November 21-27, 2022

CFS associate research professor recognized for disability advocacy

Elizabeth Perkins, PhD, associate research professor in the Department of Child and Family Studies (CFS), received the George S. Jesien Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD) during the organization's conference in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 15. This award is bestowed upon an individual with a distinguished career of excellence and leadership in support of AUCD's mission to advance policy and practice for and with people living with developmental and other disabilities, their families, and communities. Perkins' career has had a profound impact on the disability community at the university, local, state, national, and international levels.

CFS clinical associate professor recognized for exemplary teaching

Richard Weinberg, PhD, ABPP, clinical associate professor in the Department of Child and Family Studies (CFS), was awarded the Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award from the Provost's Office. Weinberg was commended for his effective teaching, innovation, and commitment to students and their success. This award celebrates faculty who reflect USF's mission to ensure that the undergraduate curriculum prepares students for work in the major and provides the proper foundation in critical thinking, problem-solving, and communication skills.

Hurricane Ian shows how older populations are especially vulnerable during disasters

Popular Science

"When Lindsay Peterson, a research assistant professor at the University of South Florida, interviewed 52 family caregivers in 2021 and 2022, all of them said they would never take a loved one with dementia to a disaster shelter."

Thousands of Florida students were committed last year under the Baker Act

Health News Florida & WINK News

"The University of South Florida College of Behavioral and Community Sciences has a Baker Act Reporting Center, which collects data on Baker Act incidents for the Department of Children and Families."

Students find career passion through The Learning Academy

Bay News 9

"Since 2010, The Learning Academy at the University of South Florida has been helping students diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder find their passions and career paths."

What to Do If You Can’t Sleep on MDMA

VICE

“'Your body has secreted so much serotonin and dopamine that it gets tired of making it,' explained Khary Rigg, an associate professor at the Department of Mental Health Law & Policy at the University of South Florida."

Galea, J. T., Sanabria, G., Greene, K. Y., Thompson, M., Doering, T., Fuchs, D., Grey, A., Saucedo, A., Rosler, M., & Simmons, C. (2022). MSW students’ perspectives on learning and delivering a protocolized, low-intensity transdiagnostic psychological intervention: Implications for experiential learning. Community Mental Health Journal. doi:10.1007/s10597-022-01053-2 

Jaynes, C. M., Lee, J. G., & Franks, H. N. (2022). Evaluating racial and ethnic invariance among the correlates of guilty pleas: A focus on the effect of court legitimacy, attorney type, satisfaction, and plea-offer evaluation. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency. doi:10.1177/00224278221135544 

Testa, A., Santos, M. R., Ribeiro, L., & Hartley, R. (2022). Assessing racial disparities in homicide sentencing: Findings from Brazil. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. doi:10.1177/08862605221135143 

Title: An Examination of Racial Disparities Across Florida Counties, 1998-2018: A Test of the Racial Threat and Political Representation Hypothesis

Student: Xavier D. Burch

Program: Criminology

Date: December 2, 2022

Time: 10 a.m.

Location: SOC 351

School of Aging Studies and Florida Policy and Exchange Center on Aging Distinguished Lecture featuring Orfeu Buxton, PhD

Dec. 2 | 11 a.m.

CBCS Atrium (MHC 1200) and virtual

Orfeu M. Buxton, PhD directs the Sleep, Health & Society Collaboratory at Penn State and serves as the second editor-in-chief of Sleep Health, focused on the social epidemiology and public health aspects of sleep. He will present “Sleep Health for Successful Cardiovascular and Cognitive Aging: Findings from the Sleep, Health & Society Collaboratory.”

REDCap Overview & Use Cases Presentation

Dec. 9 | 3 p.m.

CBCS Atrium (MHC 1200)

This presentation will showcase existing CBCS REDCap projects to demonstrate main features of Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) and how this free system can be used for data collection, data management, and reporting. REDCap is a metadata-driven workflow methodology and software solution originally designed for rapid development and deployment of electronic data capture tools to support translational research informatics. Translational informatics uses bioinformatics and statistical approaches to explore, synthesize, combine and interpret data that comes from laboratory research, clinical study, electronic health records, imaging data, etc. into useful insights. REDCap was initially developed at Vanderbilt University in 2004 for use by clinical researchers but is now widely utilized in many different academic fields by over 6000 institutions from 150 countries around the world.

Poinsettia Fundraiser to Benefit Audiology Students

The Tampa Breakfast Sertoma Club is hosting its annual poinsettia fundraiser event to support local Tampa Bay area charities. Some proceeds will help them fund the John Tragon III Memorial Scholarship for audiology students at USF.