News Archive
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Anthony Hassan, director of the Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans and Military Families (CIR) at the USC School of Social Work, recently attended the Clinton Global Initiative America jobs summit, a meeting hosted by former President Bill Clinton on driving job creation and economic growth in the United States.
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A new study has found that researchers at the USC School of Social Work authored some of the profession's most cited journal articles of the past decade.
Five publications penned by researchers at the school ranked in the top 100 articles cited between 2000 and 2009, according to findings published in the British Journal of Social Work.
"I knew the article was cited very often, but I didn't realize it was that influential," said Michàlle Mor Barak, a professor at the USC School of Social Work.
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Marleen Wong, assistant dean and clinical professor of field education at the USC School of Social Work, has been appointed to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) National Advisory Council for three years, beginning Aug. 1.
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John Brekke, the Frances G. Larson Professor of Social Work Research, has been named a fellow of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare, the first national society honoring excellence in the research and practice of social work.
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While homeless men are very aware of the risk of unprotected sex, they are not very educated on how to protect themselves from sexually transmitted diseases, a USC study found.
Researchers interviewed dozens of men on Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles to understand how they viewed the risks of sexual encounters with women.
While more than half of the respondents had been tested for HIV, most held medically inaccurate beliefs they used to judge their partner's chances of having a sexually transmitted disease.
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USC Professor of Social Work Dorian Traube builds upon current studies that show young men who have sex with men are more likely to participate in dangerous behavior, such as drug use and unprotected sex.
In a new study, published this month in the Psychology of Addictive Behavior, Traube looks at the building blocks of why young gay men are more prone to drug and alcohol use.
"The underlying factor here, adolescence when you have the bulk of development, is normally an incredibly vulnerable time," said Traube, the lead author.
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Hoping to address a critical health gap among the youth of the United States, Julie Cederbaum, assistant professor at the USC School of Social Work, is participating in two new studies on the disproportionate effect of HIV/AIDS and substance use on young African-American men and adolescents.
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Six months after helping launch a new clearinghouse for evidence-based practices in China, the USC School of Social Work hosted the project's director to further strengthen ties between the university and its Chinese partners.
You-ping Li, who heads the Chinese Clearinghouse for Evidence-Based Practice and Policy, spent a week at USC in April as a Provost's Distinguished Visitor, meeting with students, faculty, and administrators to describe her latest efforts to improve social and health services throughout mainland China.
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Social Security is a critical income source for elderly and disabled Latinos because of their socioeconomic condition, higher rates of disability and longer life expectancy, according to a report published by the USC Edward R. Roybal Institute on Aging at the USC School of Social Work.
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Associate Professor Maryalice Jordan-Marsh was presented the 2011 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Nurses' Alumni Association of the University of Wisconsin at Madison. The honor recognizes an alumnus for making nursing a more visible profession through scholarship, education or practice.