Concepcion Barrio
Folsom, D., Gilmer, T., Barrio, C., Moore, D., Bucardo, J., Lindamer, L., Garcia, P., Hawthorne, W., Hough, R., Patterson, T. & Jeste, D. (2007). A Longitudinal Study of the Use of Mental Health Services by Persons With Serious Mental Illness: Do Spanish-Speaking Latinos Differ From English-Speaking Latinos and Caucasians? The American Journal of Psychiatry, 164:1173-1180.

John Bola
Presented “Psychosocial Acute Treatment in Early Episode Psychosis: American and European Models” in Mandarin and the poster “Rescue Medications for the Prevention of Psychotic Relapse in Remitted Schizophrenia” (bilingual) at the World Psychiatry Conference in Shanghai, China, on Sept. 20-23.

John Brekke
Presented "The Relationship Between Cognitive and Environmental Determinants of the Functional Dimensions in Schizophrenia" at the National Institute of Mental Health-sponsored conference “Measurement and Treatment Research to Improve Cognition in Schizophrenia (MATRICS-CT),” which was held Aug. 21-22 in Bethesda, Maryland.

Presented the keynote address, "Translational Science and Social Work: Oxymoron or Opportunity?" at the 19th National Symposium on Doctoral Research in Social Work at the Ohio State University School of Social Work in Columbus, Ohio, on Apr. 21.

Presented "Transforming Public Mental Health Services through Field Unit-Training in Evidence-based Practice" to the Partnerships to Integrate Evidence-based Practice into Social Work Education and Research at the National Institute of Mental Health on Apr. 12 in Bethesda, Maryland.

Leo Cabassa
Presented “The Impact of Clinician Ethnicity on the Diagnosis of Hispanic Patients” at the 19th National Institute of Mental Health Research Conference on Mental Health Services: Expanding the Impact of Mental Health Services Research in Washington, D.C. in July.

Zayas, L.H., Cabassa, L.J., Perez, M. C. & Cavazos-Regh, P. (2007). Using Interpreters in Diagnostic Research and Practice. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 68, 924-928. Cabassa, L. J. & Hansen, M. (2007). A Systematic Review of Depression Treatments in Primary Care for Latino Adults. Research on Social Work Practice, 17 (4), 494-503.

Cabassa, L. J., & Zayas, L. H. (2007). Latino Immigrants' Intentions to Seek Depression Care. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 77(2) 231-242.

Iris Chi
Will present the keynote speech “Preparing a High-Quality Elder Care Workforce in an Aging Society” on Oct. 19 at the First National Elder Care Training Symposium, which will be held in the Training Center of Ministry of Labor in Beijing, China.

Will deliver the keynote address “Development of Social Gerontology: The Importance of Theory Building” at the International Conference on the Development of Social Gerontology in an Aging Society on Oct. 26 at Ginling College of the Nanjing Normal University in Nanjing, China.

Will present the keynote speech “Future Trends in Long-term Care” on Dec. 7 at the Chi Lin 50th Anniversary Seminar on Elderly Services, which will be held in Hong Kong.

Will deliver the keynote address “Social Work in Higher Education: Challenges and Opportunities” on Jan. 4, 2008 at the Seminar on Social Work Education to be held at Taiwan National University in Taipei

Marissa Hansen (PhD candidate)
Cabassa, L. J. & Hansen, M. (2007). A Systematic Review of Depression Treatments in Primary Care for Latino Adults. Research on Social Work Practice, 17 (4), 494-503

Michalle Mor Barak
Presented “Insights on Work-Family Reconciliation from a Global Diversity Perspective” to the National Corporate Roundtable in San Diego on May 4.

Presented a field education luncheon workshop on May 7 entitled “Work and Family – The Neverending Balancing Act: In Search of Inner Peace and Tranquility.”

Ann Reyes Robbins (PhD candidate)
Will present “Learning to Like Lawyers (or at Least Collaborate with Them),” a 60-minute roundtable session in the Child Welfare track at the 2007 Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting in San Francisco to be held Oct. 27-30.