Social Work News. School of. Director s Corner. School of Social Work Updates. Issue 1 Fall 2017

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1 School of Social Work News Issue 1 Fall 2017 Director s Corer Riaa va Zyl, Ph.D. Professor ad Director As the ew Director, I am grateful to build o the School s successes over more tha forty years. As you will see i this editio of the ewsletter, our USF Global Citize s Project is expadig, our o-lie Advaced Stadig MSW Program was successfully lauched, ad we are creatig ew curricular ad co-curricular opportuities for studets. We are excited to aouce that we have several searches o the way to add faculty ad istructors to our program. We appreciate the support of our alumi ad commuity parters who help our faculty ad staff to ope a world of learig, discovery ad service to our remarkable studets. Thak you! School of Social Work Updates Educatio Abroad: Drs. Iraida V. Carrio ad Maisha Joshi, alog with 17 studets, participated i A Comparative Study of Socio-Cultural Cotext of People s Health i Barceloa ad Alicate. Erollmet: We are hoored to have over 350 BSW ad MSW studets alog with two Ph.D. studets i our program this year. Research: Social work faculty cotiue to be egaged i research to lear better ways of improvig the lives of others. Research sposors iclude: the Natioal Istitute of Metal Health, the Uited States Departmet of State ad Uiversity Grats Commissio (UGC) Idia, the Sociological Foudatio Iitiative, Early Childhood Coucil of Hillsborough Couty, ad CBCS HIV RIG Special Fudig. Olie Program: The Olie Advaced Stadig MSW Program was successfully lauched with 32 studets durig the summer. Melissa Thompso, LCSW, Visitig Istructor, is servig as the Olie MSW Field Coordiator. ASWB Pass Rate: The USF School of Social Work first-time pass rate for cadidates for social work licesure takig the Cliical Associatio of Social Work Boards (ASWB) examiatios cotiues to be higher tha the atioal average first time pass rate. Global Pathways: The BSW Program was accepted as part of the iaugural cohort of udergraduate degree programs pursuig the Global Pathway desigatio. The Global Pathway desigatio will provide curricular ad co-curricular opportuities for BSW studets to lear ad practice global competecies ad eable studets to make progress toward a Global Citize Award. Studet Scholarship Fud: The School of Social Work established a ew Social Work Studet Scholarship fud ad raised more tha $14,000 durig the 40th Aiversary School of Social Work breakfast celebratio. A special thak you to our alumi, commuity parters, faculty, staff ad studets that helped make this possible. Emeritus: Dr. Mario Becker, Professor, was awarded Emeritus Status. She retired i August Dr. Alicia Stiso-Medoza was amed Associate Director of the School of Social Work. Dr. Stiso-Medoza also serves as the MSW Program Chair.

2 SPOTLIGHTS Studets Dr. Chris Simmos alog with recet social work graduates Joheisly Espial, MSW, Gillia Pe, MSW, Meredith Phipps, MSW, ad Marylyam Melgar, BSW, preseted a poster at the Society of Studet-Ru Free Cliics Aual Coferece i Aaheim, Califoria. They preseted o the beefits of the service-learig coectio betwee a social work udergraduate course ad the traiig studets experieced by voluteerig at the USF BRIDGE (Buildig Relatioships ad Iitiatives Dedicated to Gaiig Equality) Healthcare Cliic. The service-learig aspect of this course provided studets with a authetic coectio of theory to practice ad icreased their uderstadig ad isight by participatig o a multidiscipliary team with studets from medicie, public health, physical therapy ad pharmacy. The Social Work Society, guided by Faculty Advisor Lori Rogovi, MSW, ACSW, orgaized several evets this year icludig a Valetie s Day Bake Sale, Body Image ad Acceptace Educatioal Sessio ad a Uderwear Drive to beefit Digity U Wear i Jacksoville, FL. Uder the guidace ad directio of faculty advisor, Dr. Chris Simmos, our studets completed 975 voluteer hours, saw 160 patiets ad provided over 150 commuity resources through the o-campus studet-ru free cliic, BRIDGE. The studets received 72 hours of supervisio from LCSW faculty at the cliic. Adia Bridges, a recet MSW graduate, participated i a pael discussio Legal Topics Affectig Childre & Families aired o Maatee Educatioal TV. Here is the lik to the TV show ad she starts speakig aroud 20 miutes ito