News Archive
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In recognition of their exemplary public service, scholarly accomplishments and distinction in teaching, Ron Astor, Ph.D. and Jacquelyn McCroskey, D.S.W. have been promoted to the rank of full professor, announced Dean Marilyn Flynn of the USC School of Social Work.
"We are fortunate to have such outstanding leadership on our faculty," Dean Flynn said.
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The USC School of Social Work and the Los Angeles Unified School District will host Oscar-nominated Morgan Spurlock, the filmmaker behind the popular documentary film "Super Size Me," in a dialogue with high school students, teachers and social workers on Feb. 17 from 4 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. at Manual Arts High School located at 4131 South Vermont in Los Angeles.
The event brings together students from Belmont, Marshall, Monroe, Venice and Manual Arts High Schools in an open and candid exchange with Spurlock on his film about the perils of a modern fast-food lifestyle.
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The National Association of Latino Elected & Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund has invited Associate Professor Maria Aranda, Ph.D., to be a presenter for the "Latino Mental Health: Youth, Women, and the Elderly" session of the California Policy Institute on Health: Mental Health and Substance Abuse conference on Feb. 12 in Palm Springs, Calif.
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PhD candidate Leopoldo Cabassa from the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis presented his preliminary findings from his NIMH-funded study and dissertation, "Hispanic Immigrants' Intentions to Seek Depression Care" today in the Hamovitch Research Center.
Cabassa's other research interests include:
- Access to mental health services
- Racial and ethnic disparities in mental health care
- Acculturation
- Sociocultural factors and mental health
- Suicide
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The National Institute of Mental Health has awarded Kathleen Ell, D.S.W, $2.95 million to research the treatment of major depression among Hispanic patients with diabetes, which comes on the heels of a similar grant for $2.6 million from the National Cancer Institute to examine depression among Hispanic patients with cancer.
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Bullying, weapon use and sexual harassment in schools are an interrelated, global and damaging problem, especially among grade-school children, according to a new book by professors at the University of Southern California and Hebrew University.
School Violence in Context: Culture, Neighborhood, Family, School and Gender (Oxford University Press) examines the relationships between forms of school violence and the influence of family, community and cultural factors. The book also offers solutions for this worldwide issue.
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The American Psychosocial Oncology Society (APOS) has selected Assistant Professor Bradley Zebrack, Ph.D., to receive its New Investigator Award for his extensive research on the impact of cancer on patients, survivors and their families.
"We're extremely pleased with the progress Brad has made in understanding the multidimensional needs of long-term cancer survivors and how this impacts our standard of care, especially as a growing number of our youth is living years beyond a cancer diagnosis," Dean Marilyn Flynn said. "This award is an honor well-deserved."
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Assistant Professor Devon Brooks was invited to serve on the editorial board of Children and Youth Services Review, an international multidisciplinary journal for the critical assessment of social service programs designed to serve young people throughout the world.
The journal publishes full-length articles, current research and policy notes and book reviews in the fields of child welfare, foster care, adoptions, child abuse and neglect, income support, mental health services and social policy.
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The California Social Work Archives (CSWA) honored Ralph D. Fertig, clinical associate professor, with the George D. Nickel Award for Outstanding Professional Services today at its annual Hall of Distinction Induction Ceremony and Award Luncheon at the Doheny Memorial Library.
The George D. Nickel Award is given annually in memory of the CSWA's primary founder to recognize an individual who has made distinguished contributions to the field of social welfare.
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The University of Southern California School of Social Work has named Michalle Mor Barak and Madeleine Stoner to two newly endowed professorships and Iris Chi to a previously endowed chair, marking the first time in the School's history that all full professors now hold endowed chairs or professorships. All three will be honored at an installation dinner ceremony on Nov. 3 at Town and Gown on the University Park Campus.