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Social Worker Leads Transdisciplinary Study on Alzheimer’s and Sleep Quality Among African AmericansWith a body of work that brings rigorous, transdisciplinary research directly into the communities that need it most, Karen Lincoln, associate professor at the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, contradicts the myth that social work is a discipline, not a science. Lincoln’s work proves it can be both.
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Eight professors of the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work are recognized among the top 2% of scientists in the world for 2021 in a study by Elsevier and Stanford University. The ranking considers 22 scientific fields and 176 subfields. Based on the bibliometric information contained in the Scopus database, it represents approximately 180,000 scientific researchers from a pool of more than 8 million globally.
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The goals and timelines of academic researchers and those of policymakers are often not aligned to create an effective or timely bridge from research to policy. The Children’s Data Network (CDN) at the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, led by co-directors Jacquelyn McCroskey and Emily Putnam-Hornstein, is helping to change that.
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The USC student support group Unchained Scholars helped Genevieve “Genna” Rimer on her path to a doctorate in social work.
Genevieve “Genna” Rimer does not dwell on her past, but that doesn’t mean she runs from it.
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Research from more than 40 faculty members and students of the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work will be presented at the 26th Annual Society for Social Work Research Conference - Social Work Science for Racial, Social, and Political Justice, January 12 - 16, 2022 in Washington, D.C.
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Human trafficking is an egregious crime against humanity that takes many forms and too often is overlooked. In our contemporary society, it is an embarrassment that this commodification of young women and men continues. It dehumanizes us all.
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The first generation of people with hemophilia to live past 50 are aging in a world that doesn’t know what to do with them.
“I wasn’t expecting to be alive past 12, then 15, then 35-ish, and now I’m a fluffy 50 and having to deal with a system that’s not ready for me,” said Bobby Wiseman, who has severe hemophilia and is HIV-positive. “We weren’t supposed to get old.”
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A $2 million gift from the Epstein Family Foundation has underwritten the establishment of the new RAND-USC Epstein Family Foundation Center for Veterans Policy Research, which will expand research opportunities to better inform federal, state and local policy on veterans and military families.
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One of the most challenging aspects of military life can be the transition back to civilian life and particularly the civilian workforce. It can be even more so for female veterans who suddenly find themselves thrown into an unfamiliar and unwritten professional dress code after years in uniform.
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The USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work provides more than an education. The networks that students form can be the basis for rewarding, lifelong relationships that nurture academic potential and transform social work training into real-world leadership.