-Dayton Collegiate Professor of Social Work; Professor of Theatre and Drama, School of Music, Theatre & Dance
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Maybe
oppression
I am an expert in intervention and implementation science. Funded by NIH and other sources, I conduct community-based participatory research to develop individual and structural level interventions that use art forms to help raise awareness and inspire action to dismantle racism, xenophobia, sexism, heterosexism, classism, and ageism. My art work centers around my autoethnographic writings, including poetry and dramatic writing. I create and perform my own theatrical and installation performance work in collaboration with experts in dramaturgy, videography, visual art, stage design, and others. The finished installations integrate sculpture, video, photography, fashion design and other media to embody and convey social justice and healing messages.
Art, oppression, sexuality, health
Trina R. Shanks
Director, School of Social Work Community Engagement, Harold R. Johnson Collegiate Professor of Social Work and Faculty Associate, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research
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Yes, if interests align closely
expanding economic opportunity
Dr. Shanks’ research interests include the impact of poverty and wealth on child well-being; asset-building policy and practice across the life cycle; and community and economic development. As Director of the Center for Equitable Family and Community Well-Being, she continues ongoing research and intentionally seeks and responds to new opportunities that will empower families and communities to thrive. She has many active partnerships in the city of Detroit and at the local level focuses on workforce development and affordable housing.
Finance, Economic Opportunity, Assets
Matthew J. Smith
Associate Dean of Research and Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work
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Yes
tech-based employment interventions for individuals with disabilities or individuals who are system impacted
Dr. Smith’s federally funded research program evaluates technology-based interventions that support employment accessibility for autistic youth and adults with autism, adults with schizophrenia, and individuals who are justice-involved or system-impacted.
Smith, M. J., Parham, B., Mitchell, J., Blajeski, S., Harrington, M., Ross, B., Brydon, D. M., Johnson, J. E., Cuddeback, G. S., Smith, J. D., Bell, M. D., McGeorge, R., Kaminski, K., Suganuma, A., & Kubiak, S. (2023). Virtual reality job interview training for adults receiving prison-based employment services: A randomized controlled feasibility and initial effectiveness trial. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 50(2), 272-293. Smith, M. J., Sherwood, K., Ross, B., Oulvey, E. A., Monahan, J. A., Sipovic, J. E., Atkins, M. S., Danielson, E. C., Jordan, N., & Smith, J. D. (2022). Scaling out virtual interview training for transition-age youth with disabilities: A quasi-experimental hybrid effectiveness-implementation study. Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 45, 213-227.
disability, mental health, employment
Rebeccah Sokol
Assistant Professor of Social Work
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Yes
violence prevention; youth safety
I am a publicly engaged scientist dedicated to improving youth safety. My research program predominantly has contributed to 1) preventing youth firearm injuries; 2) and, developing and evaluating programs to identify and meet families’ material needs.
Community, Health
Robert Joseph Taylor
Harold R Johnson Endowed Professor of Social Work, Sheila Feld Collegiate Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work and Faculty Associate, Research Center for Group Dynamics, Institute for Social Research
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Yes
extended family social support and religous partipation among african americans
Robert Joseph Taylor has two main research areas: 1) Extended Family and Non-Kin Sources of Informal Social Support among older and adult African Americans and 2) Religious Participation among older and adult African Americans. He has published 3 books and over 200 journal articles in these areas. He also conducts research on social isolation and loneliness.
Taylor, R. J., Chatters, L. M., & Cross, C. J. (2021). Taking diversity seriously: Within‐group heterogeneity in African American extended family support networks. Journal of Marriage and Family, 83(5), 1349-1372.
Gerontology, caregiving, religious participation, social isolation, disability, mental health
Daphne C. Watkins
Letha A. Chadiha Collegiate Professor of Social Work, University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor, Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work
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Maybe
behavioral interventions, gender and health, mixed methods, social impact leadership
Professor Watkins’ research aims to maximize human potential, elevate social experiences, and provide equitable impact in communities and organizations. She is a community-practitioner interested in developing efficient tools and systems that activate positive, strengths-based outcomes for those most in need. Ultimately, she is committed to conducting and mobilizing cutting-edge, use-inspired research to address important social concerns.