the show - RUMJOCSUU&feature=em-share_video_user Katria Brewsaugh, a Ph.D. studet, successfully defeded her dissertatio etitled, A Exploratio of the Relatioship Betwee Child Welfare Workers Ambivalet Sexism ad Beliefs about Father Ivolvemet. Major Professor, Aliso Salloum, Ph.D. Kristi M. Smyth, a Ph.D. studet, successfully defeded her dissertatio etitled, Uderstadig the Experiece of Early-Oset Bipolar Disorder: A Retrospective Pheomeological Study of Emergig Adults. Major Professor, Aliso Salloum, Ph.D. Melaie McVea, a Ph.D. studet, successfully defeded her dissertatio etitled Physical, Verbal, Relatioal ad Cyber-Bullyig ad Victimizatio: Examiig the Social ad Emotioal Adjustmet of Participats. Major Professors, Ae Strozier, Ph.D. ad Tiia Ojae, Ph.D. Melissa Price, a recet BSW graduate, was awarded the desigatio of Graduatio with Distictio for the Sprig 2017 commecemet. Shawa Machado, a recet graduate of the MSW Program at USF Sarasota-Maatee, was the recipiet of the Natioal Associatio of Social Workers Social Work Studet of the Year Award for the state of Florida. Ae Bjoerke, a recet MSW graduate, worked with Dr. Aliso Salloum o a study titled Complicated grief, depressio, posttraumatic growth ad hope amog bereaved youth, which was accepted for publicatio i OMEGA: Joural of Death ad Dyig. Ae was also a co-author o a poster presetatio related to this study preseted at the Society for Social Work ad Research i New Orleas, LA. Johotha Babb, a curret Advaced Stadig MSW studet, was the recipiet of a oe-time grat award of up to $15,000 from the Souther Poverty Law Ceter based o his wiig essay etitled, The Importace of Protectig Immigrat & Refugee Rights. 2 Social Work News Fall 2017 School of Social Work

3 SPOTLIGHTS Ariel Fisher, a curret MSW studet, was awarded the Coucil o Social Work Educatio (CSWE) Miority Fellowship Program Youth (MFP-Y) master s studet fellowship for the academic year. Ariel would like to oe day ope her ow cliic that focuses o treatmet of substace abuse ad metal health for uderrepreseted populatios. of PTSD o Paretig Behavior of a Female Survivor of Domestic Violece, utilized a sigle-system desig ad the Paretal Stress Scale to observe the impact that post-traumatic stress disorder has o paretal stress ad paretig behavior i the wake of a abusive relatioship. Amada completed this project uder the supervisio of Michele Noberii, LCSW. Amada Farris, a recet MSW graduate, atteded the 30th Aual Research ad Policy Coferece o Child, Adolescet, ad Youg Adult Behavioral Health i Tampa i the Traslatioal Research track to preset her research titled Impactig Homeless High School Studets: Evidece o Growth ad Resiliecy. The research was coducted i partership with USF ad the Hillsborough Couty Public Schools. Amada is the pricipal ivestigator. Lori Rogovi, MSW, ACSW, led a ethusiastic group of eighty BSW ad MSW studets i a 2-day service learig experiece i Tallahassee for the 2017 Legislative Educatio ad Advocacy Day coordiated by the Florida Chapter of the Natioal Associatio of Social Workers. Hudreds of social work studets ad faculty members across Florida participated i this advocacy opportuity to educate elected officials o issues importat to social workers ad the cliets they serve. Amada Molé, a recet MSW graduate, preseted at the USF 9th Aual Research Symposium. Her poster presetatio, The Effect Cythia Horwitz, a recet MSW graduate, preseted her research o Ifat Metal Health (IMH) Uitig Grat at the USF Health Research Day ad USF Graduate Research Day. The Ifat Metal Health (IMH) Uitig Grat is a comprehesive effort to improve metal health for childre ages 0-3 i Hillsborough Couty by stregtheig ad expadig the IMH system of care through icreased iteragecy collaboratio, improved services, ad more effective referrals. Alumi Cythia Caales, MSW, was selected to preset at the Natioal Ceter for Creative Agig 2016 The Creative Age: Global Perspectives o Creativity ad Agig Coferece. Cythia completed her field placemet with the Alzheimer s Associatio- Florida Gulf Coast Chapter. Durig her time there, she worked o the Timeless Tues project ( This project seeks to implemet the therapeutic power of music i the treatmet of people with demetia. After a aoymous geerous doatio of MPS players Cythia ad her colleagues were able to give MP3 players that are loaded with culturally appropriate music to families ad Nursig Homes throughout the couties served by the Alzheimer s Associatio-Florida Gulf Coast Chapter. School of Social Work Social Work News Fall

