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Kristin Ferguson, an assistant professor in the USC School of Social Work, has been awarded a faculty fellowship of $12,000 by the John Randolph Haynes Foundation, a leading supporter of social science research in Southern California.
"These awards are extremely competitive, and it is a great honor for a faculty member in our school to receive this kind of recognition," Dean Marilyn Flynn said.
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The Center for Asian-Pacific Leadership at the USC School of Social Work has been awarded a $200,000 grant from the Overseas Korean Foundation to conduct a national study that will investigate the overall quality of life for first- and second-generation Korean-Americans living in Southern California and the metropolitan areas of Chicago, New York City and Washington, D.C.
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Exploring the North Pole can come with great physical risks, but also significant mental challenges. While most enjoy the challenges posed by the extreme conditions of the Arctic, a new study suggests as many as half of the hardy adventurers may experience periods of depression, sleep disruption, memory loss, anger and conflict with fellow expeditioners. Five percent suffer symptoms severe enough to warrant treatment with medication or therapy, the researchers said.
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Since the technology was developed in the 1960s, geographic information systems (GIS) have been used by corporations, urban planners and public health officials to determine new business locations, make infrastructure decisions and pinpoint the spread of disease. But the sophisticated mapping software – which organizes and displays geospatial, demographic, socio-economic and other data – is just beginning to be widely embraced by the social work profession as a powerful tool for research, planning and effective delivery of services to those in need.
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Devon Brooks, associate professor and associate dean for faculty affairs at the USC School of Social Work, has been named to the Senior Research Fellows Program at the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute, a non-profit research, education and advocacy organization dedicated to improving adoption laws, policies and practices.
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Penelope Trickett, the David Lawrence Stein/Violet Goldberg Sachs Professor of Mental Health at the USC School of Social Work, has been awarded an Advancing Scholarship in the Humanities and Social Sciences grant from the USC Provost's Office for more than $20,000. The prize will be used to further Trickett's current research study, "From Nature vs. Nurture to Nature x Nurture: Investigating How Genes Interact with Child Abuse and Neglect."
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Ann Marie Yamada, assistant professor at the USC School of Social Work, has received a $733,500 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to pilot test a new intervention to give mental health providers in psychosocial rehabilitation services a more effective way to assess sociocultural issues across diverse client populations.
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USC social work and business professor Michalle Mor Barak has won the 2007 George Terry Book Award from the Academy of Management, making her the first USC author to earn the prestigious honor. She received the accolade for Managing Diversity: Toward a Globally Inclusive Workplace (Sage Publications), which judges deemed this year's most outstanding contribution to the advancement of management.
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The USC School of Social Work welcomed two new professors to its faculty this semester.
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All too often, depression in cancer patients is regarded as an expected reaction by health care providers – and even by the patients themselves. This can lead to depression among cancer patients being accepted instead of treated.