Mental health
School of Social Work researchers are seeking to improve a variety of mental health outcomes while contributing to the knowledge bases of different practice approaches and theoretical foundations.
Saida Abdi
Assistant Professor
Refugee youth and families; refugee and immigrant mental health; trauma systems therapy; building culturally responsive interventions
Mimi Choy-Brown
Assistant Professor
Behavioral Health Services Research; Implementation Science; Supervision, Leadership, and Organizations; Recovery-Oriented, Evidence-Based Practices (Person-Centered Care, Housing First); Mixed Methods Research
Priscilla Gibson
Professor; Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker
Cultural Competence, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Qualitative Research Methods, Social Justice
Amy Krentzman
Associate Professor
Child Welfare, Developmental Psychology, Mental Health, Social Services, Substance Abuse
Joseph Merighi
Associate Professor
End-stage renal diseases, Medication adherence, Chronic illness, Social work practice in health care settings.
Patricia Shannon
Associate Professor
Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR), Evaluation, Immigration, Intervention Science, Loss & Trauma, Mental Health
Jeff Waid
Associate Professor
Child Welfare, Positive Youth Development, Prevention Science, Intervention and Services Research
Oliver Williams
Professor
Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR), Cultural Competence, Family Violence, Social Services, Specific Cultures (African American)
Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare researchers
Traci LaLiberte
Executive Director, Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare
Child Welfare, Disability, Evaluation, Policy, Systems Change
Kristine Piescher
Director of Research and Evaluation, Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare
Child Welfare, Evaluation, Policy
Center for Practice Transformation researcher
Julie Rohovit
Director, Center for Practice Transformation
Co-occurring Disorders, Clinical Supervision, Group Therapy