4 SPOTLIGHTS Quicy Clowe, MSW, was selected from hudreds of applicats to serve i the Peace Corps Youth i Developmet Program i Thailad. As part of her service, Quicy is tasked with workig with youth (ages 11-15) withi a rural remote commuity i Thailad. Quicy is workig to empower the youth i the commuity to become healthy egaged adults through promotio of educatio, leadership ad coectios with the adult commuity. Faculty Nicole McCutcha, MSW, received a Social Work Rural ad Uderserved Iter-professioal Postgraduate Fellowship. She worked for the past year at the Joit Ambulatory Care Ceter i Pesacola (which is a commuity-based outpatiet cliic withi the Gulf Coast Veteras Health Care System); she provided couselig 3 days a week, atteded semiars oe day a week, ad was egaged i research oe day a week. Larry Cooper, LCSW, was amed Social Worker of the Year by the Natioal Associatio of Social Workers Tampa Bay Uit. Larry also has served as a Adjuct Faculty member this past year. Larry was recetly promoted to Chief of Prevetio ad Itervetio Services at The Childre s Home, Ic. Field Kathy Fabbri ad George Paulose were amed USF Field Istructors of the Year. Kathy Fabbri works at Success for Kids ad Families. George Paulose works at Hillsborough Couty Departmet of Agig Services. Dr. Iraida V. Carrio ad the Hispaic Services Coucil Commuity-Uiversity LEER (which meas to read i Spaish) Collaborative Project, is a ewly-fuded project i CBCS by the Sociological Foudatio Iitiative. It bega this summer i the North Tampa ad Wimauma commuities. Prior to school edig, the team carefully purchased culturally-relevat, ageappropriate biligual books for childre ad their parets. Throughout the summer, commuity paret leaders egaged childre ad parets i a discussio regardig the previous week s book while also reviewig vocabulary words ad itroducig the upcomig book for the week. Dr. Guitele Rahill provided metorig support to Haiti-based social service orgaizatio OREZON (Orgaizatio for the Reovatio ad Educatio of the Cite Soleil Zoe) with the outcome that they received a $ grat from Geohazards Iteratioal (GHI). She advised, traied ad served as cosultat both to GHI ad OREZON persoel. As part of this effort, she taught OREZON how to revise their resumes ito biosketches ad icluded i their biosketches their cotributios to her previous work. These efforts stregtheed their applicatio ad they were able to obtai the grat. Dr. Guitele Rahill worked with OREZON admiistrators post-award to prepare their deliverables. Lori Rogovi was elected Vice-Presidet ad Teri Simpso was re-elected to serve as Secretary of the Florida Field Educatio Cosortium. Dr. Chris Simmos cotiues his work o the USF evaluatio team of the Makig Coectios for Metal Health ad Wellbeig Amog Me ad Boys i the U.S. Iitiative. Makig Coectios is a atioal iitiative which uses prevetio strategies to improve commuity coditios that impact metal health ad wellbeig of me ad 4 Social Work News Fall 2017 School of Social Work

5 SPOTLIGHTS boys, particularly me ad boys of color, military service members, ad veteras. The iitiative is fuded by the Movember Foudatio ad coordiated by the Prevetio Istitute. BSW Program Chair ad Field Coordiator Lori Rogovi, MSW, ACSW, was the recipiet of the Dea s Outstadig Udergraduate Teachig Award. Alicia Stiso-Medoza, Ph.D., LCSW, was awarded the Natioal Associatio of Social Workers Tampa Bay Uit Educator of the Year Award. Dr. Rahill did a presetatio at Tampa Geeral Hospital etitled, Picuriste (Ijectioist) Practice amog Haitia Immigrats: Implicatio for Research ad Itervetio. Professor Lori Rogovi was selected by the Natioal Associatio of Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors (BPD) to serve o its Field Committee. Dr. Maisha Joshi ad her Graduate Assistat Amy Brow were ivited by the Itimate Parter Violece Coordiator for the Veteras Affairs Medical Ceter i Loma Lida, CA to provide feedback o a pilot project (Itimate Parter Violece Outreach website) that the VA Ceter is developig. They reached out to Dr. Maisha Joshi ad Amy Brow as a result of readig their publicatio Itimate Parter Violece Amog Female Service Members ad Veteras: Iformatio ad Resources Available Through Military ad No-Military Websites. Lori