Health, disability and aging

Researchers at the School of Social Work are finding solutions to improve health through innovative methods and strategies. Learn about their work below.

Marti DeLiema Marti DeLiema

Assistant Professor
she, her, hers
612-625-8798
mdeliema@umn.edu

Aging, retirement security, elder abuse and neglect, elder financial exploitation, and financial fraud

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Katie Johnston-Goodstar Katie Johnston-Goodstar

Associate Professor
she, her, they, them
612-624-4227
john1906@umn.edu

Social and political contexts of urban and Indigenous youth development, Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR), Youth and Media, Critical and Indigenous Pedagogies, History of youth work and social work in urban and Indigenous communities.

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Joseph Merighi Joseph Merighi

Associate Director of the School of Social Work; Associate Professor
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jmerighi@umn.edu

End-stage renal diseases, Medication adherence, Chronic illness, Social work practice in health care settings.

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Lynette M. Renner Lynette M. Renner

Professor
Gamble-Skogmo Land Grant Chair in Child Welfare and Youth Policy
Director of the PhD Program
Director of Graduate Studies
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Family Violence
she, her, hers
612-624-8795
renn0042@umn.edu

Family Violence, Intimate Partner Violence, Child Maltreatment, Mental and Behavioral Health, Help-Seeking, Family-Based Interventions, Youth Development