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For Immediate Release
December 7, 2007
CUSSW PhD Students to Present at Annual Social Work Research Conference
New York, NY – Twelve doctoral students from the Columbia University School of Social Work (CUSSW) will be presenting at the 12th Annual Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) Conference on January 17-20, 2008 in Washington D.C.
The SSWR Annual Conference offers a scientific program that covering a broad range of research on the latest quantitative and qualitative methodologies and on studies in child welfare, aging, mental health, welfare reform, substance abuse, and HIV/AIDS.
A list of CUSSW doctoral student presenters and topics are as follows:
Aimee N.C. Campbell
- “Understanding What Impacts Female Condom Use Skill: Findings from a NIDA Clinical Trials Network HIV Prevention Trial”
- “Dissemination and Implementation Research Matters: a Review of the Science and Implications for Social Work Practice and Education
Matthew Epperson
- “Childhood Sexual Abuse and Sex Trading among Men in Methadone Treatment: Implications for HIV Prevention”
- “Criminal Justice Involvement and HIV Risk among Men on Methadone: Implications for HIV Prevention”
Louisa Gilbert
- “Childhood Sexual Abuse and Sex Trading among Men in Methadone Treatment: Implications for HIV Prevention”
- “A Pilot Trial of Couples-Based HIV Prevention among Idus in Kazakhstan: Project Renaissance”
Geetha Gopalan
- “Differential Risk Factors Associated with the Onset of Externalizing Behaviors among Youth within Two Impoverished, Urban Communities”
- “The Impact of Evidence-Based Engagement Strategies on the Recruitment and Retention of Youth into Trauma Treatments Post-9/11”
Leyla Ismayilova
- “Integrating Savings into Care and Support of Orphaned and Vulnerable Children in Uganda: Lessons form the Seed/Suubi-Research Program”
- “The Role of Family Relations in Sexual Risk Taking among Orphaned and Vulnerable Adolescents in Rural Uganda”
Jennifer Kenney
- “Understanding What Impacts Female Condom Use Skill: Findings from a NIDA Clinical Trials Network HIV Prevention Trial”
Seth A. Kurzban
- “EBP 2.0—New Directions for Evidence Based Practices: Results from Combined Act and Psychoeducation Interventions”
Jennifer I. Manuel
- “Estimated Effects of Family Structure on New Birth Mothers’ Mental Health: an Examination of Postpartum Depression in a Nationally Representative Sample”
Melissa Martinson
- Title: “Estimated Effects of Family Structure on New Birth Mothers’ Mental Health: an Examination of Postpartum Depression in a Nationally Representative Sample”
Lauren Hersch Nicholas
- “The Effects of Medicare Managed Care on Quality of Health Care”
E. Roberto Orellana
- “Childhood Sexual Abuse and Sex Trading among Men in Methadone Treatment: Implications for HIV Prevention”
Alissa Schwartz
- “Foster Care Workers’ Emotional Responses in the Workplace”
For more information about the doctoral students who are presenting, contact Jeannie Hii at 212-851-2327 or [email protected].
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About CUSSW (www.socialwork.columbia.edu)
For more than 100 years, the Columbia University School of Social Work has been the leader in practice and policy. Located in New York City, the School offers Master’s and Doctoral programs which are nationally and internationally recognized for their excellence. With a signature curriculum and far-reaching field education experience, CUSSW continues to be at the forefront of clinical practice, public policy, teaching, research and social work innovation in the 21st Century.
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