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    As we celebrate National Nurse Practitioner Week, Theresa Granger, clinical assistant professor in the Department of Nursing at the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, provides a brief history of the rise of nurse practitioner programs in the United States and shares her views on the future of this important profession.

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    <p><em>With nearly a decade of experience as a family nurse practitioner, Clinical Assistant Professor Michelle Zappas offers students an inside look into what it’s like to practice in the real world.</em></p>

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    The prognosis for people with HIV has dramatically improved since the 1980s. What has changed in HIV patient care over the last 30 years?

  • forum with the Consulate General of El Salvador in Los Angeles

    The USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work co-hosted a forum with the Consulate General of El Salvador in Los Angeles on Oct. 27 to discuss the soon-to-expire Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program.

  • Dean Marilyn Flynn speaks at a press conference announcing the Law Enforcement Advanced Development program

    The USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work and USC Price School of Public Policy have partnered with the Los Angeles Police Department to design and deliver a new certificate program that trains officers to better prepare for the complex issues faced in 21st century policing — including homelessness, mental illness, domestic violence and human trafficking.

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    On a recent Friday, roughly 100 African-American seniors packed into a room at the Foundation Center in South Los Angeles.

    As the music queued and Rose Monteiro came to the stage, people sipped their coffee and had their notepads and pens ready.

    Monteiro sat on a high stool at the end of a high-top table, with coffee mugs and a potted flower in front of her. It looked more like the set of The View than an academic lecture — and that’s the point.

  • Concepcion Barrio, left, and Paula Helu-Brown, far right, participate in a ribbon cutting for a new mental health office at the Consulate General of Mexico in Los Angeles. Photo courtesy of Helu-Brown

    With the Trump Administration’s recent revocation of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy, and a perceived increase in immigration enforcement, many immigrants are under more stress than ever, especially with the recent major earthquakes in Mexico affecting families on both sides of the border.

    But immigrants don’t always seek help because of cultural stigma and the threat of deportation, among many other stressors. The USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work is working to change that.

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    In honor of National Nurses Week May 6-12, we take a look at what a day in the life of a nurse practitioner is truly like.

    For Michele Kolostian, RN, MSN, GNP-BC, no two days are exactly the same. As with many nurse practitioners, each shift comes with its own unique challenges and rewards. In honor of National Nurses Week, Kolostian graciously took time to speak with us, providing a glimpse of a typical day in the life of a nurse practitioner.

    USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work: What is your educational and professional background?

  • Aileen Hongo, MSW ’13, MAG ’07, first met award-winning commercial and art photographer Ron Levine through his photographs – striking images of aging prisoners.

    “This a voiceless population,” said Hongo, a life skills instructor at Five Keys Charter School and a research fellow at the USC Edward R. Roybal Institute on Aging.

  • While all our field placements offer the chance for our Master of Social Work students to engage in real-world client services, sometimes those opportunities collide with something larger.