Rogovi, MSW, ACSW, was selected to participate i the USF Service-Learig Boot Camp i May. The program was a itesive iteractive class focusig o the philosophy, goals, ad best practices of service learig, alog with the experiece of developig a service-learig syllabus i the participats respective programs. Dr. Chris Simmos was a ad hoc reviewer for the Cliical Supervisor ad Families I Society. The School of Social Work Faculty ad Staff sposored a Self-Care Week to provide studets various opportuities to take a break ad istill the importace of self-care ito their practice. Dr. Guitele Rahill traveled to Haiti to cotiue layig the foudatio for OREZON members to establish a cliic that will be a site for medicatio disbursemet. The cliic will avail access to HIV medicatios ad medicatios to treat opportuistic ifectios for Cité Soleil residets who are HIV reactive ad who live i a resourcecostraied but high HIV prevalece area. A big part of that effort was parterig with logstadig parters at OREZON (Joh Wesley Placide ad Paul Phycie) ad with ew parters at USAID ad Chemoics, to coduct a traiig that permitted 10 members of OREZON to obtai their huma subjects protectio certificates from Family Health Iteratioal. The latter traiig was coducted by Prof. Jea Deis Lys of the Uiversité d Etat d Haiti, who is a S.H.A.R.E. Haiti Scholar. Dr. Maisha Joshi was awarded the Global Citizeship Fellowship for Sprig 2017 to covert the udergraduate level - Itroductio to Social Work course ito a Global Citizeship Project certified course. Recet MSW graduate, JJ Beggs, worked with Dr. Simmos ad Iovative Educatio to covert SOW 6931 Cogitive Behavior Therapy to a olie format. Dr. Rahill ad Dr. Joshi are ow the proud recipiets of the first pilot grat fuded by the CBCS HIV RIG Special Fudig Opportuity. The proposal targets female victims of oparter sexual violece i Haiti s Cité Soleil, who are at high risk for HIV. Buildig o log-term egagemet with parters at OREZON, they will assess the feasibility ad acceptability of adaptig a evidece-based itervetio for HIV called RESPECT, pairig it with OraQuick, a RAPID HIV test. Amog the primary objectives are to ehace victims awareess of risk, offer a RAPID HIV test to scree for atibodies, ad provide risk reductio couselig i order to reduce the risk of School of Social Work Social Work News Fall

6 SPOTLIGHTS HIV i future, cosesual sexual liaisos. Aother focus i that cotext is to mitigate trauma symptoms edorsed by victims i a previous study, as these symptoms may be obstacles to the uptake of RESPECT. Trauma-Iformed Care priciples will be itroduced to victims ad local health providers via a psychoeducatioal model. If successful, Dr. Joshi ad Dr. Rahill will produce a Haitia Kreyól draft of RESPECT that will avail HIV prevetio ad testig ad risk reductio couselig to a at-risk populatio with limited HIV testig resources, ad who live i a eighborhood that is disproportioately impacted by o-parter sexual violece, i a coutry with a high HIV prevalece. USF Bulls (Los Toros) laded i Spai this Summer. The School of Social Work uder the leadership of Drs. Carrio ad Joshi orgaized a Educatio Abroad to Spai. Udergraduate ad graduate studets egaged i a comparative study of socio-cultural cotext of people s health i Barceloa ad Alicate, Spai. Studets egaged with professioals i the former Hospital de la Sata Creu i Sat Pau ad La Casa Dels Xuklis The Butterfly House for childre with a termial illess ad their families. Dr. Estape at the Federatio for the Educatio ad Iformatio of Cacer i Barceloa educated the studets about cacer ad its impact o older adults ad their families. Studets also visited a School of Social Work i Barceloa ad leared about their emphasis o social actio ad the macro perspective. I Alicate, the studets lived with host families ad through daily iteractio leared about the culture, traditios, values ad foods of the family members. The educatio abroad courses i Spai were extesive ad the egagemet icluded iteractio with the Proyecto Hombre - a ipatiet holistic addictio recovery facility, Cetro Especializado de Ateció a Los Mayores - a state sposored seior-citize prevetio facility, ad a social services ceter withi the Cathedral ad Caritas Parroquial Nuestra Seora de la Misericordia. While at the Sa Jua Hospital ad Medical School i Alicate, Dr. Carrio, as well as four studets, were ivited to go o air by the