Presentations

Brdar, N., Campbell, M., Hoener, K., Florence, T., & Bornheimer, L. A. (2025, January). Innovative dissemination strategies: Amplifying suicide prevention research through academic-community partnership. Poster presentation atthe 29th Annual Society for Social Work and Research Conference, Seattle, WA.

Brdar, N.,Tigadi, N., Pasiak, S., Wylie, A., & Bornheimer, L. A. (2025, January). Risk factors and attempt characteristics among transition-aged youth and young adults who attempted suicide. Poster presentation at the 29thAnnual Society for Social Work and Research Conference, Seattle, WA.

Educating Social Workers in Palliative and End-Of-Life Care in Oncology (ESPEC-O): APilot Evaluation, American Psychosocial Oncology Society annual meeting, Pittsburgh,PA, March, 2025

The feasibility and acceptability of the 8-week CARING intervention for caregivers ofpatients with brain tumors, Poster Presentation, Society of Behavioral Medicine annualmeeting, San Francisco, CA, March, 2025.

Weaver, A., Webber, R.J., Hoppenstedt, D., Tian, J., Sabnis, P., Narendra Kumar, R., Narendra Kumar, N.,Tepatti, P., Jacobson, M., & Himle, J.A. Mental Health Can’t Wait: Utilizing Youth Participatory Action Research(Y-PAR) to develop an Entertaining, Technology-Assisted CBT for Depression Designed for and by High SchoolStudents. Submitted for Roundtable presentation at Society for Social Work and Research 29th AnnualConference, January 2025, Seattle, WA.

Ellis, K.R. (January 2025). Roundtable presentation on “Dyadic healthresearch: promise, pitfalls, and emerging directions” to be presented at the Society forSocial Work Research (SSWR) Annual Conference in Seattle, Washington. Role:Presenter with T. Thompson (Organizer/Chair).

Ellis, K.R. (January 2025). Symposium “Improving health & health equityamong middle aged-and older adults by targeting modifiable socio-contextual factors” to bepresented at the Society for Social Work Research (SSWR) Annual Conference inSeattle, Washington. Role: Organizer/Chair.

International Doctoral Symposium Grant

Ford, C., Khare, M., Suarez-Balcazar, Y., Garcia-Bedoya, O., Weidenbacher-Hoper, V., & Allen-Meares, P. (2024). Diverse Perspectives of Lessons Learned From The COVID-19 Pandemic: Implications for Future Public Health Efforts [Poster Presentation]. UICOM Rockford Annual Research Day.

Lopez, K., Yoshihama, M., Gonzalez Benson, O., Cureton, A. & Pinto, R. (2024). Developing an MSW specialization that recognizes the global dimension of social work. Oral presentation at the Joint Conference on Social Work, Education and Social Development (SWSD), Panama City, Panama.