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SCHOLARS IN TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH

Doctoral Day of Recognition – 2017-18 Candidates – Guijin Lee, Lisa Juckett, and Bridget Bailey

The mission of the doctoral program in Social Work is to nurture the next generation of social work researchers and educators within the translational research framework with the ultimate goal of positively impacting the lives of individuals, families, communities, and society. 

• Theory-driven intervention and implementation research
• Qualitative and quantitative research methods to understand the individual, family and community contexts of social problems
• Mixed methods research to understand the agency and program contexts where interventions are implemented
• Pedagogical skills to be effective social work educators
• Grant writing skills for research funding
• Publishing and presenting

Doctoral faculty are studying:

• Afterschool programming for diverse youth
• Child maltreatment and child well-being
• Children of immigrant families and social adjustment
• Community food security and community-based research
• Culturally competent policy, practice, and research
• Educational disparities
• Geographic Information Systems
• Human trafficking
• Implementation research in child welfare and evidence-based practices
• Integrated primary care and behavioral health services
• Integrative body-mind spirit practices
• Intimate partner violence among women and college students
• Latino gangs
• Mental health disparities and inequities among diverse populations
• Older adults and community-based long term care services
• Policy research and advocacy
• Positive youth development and youth sport
• Poverty and anti-poverty policies and programs
• School mental health, school social work, school-family-community partnerships
• Social determinants of health and health equity
• Strengths-based integrative family and systems treatment for at-risk children and adolescents
• Substance abuse prevention, service access, and mutual-aid based interventions
• Trauma-informed care

Research Centers – The College of Social Work is home to the Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Drug Misuse Prevention and Recovery (HECAOD) and the Community and Youth Collaborative Institute (CAYCI).