director of the radio broadcast studio affiliated with the uiversity. You ca see their impromptu dialogue at youtu.be/xlp04hq9x5y ad their blog at usftoroseespaa.wordpress.com/. Awards Dr. Kerry Littlewood: Fialist for the 2017 Geeratios Uited Brabazo Award for Evaluatio Research. Award received at the 2017 Iteratioal Geeratios Uited Coferece, Milwaukee, WI Jue 15, 2017 Dr. Kerry Littlewood: Coectig kiship caregivers with commuity resources improves family resiliecy, social support ad caregiver self efficacy was selected as the Hoorable Metio wier of the 2017 Aeta Award for Excellece i Research o Older Wome ad Public Health. This award will be preseted at the 2017 Aual Meetig ad Expositio of the America Public Health Associatio i Atlata, GA. The Research Team ad Istitutios icluded: Abhishek Padey, MD, Uiversity of Arizoa Medical Ceter Agelique Day, Ph.D., MSW, Washigto Uiversity School of Social Work Liliaa Heradez, MSW, MPP, US Childre s Bureau Julie McCrae, Ph.D., MSW Chapi Hall at the Uiversity of Chicago Michelle Rosethal, Ph.D., Data with Purpose, Ic. Josely Howard, Piellas Couty Health Departmet. Lawrece Cooper, MSW, LCSW The Childre s Home Network, Ic. Dr. Jae Roberts presets the NASW-FL Studet of the Year Award to Shawa Machado, MSW. 6 Social Work News Fall 2017 School of Social Work

7 PUBLICATIONS USF School of Social Work faculty publicatios to date. Faculty ames are highlighted Bjerregaard, B., Smith, M. D., Cochra, J. K., & Fogel, S. J. (2017). A further examiatio of the Liberatio Hypothesis i capital murder trials. Crime & Deliquecy. 63(8), doi: / Brow, L.L. & Va Zyl, M.R. (2017): Mitigatig itimate parter violece amog South Africa wome testig HIV positive durig mobile couselig ad testig, AIDS Care, DOI: / Carrio, I.V., Nedjat-Haiem, F.R., Estapé T. ad Fraco- Estrada, L. (2017). People give opiios, but the decisio belogs to the patiet : Examiig cacer treatmet decisios amog Latios i cetral Florida. Joural of Immigrat ad Miority Health. DOI /s y *Citro, G., Salloum, A., *Blair-Adrews, Z., & Storch, E. A. (i press). Parets descriptios of youg childre s dissociative reactios after trauma. Joural of Trauma ad Dissociatio. Cochra, J. K., Brow, W., Camacho, J., Jeigs, W. G., Smith, M. D., Bjerregaard, B., & Fogel, S. J. (2017). Overkill? A examiatio of comparatively excessive death seteces i North Carolia, Justice Quarterly, 34(1), doi: / Cochra, J. K., Marier, C. J., Jeigs, W. G., Smith, M. D., Bjerregaard, B., & Fogel, S. J. (2017). Rape, race, ad capital puishmet: A edurig cultural legacy of lethal vegeace? Race ad Justice. Advace olie publicatio. doi. / / Cummigs, D.M., Lutes, L., Littlewood, K. (2017). Impact of distress reductio o behavioral correlates ad A1C i Africa America wome with ucotrolled Type 2 Diabetes: Results from EMPOWER. Ethicity & Disease, 27(2), DOI: /ed Fisher, A. K., Moore, D., Simmos, C., & Alle, S. C. (2017). Teachig social workers about microaggressios to ehace uderstadig of subtle racism. Joural Huma Behavior ad the Social Eviromet Fisher, A. K., Simmos, C., & Alle, S. C. (2016). A experietial approach to cliical supervisio traiig: A mixed methods evaluatio of effectiveess. Joural of Teachig i Social Work, 36(5), Hill, K., Fogel, S. J., Doaldso-Plitt, L, & Ericso, C. (2017). State defiitios of social work practice: Implicatios for our professioal idetify. Joural of Evideced-Based Social Work. Advace olie publicatio. doi.org/ / Jeigs, W. G., Cochra, J. K., Meade, C. N., Smith, M. D., Fogel, S. J., & Bjerregaard. B. ((2017). The impact of rape/sexual assault statutory aggravatig factor o death setecig decisios-makig i capital murder trails i NC ( ). A propesity score matchig approach. Wome & Crimial Justice, 27(3), doi.org/ / Joshi, M., & Childress, S. (2017). A atioal survey of attitudes towards itimate parter violece amog married wome i Kazakhsta, Kyrgyzsta, ad Tajikista: Implicatios for health prevetio ad itervetio. Social Work i Health Care, Published olie: dx.doi.org/ / Lawetal, M., Surratt, H. L., Buttram, M. E. Kurtz, S. E. (2017). Serious metal illess amog youg adult wome who use drugs i the club scee: Co-occurig biopsychosocial factors. Psychology, Health ad Medicie. Advace olie publicatios. doi: / Littlewood, K., Cooper, L., Strozier, A.L., McCrae, J.S., McCrae, C.S., Rosethal, M., Heradez, L. & Padey, A. (2017). Impact of self reported sleep parameters o math ad readig competece for childre raised by gradmothers. Sleep, 40(1), A372-A372. DOI: /sleepj/zsx Littlewood, K., Cooper, L., Strozier, A.L., McCrae, J.S., McCrae, C.S., Rosethal, M., Heradez, L. & Padey, A. (2017). Self-reported sleep ad peer acceptace, rejectio ad bullig for childre raised by gradmothers. Sleep, 40(1), A DOI: /sleepj/zsx Lutes, L., Cummigs, D.M., Littlewood, K., Diatale, E., & Hambidge, B. (2017). A commuity health worker-delivered itervetio i Africa America wome with Type 2 Diabetes: A 12 moth radomized trial, Obesity, 25(1), DOI: /oby School of Social Work Social Work News Fall