Human Service, community
Addie Weaver
Associate Professor of Social Work
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Yes
access to mental health services for underserved, economically disadvantaged individuals and families in rural communities
My research aims to increase access to mental health services for underserved, economically disadvantaged individuals and families living in rural communities. As an intervention and services researcher, I seek to develop and test innovative approaches for adapting, translating, and disseminating evidence-based treatment to increase the accessibility, acceptability, and sustainability of mental health care in rural communities. I am also interested in using epidemiologic data to better understand the prevalence and etiology of mental illness in rural communities, with attention to the heterogeneity of rural populations and the potential importance of understudied subgroup differences. The ultimate goal of my research is to improve the quality of life for rural residents with mental health needs.
Weaver, A., Landry C., Jacobson, M., Whitted, R., Zeaiter, H., Ross, D., Hall, S., Holzworth, J., Egbuogu, B., Smith, F. N., & Butterfield, A. (2023). Initiating perinatal depression screening in rural WIC clinics: WIC provider perceptions of barriers and facilitators. Social Work in Mental Health, 6, 701-735.
Mental health, social isolation
Lisa M. Wexler
Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work, and Research Professor, Research Center for Group Dynamics, Institute for Social Research
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Yes
community-based suicide prevention, firearm violence prevention, at risk substance use prevention, resilience
Building on cultural resources and strong social ties within Indigenous communities, Lisa Wexler's participatory research works with Indigenous families, schools and other community institutions to mobilize and leverage social connections to reduce suicide risk, promote safety, and support mental wellness in people's daily lives.
Wexler, L. ; White, L.A.*; O’Keefe, V.M.; Rasmus, S.; Haroz, E.E.; Cwik, M.F.; Barlow, A.; Goklish, N.; Elliott, E.; Pearson, C.R.; and Allen, J. (2024). Centering Community Strengths and Resisting Structural Racism to Prevent Youth Suicide: Learning from American Indian and Alaska Native Communities, Archives of Suicide Research (1)1: 1-16. DOI: 10.1080/13811118.2023.2300321
Resiliance, Community, health
Xiaoling Xiang
Associate Professor of Social Work
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Yes
gerontology
Dr. Xiang specializes in research aimed at improving the health and well-being of older adults, with a focus on digital mental health interventions and the interplay between physical functioning, mental health, and cognition. She leads projects that utilize advanced statistical methods and innovative approaches, such as artificial intelligence, to address key issues in aging. Dr. Xiang welcomes PhD students interested in these areas, offering mentorship in both fundamental social science research and applied intervention studies.
Xiang, X., Kayser, J., Turner, S., Ash, S., & Himle, J. A. (2024). Layperson-Supported, Web-Delivered Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression in Older Adults: Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 26, e53001.
Gerontology, artifical intelligence, social isolation, caregiving, disability, mental health
Bradley J. Zebrack
Professor of Social Work
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No, on sabbatical 2024-2025
psychosocial oncology
1) Health services research, including social work service delivery in medical care settings; 2) Cancer health outcomes and disparities; 3) Best practices for achieving health equity.
Ghazal, LV,* Cole, S., Salsman, JM, Wagner, L, Duan, F, Gareen, I, Lux, L, Parsons, SK, Cheung, C., Loeb, DM, Prasad, P, Dinner, S., Zebrack, B. (2022). Social genomics as a framework for understanding health disparities among adolescent and young adult cancer survivors: A commentary, JCO Precision Oncology, 6:e2100462, PMID: 35772048, DOI: 10.1200/PO.21.00462
Cancer, Oncology, Health
Anao Zhang
Associate Professor of Social Work
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Yes
psycho-oncology, aya cancer, survivorship, tele-health
Zhang is a health and mental health intervention researcher with a primary research interest in psycho-oncology and adolescent and young adult cancer survivorship. An intervention researcher by training, Zhang contextualizes his work using the social determinants of youth health framework, and aims to develop and deliver integrated and empirically supported mental health treatment to individuals with co-morbid physical and mental health condition, e.g., AYA cancer survivors with depression. Zhang is also an applied quantitative methodologist who uses advanced statistical methods to support his research, including meta-analysis, structural equation modeling, analyzing experimental data, causal inference and machine learning.
Zhang, A., Ji. Q., Zhang, K., Cao, Q., Chen, Y., Chen, J., & DuVall, A. (2022). Solution-focused brief therapy for adolescent and young adult cancer patients in China: a pilot randomized controlled trial. Journal of Psychosocial Oncology, 40(6), 816-833.
Cancer, Oncology, Health
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