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The Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research (IPR) at the Keck School of Medicine of USC has been awarded $380,000 over three years by the National Institutes of Health to develop and implement global health research initiatives aimed at Pacific Rim populations.
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Kristin M. Ferguson, assistant professor of social work, was selected as the inaugural winner of the Frank Turner Award for best article in International Social Work, the official publication of the International Association of Schools of Social Work, the International Council on Social Welfare and the International Federation of Social Workers.
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Ron Avi Astor, a professor who holds joint positions in the USC School of Social Work and USC Rossier School of Education, was given the second place distinction by the American Psychological Association's Division One 2006 William James Book Award. The accolade, which honors outstanding scientific volume in general psychology across specialty areas, was awarded to Astor along with co-author Rami Benbenishty of Hebrew University for their book School Violence in Context: Neighborhood, Family, School and Gender, published by Oxford University Press in 2005.
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Kathleen Ell, the Ernest P. Larson Professor of Health, Ethnicity and Poverty at the USC School of Social Work, has received a $250,000 grant from the California Health Care Foundation to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of a program designed to improve depression care among low-income ethnic minority patients with congestive heart failure.
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Janet Schneiderman, assistant professor of social work, recently won a grant from the Children and Families Research Consortium to examine the issues foster children caregivers face in accessing and using pediatric health services.
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In recognition of his schizophrenia research to improve the effectiveness of community mental health rehabilitation, John Brekke, the Frances G. Larson Professor of Social Work Research at the USC School of Social Work, received the 2006 Insight Award at PORTALS' 50th Anniversary Golden Bell Awards Gala held in May at the Skirball Cultural Center.
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Chinese teens who think of themselves as fat, even if they were normal or underweight, are at a greater risk for depression and school-related stress, a new USC study has found.
Girls who said they were overweight reported an overall grade point average of 3.06 versus 3.20 for other girls, according to the study of nearly 7,000 middle- and high-school students in seven Chinese cities. Boys who felt obese reported being more prone to rudeness and losing their tempers. The study appears in the March issue of the American Journal of Health Behavior.
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Managing Diversity: Toward a Globally Inclusive Workplace by USC Professor Mich'lle Mor Barak has been named an Outstanding Academic Title for 2006 by Choice, a publication of the Association of College and University Libraries.
Each year, Choice editors single out the most significant academic works from thousands of titles reviewed over the previous year, recognizing what they have determined to be the best in published scholarship. Mor Barak's book was one of only 15 business titles selected for the nationwide honor.
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Ron Avi Astor, a professor in the USC School of Social Work and USC Rossier School of Education, has received the 2006 Distinguished Research Award from the American Educational Research Association (AERA) for his co-authorship of 'The Contributions of Community, Family, and School Variables to Student Victimization,' published in the American Journal of Community Psychology.
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A USC review of published research has found no evidence that early episodes of schizophrenia without medication result in long-term harm for patients, casting doubt on the practice to immediately medicate for a year.