8 PUBLICATIONS Nedjat-Haiem, F.R., Carrio, I.V., Gozalez, K., Ell, K., O Coell, M., Thompso, B., ad Mishrah, S. (2017). Feasibility of Implemetig ad Satisfactio with a Advace Care Plaig Itervetio i Commuity-Settigs with Older Latios. Joural of Palliative Medicie. Padey, A., Littlewood, K., & Strozier, A.L. (2017). Role of access to care ad regioal mortality amog those diagosed with sleep disorders after state Medicaid Expasios. Sleep, 40(1), A445-A445. DOI: /sleepj/zsx Rahill, G. J., Gaapati, E., Joshi, M., Bristol, B., Dioe, A., Jea-Pierre, A., & Beavides, M. (2016). I their ow words: Resiliece amog Haitia survivors of the 2010 Haitia Earthquake. Joural of Health Care for the Poor ad Uderserved, 27(2), Salloum, A., Adel, R., Lewi, A. B., Johco, C., McBride, N. M., & Storch, E. A. (i press). Family accommodatio as a predictor of cogitivebehavioral treatmet outcome for childhood axiety. Families i Society. Salloum, A., *Bjoerke, A., & Johco, C. (i press). The associatios of complicated grief, depressio,posttraumatic grief ad hope amog bereaved youth. Omega, Joural of Death ad Dyig. Simmos, C., Fisher, A. K., Barard, M., & Alle, S. C. (2017). Developmet of self-efficacy amog BSW studets. Joural of Teachig i Social Work, 50 Thomas, K., Soreso, S., & Joshi, M. (2016). Coset is Good, Joyous, Sexy : A baer campaig to market coset to college studets. Joural of America College Health, 64(8), doi: / Watso, J. & Simmos, C. (2017). A Cross-cultural compariso of the worldviews of educators ad studets i social work. College Studet Joural, 51(2), Zlotick, C., Lawetal, M. & Pud., D. (2017). Double whammy: Adverse childhood evets ad pai reflect symptomology ad quality of life i wome i substace abuse treatmet. Social Work i Health Care, 56(3), Guest Editor of Special Joural Issues Bertram, R. M., & Fogel, S. J. (Eds.) (2017) Special Sectio: Evideced based practice i systems of care. Families i Society: The Joural of Cotemporary Social Services. 98(1). Books & Chapters Salloum, A. (2017). Group work with childre ad adolescets i respose to commuity violece ad/or trauma. I G. L. Greif & C. Kight (Eds.), Group work with populatios at risk (4th ed., pp ). New York, NY: Oxford Uiversity Press. For complete iformatio about this excitig opportuity, visit: olieprograms.usf.edu/social-work 8 Social Work News Fall 2017 School of Social Work

9 GRANTS & CONTRACTS Aliso Salloum, Ph.D., LCSW Traiig cotracts with the Early Childhood Coucil of Hillsborough Couty. The goal of these two traiig grats was to provide traiig to case maagers, child advocates, ad commuity therapists o trauma-iformed care ad evidece-based practices for youg childre after trauma. Name of fuder: Natioal Istitute of Metal Health [1R01MH ] Timeframe of award: (Aug-Apr) Title of grat/cotract: Stepped Care for Childre after Trauma: Optimizig Treatmet Purpose of the study: To examie how to optimize the efficiecy (e.g., via matchig childre to appropriate treatmet dosage at baselie, utilizig secod-stage tailorig variables, ad idetifyig mechaisms of chage) ad cost-effectiveess of Stepped Care TF-CBT. Total amout: $2,185,618 Role: Pricipal Ivestigator Maisha Joshi, PhD, MPH, MSW; Iraida Carrio, PhD, LCSW; ad Guitele Rahill, PhD, LCSW Title of grat/cotract: Idia-US 21st Cetury Kowledge Iitiative Awards Name of fuder: Uited States Departmet of State ad Uiversity Grats Commissio (UGC) Idia Timeframe of award: Total amout awarded: $190,000 Role: Pricipal Ivestigator Social Work Studet Scholarship The Social Work Studet Scholarship was developed i 2016 as part of the celebratio of 40 years of social work educatio at USF. The scholarship will esure that awards are made to USF social work studets who will carry the social work professio forward to boldly egage i improvig the well-beig