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Six professors of the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work are recognized among the top 2% of scientists in the world for 2023 in a study by Elsevier and Stanford University. The ranking considers 22 scientific fields and 174 subfields. Based on the bibliometric information contained in the Scopus database, it represents approximately 100,000 scientific researchers from a pool of more than 8 million globally.
The school’s faculty named for 2023 are:
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María P. Aranda, the Margaret W. Driscoll/Louise M. Clevenger professor in Social Policy and Administration and executive director of the USC Edward R. Roybal Institute on Aging, is named the 2024 recipient of the Research Recognition Award from the National Hispanic Council on Aging (NHCOA). The award acknowledges trailblazers who are paving the way in the field of aging, particularly among Hispanic older adults, in the United States.
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When five USC health sciences schools were brought together under one umbrella, part of the university’s Transforming Health Sciences moonshot, a principal goal was to create a new, integrated and interprofessional approach to the education and practice of health care.
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The Homelessness Policy Research Institute (HPRI) has appointed Ben Henwood as its new director, effective July 1, 2024. HPRI is a collaborative of over one hundred researchers, policymakers, service providers, and experts with lived experience of homelessness dedicated to accelerating equitable and culturally-informed solutions to homelessness in Los Angeles County.
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The Asian-American population is often referred to as the “model minority” – well-educated, healthy, self-sufficient and problem-free. The work of Yuri Jang, professor at the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, has uncovered a very different scenario, particularly among aging Asian Americans.
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Social work doctoral graduates awarded prestigious postdoc fellowships for novel research approachesAcademia can be a competitive landscape, but for two doctoral candidates completing their PhD studies in May 2024 at the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, it has been an opportunity to lift each other up. The educational journeys of Adriane Clomax (she/her) and Rory O’Brien (they/them) mirrored each other as recipients of the Oakley Fellowship endowed by the USC Provost. Only eight such fellowships are awarded to PhD candidates university-wide each year.
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Two distinguished faculty members of the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work are selected for induction into the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare (AASWSW) for 2024. María P. Aranda, the Margaret W. Driscoll/Louise M. Clevenger Professor in Social Policy and Administration and executive director of the USC Edward R. Roybal Institute on Aging, and Yuri Jang, professor and senior scientist at USC Roybal, receive this prestigious honor at a ceremony in Washington, D.C.
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Racial inequities and the impacts of systemic bias are starkly evident in the population of people experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles, but a new report details a proposed method of collaboration between human and technological systems that could eliminate racial bias in housing allocation. The USC Center for AI in Society (CAIS), a joint venture between the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work and
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For USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work alumna María E. Garay-Serratos, MSW ’92, PhD ’03, a career in service has come full circle with a quest to uncover the connection between domestic violence, traumatic brain injury and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a progressive and fatal brain disease associated with repeated sub-concussive brain injury.
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On October 21, 2023, the California Social Work Hall of Distinction hosts its 21st annual induction ceremony, honoring individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the social work profession and social welfare throughout California. Inductees to the Hall of Distinction are visionaries who have made transformational contributions to practice, policy and research for the betterment of our communities.