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

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.

Joseph Merighi Joseph Merighi
- Associate Director of the School of Social Work; Associate Professor
- he, him, his
- jmerighi@umn.edu
End-stage renal diseases, Medication adherence, Chronic illness, Social work practice in health care settings.

Lynette Renner Lynette Renner
- Professor; Director of the PhD Program; Director of Graduate Studies; Gamble Skogmo Endowed Chair
- she, her, hers
- 612-624-8795
- renn0042@umn.edu
Family Violence, Domestic Violence, Child Welfare, Family Based Interventions, Mental and Behavioral Health, Youth Development, Gamble Skogmo Endowed Chair

Oliver Williams Oliver Williams
- Professor
- 612-624-9217
- owilliam@umn.edu
Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR), Cultural Competence, Family Violence, Social Services, Specific Cultures (African American)

Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare
Traci LaLiberte Traci LaLiberte
- Executive Director, Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare
- 612-624-2279
- lali0017@umn.edu
Child Welfare, Disability, Evaluation, Policy, Systems Change

Kristine Piescher Kristine Piescher
- Assistant Executive Director, Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare
- 612-624-9783
- kpiesche@umn.edu
Child Welfare, Evaluation, Policy

Affiliated researcher
Stacy Remke Stacy Remke
- Senior Teaching Specialist
- she, her, hers
- 612-625-0259
- remke005@umn.edu
Clinical Social Work, Healing Strategies, Child Welfare, Pediatric Palliative Care