of idividuals ad society. Make a differece today for a social work studet ad your gift will keep givig as they make a differece i the lives of may others. Please visit to make a doatio. For additioal iformatio or other givig optios, please cotact our Developmet Officer Lisa Isebeck at lisebeck@usf.edu or The Uiversity of South Florida Foudatio, Ic. is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt orgaizatio solicitig tax-deductible private cotributios for the beefit of the Uiversity of South Florida. The Foudatio is registered to solicit charitable cotributios with the appropriate goverig authorities i all states requirig registratio. The orgaizatio is located at 4202 E. Fowler Ave., ALC 100, Tampa, FL Fiacial ad other iformatio about the Uiversity of South Florida Foudatio s purpose, programs ad activities ca be obtaied by cotactig Maager of Cetral Records, 4202 E. Fowler Ave., ALC 100, Tampa, FL or by callig (813) If you are a residet of ay of the followig states, please review the applicable, required disclosure statemet. FLORIDA: SC No A COPY OF THE OFFICIAL REGISTRATION AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE DIVISION OF CONSMER SERVICES BY CALLING TOLL- FREE, WITHIN THE STATE, HELP-FLA OR VIA THE INTERNET AT CONTRIBUTIONS ARE DEDUCTIBLE FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAW. REGISTRATION IN A STATE DOES NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT, APPROVAL, OR RECOMMENDATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA FOUNDATION BY THE STATE. School of Social Work Social Work News Fall

10 CONFERENCES USF School of Social Work faculty cofereces to date. Faculty ames are highlighted Iteratioal Presetatios Salloum, A., Wag, W. Swaida, V., Murphy, T. K., & Storch, E. A., (2016, November,). Toward A Adaptive Itervetio for Childre after Trauma. I G. Sprag (Chair), Addressig special challeges i treatig child traumatic stress: improvig child, family ad provider outcomes. The II Iteratioal Cogress of Cliical ad Health Psychology o Childre ad Adolescets, Barceloa, Spai. Approach. (Accepted Poster Presetatio) for the IAGG World Cogress of Gerotology ad Geriatrics. Sa Fracisco, CA Lawetal, M., Zlotick, C., & Pud, D. (2017, Jue). Double whammy: Adverse childhood evets ad pai reflect symptomology ad quality of life i wome i substace abuse treatmet. NIDA Iteratioal Forum, Motreal, Caada. Meyrs, B. Lawetal, M., & Kirtadze, I. (2017, Jue). Global perspective o wome s access to treatmet: Stigma, discrimiatio ad other critical issues (roudtable discussio host). Iteratioal Wome s ad Childre s Health ad Geder Group Meetig, Motreal, Caada. Carrio, I.V., & Nedjat-Haiem, F. (2017, July). Addressig Recruitmet Challeges i Qualitative Research Amog Older Latios With Cacer for symposium: A New Les o Qualitative Methods i Agig: Challeges i Recruitig, Aalyzig ad Mixed Methods. (Accepted Oral Presetatio) for the IAGG World Cogress of Gerotology ad Geriatrics. Sa Fracisco, CA. Nedjat-Haiem, F., Carrio, I.V., & Mishra, S. I. (2017, July). Improvig Advace Care Plaig for Older Latios with Chroic Illesses: A Commuity Based Susa Wade-Ifazo presets the NASW Tampa Bay Uit Educator of the Year Award to Dr. Stiso-Medoza. Presetatios *Bjoerke, A., Joshi, M., Carrio, I.V. (2017, November). Child disciplie practices ad perceptios about abuse amog idigeous commuities i Northeast Idia. Paper accepted for poster presetatio at the America Public Health Associatio s coferece, Atlata, GA. *Goldma, J. Z., Joshi, M., Rahill, G. J. (2017, November). Exploratory Study of the Impact of Voluteer Wilderess Alliace ad the Swamp Apes o Returig Veteras ad Their Families. Paper accepted for a roud table discussio at the America Public Health Associatio s coferece, Atlata, GA. Ramos, A., Rhode, S., Joshi, M., Rahill, G. (2017, November). Sydemic iteractio of structural violece, geder-based violece ad risk of sexually trasmitted ifectios, icludig HIV i a sample of female victims of o-parter sexual violece i post-earthquake Haiti. Paper accepted 10 Social Work News Fall 2017 School of Social Work

11 CONFERENCES for presetatio at the America Public Health Associatio s coferece, Atlata, GA. ehace practice skills amog social work studets. Aual Coferece of the Society of Studet Ru Free Cliics, Aaheim, CA. Rhode, S., Rahill, G., Joshi, M. (2017, November). Trauma Symptoms that accetuate the eed for cotextual adaptatio of a evidece-based HIV itervetio for victims of o-parter sexual violece i Haiti. Paper accepted for presetatio at the America Public Health Associatio s coferece, Atlata, GA. Carrio, I.V., Joshi, M., Swami, V., Liggi, S. & Pulu, B. (2017, Jauary). A Global Perspective: Iteratioal Social Work Research Amog Idigeous Wome i Northeast Idia. Preseted at The Society for Social Work Research Aual Coferece, New Orleas. Trapassi, J., Cochra, J., Fogel, S. J., Smith, M. D., & Bjerregaard, B. (2017, November). Adverse childhood experieces ad their role as mitigators i capital setecig cases. Paper preseted at the 2017 America Society of Crimiology Meetig, Philadelphia, PA. Fogel, S. J., Busch-Armedariz, N., Gilgu, J., Robbis, S., Staller, K., (2017, Jauary). Joural Editors Workshop II: Forum o publishig qualitative research. Pael sessio preseted at the 2017 Society for Social Work ad Research 21st Aual Coferece, New Orleas, LA. (Ivited) Fogel, S. J. (2017, Jue). Edig homelessess: A social work grad challege. A 90 miute sessio preseted at the 2017 Natioal Associatio of Social Workers-Florida Coferece, Orlado, FL. Simmos, C. (2016, Jue). Cliical Supervisio Traiig of MSW Studets: A Experietial Approach. The 12th Iteratioal Coferece o Cliical Supervisio. Garde City, NY. Ivited Speaker Hodges, S., McNeish, R., & Simmos, C. (2017, March), Applyig the cocept of workig alliace to commuity coalitio buildig. Research & Policy Coferece o Child, Adolescet, ad Youg Adult Behavioral Health. Tampa, FL. Simmos, C. (2016, October,). The etrepreeurial midset: A trasformative approach to priso programmig. Effects of Icarceratio o Offeders, Families, ad Commuities. Tampa, FL *Pe, G., *Espial, J., *Phipps, M., *Melgar, M., & Simmos, C. (2017, February). Usig service learig i USF s studet ru free cliic to *Deotes studet co-author or co-preseter School of Social Work Social Work News Fall

12 ENGAGE, EDUCATE, AND EMPOWER Missio The missio of the School of Social Work is to prepare graduates to achieve excellece as professioals ad leaders i social work practice, research, ad educatio. Our focus is to develop geeralist social workers at the bachelor s level, cliical social workers at the master s level, ad social work scholars at the doctoral level ad to ecourage studets to embrace social work kowledge, ethics, skills, ad values. Begiig i our ow diverse regio, ad extedig atioally ad globally, we are committed to graduatig studets who reflect the School s commitmet to promotig social ad ecoomic justice, huma rights, huma digity, scietific iquiry, ad sustaiable huma ad commuity well-beig for all. Thak you to the Professioal Advisory Coucil Bob Blackwood, Chief of Social Work Service at James A. Haley VA Hospital Marsha Lewis Brow, Presidet/CEO of Northside Metal Health Susa Bruo, Director of Social Work Practice at Sucoast Hospice-Empath Health David Chamberli, Supervisor of Studet Services at Pasco Couty School District Tari Coell, Maagig Officer of School Social Work at Piellas Couty Schools Studet Services Departmet Nikki Daiels, Private Practice Therapist Cheryl T. Harrell, Employee Assistace Couselor at J.P. Morga Chase & Co. Patricia Hederso, Outreach Maager & Commuity Liaiso at Seior Coectio Ceter Myra Hogue, Supervisor of School Social Work Services for Hillsborough Couty Public Schools Susa Wade-Ifazo, TGH Healthpark Social Work Cliical Supervisor Emery Ivery, Tampa Bay Area Presidet at Uited Way Charlotte McHery, CEO of Seior Coectio Ceter L. Harriso Reeder, Chief of Social Work Service at The Bay Pies VA Health Care System Joseph Rutherford, CEO of Gracepoit Lorita Shirley, Chief of Program Operatios at Eckerd Kids Jack Smith, Chair of the NASW Tampa Bay Uit April Stee, Busiess ad Operatios Maager at Florida Medical Cliic Mary Turey, Maager of Patiet ad Family Services at Moffitt Cacer Ceter Thak you to our staff Amy Weisz, LCSW, whose wisdom ad commitmet as our Seior Academic Advisor is a true asset to our studets ad School. Raymod Budd, MA, Udergraduate Program Specialist, for his istrumetal support of the BSW Program ad our School. Dorothy Keiser, Graduate Program Specialist, for her ogoig excellet support of our Graduate Programs ad our School. Yvoe Wallace, Academic Program Specialist, for her steadfast commitmet to the Field Educatio Program ad our School. 12 Social Work News Fall 2017 School of Social Work