MHLP assistant professor talks healthcare provider mental health on USF Health podcast | |
Kristin Kosyluk, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Mental Health Law and Policy, spoke on USF Health's podcast "Healthcare Superteams" to shine light on physician and healthcare provider burnout, depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation. In the episode, Kosyluk discusses stigma as a barrier to mental health treatment among medical professionals. She particularly notes that since the pandemic, there has been a worsening of mental health conditions and an emergence of new mental health conditions –both of which have had a hard hit on those in the medical field.
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Social Work student selected for Florida Institute for Child Welfare Dissertation Fellowship | |
Amy Nourie, a doctoral student in the School of Social Work, has been selected by the Florida Institute for Child Welfare for its 2022-2023 Dissertation Fellowship. This fellowship is awarded to PhD students dedicated to research and scholarship that improves the safety, permanency, and well-being outcomes for children and families in Florida's child welfare system. "Nourie's exploration of the impact of Guardian Ad Litem (GAL) on former foster youth has significant potential for translation to policy and practice, particularly given recent legislative interest in Florida's GAL operations," said School of Social Work Director Riann van Zyl, MSW, PhD.
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Criminology associate professor shares expertise on webinar and podcast
Last week, Joan Reid, PhD, LMHC, CRC held a free webinar during which she explained the impacts of trauma bonding on survivors of sex trafficking and how it facilitates a cycle of repeated exploitation. Reid noted that no measure of trauma bonding has been developed, tested, or standardized; therefore, her project aims to elaborate and validate such a measure guided by an advisory group comprised of survivors of sex trafficking, survivor-practitioners, and trauma specialists.
She also recently spoke on the Center for Naval Analyses Center for Justice Research and Innovation podcast. In the "Justice Talks" podcast episode, Reid discusses victims and perpetrators of labor trafficking, how to define and measure it, and what comprehensive action can be taken to address the problem. Listen to the podcast episode here.
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Social Work student accepted to Pre-Dissertation Fellows Program
School of Social Work PhD student Tara Matta was selected as a Fellow for the 11th cohort of the Association for Gerontology Education in Social Work (AGESW) Gerontological Social Work Pre-Dissertation Fellows Program. This program is also supported by the Gerontological Society of America. In the program, Matta will receive training from nationally recognized faculty experts in gerontological social work on navigating the dissertation process, working with quantitative and qualitative methods, writing for publication, and more. Matta is a third-time student at USF, having earned her bachelor's degree in psychology and master's degree in social work. Her preferred area of research is working with geriatric patients diagnosed with neurodegenerative diseases.
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CFS associate professor participates in the Autism Outreach podcast
Currently in South Africa as a Fulbright Scholar, Child and Family Studies Associate Professor Trina Spencer, PhD, BCBA-D joined host Rose Griffin on the Autism Outreach podcast to share about her career journey and research. In the episode, Spencer explains her development of several assessment instruments, including Story Champs, a multi-tiered narrative intervention curriculum that is used in a variety of educational settings worldwide. She also dives into the nature of interprofessional relationships between board-certified behavior analysts and speech-language pathologists and the importance of research-practitioner partnerships, collaboration, and anti-ableist practices. Listen to the podcast episode here.
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Aging Studies faculty member speaks to caregivers about disaster preparedness
School of Aging Studies faculty member Lindsay Peterson, PhD recently presented her disaster preparedness research as part of an Alzheimer’s Association webinar, “Ready Before the Storm.” She and co-presenters Judy Silverstein, of the Florida Department of Health, and Carol White, of the Alzheimer’s Association, provided tips and advice to attendees about how to be ready for a hurricane. Florida’s hurricane season began on June 1. Peterson’s presentation was based on research funded by the Retirement Research Foundation. She and co-investigators Debra Dobbs, PhD and Sara Hackett, PhD, School of Aging Studies faculty, conducted interviews with caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias to learn about their disaster experiences and concerns and ultimately develop new disaster preparedness materials tailored to caregivers’ needs. The research is ongoing. Register to view the webinar here.
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Complaints, inspections spur investigation into Petersburg assisted living facility
WCVE/VPM (NPR)
"Debra Dobbs, an associate professor with the University of South Florida’s School of Aging Studies, also reviewed the state inspection records..."
'Sextortion' in America: A Cyber Crime That's Stealing Money—and Taking Lives
A&E
"Roberta O’Malley, an assistant professor of criminology at the University of South Florida, along with Holt, wrote a paper for the Journal of Interpersonal Violence, analyzing the various types of sextortion perpetrators..."
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Former chief of U.S. Central Command to lead the University of South Florida’s new Global and National Security Institute
USF News
“...while working alongside industry and faculty and leaders from the colleges of Engineering, Arts and Sciences, Behavioral and Community Sciences..."
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Cela, T., Marcelin, L. H., Waldman, R., Dembo, R., Demezier, D., Clement, R., Arcayos, A., Santisteban, D., Jean‐Gilles, M., & Hogue, A. (2022). Haitian and Haitian American experiences of racism and socioethnic discrimination in Miami‐Dade county: At‐risk and court‐involved youth. Family Process. doi:10.1111/famp.12764
Centelles, V., Powers, R. A., & Moule, R. K. (2022). Self-control, risky behavior, and dating application-facilitated victimization. Victims & Offenders, 17(5), 693–711. doi:10.1080/15564886.2022.2036657
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Schulz, T., Cividini-Motta, C., Blair, K.-S. C., & MacNaul, H. (2022). A Comparison of High-Tech and Low-Tech Response Modalities to Improve Student Classroom Behavior. Journal of Behavioral Education, 31(2), 243–264. doi:10.1007/s10864-020-09393-3 | |
Defense of a Doctoral Prospectus | |
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Title: Cortical Organization for Encoding and Perception of Auditory Spectral and Temporal Cues in Younger and Older Adults
Student: Jitpakorn Pichaitanaporn
Program: Communication Sciences and Disorders
Date: Friday, June 24, 2022
Time: 2-4 p.m.
Location: 3802 Spectrum Blvd Tampa FL 33612, Suite 210
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Marilyn Stern, PhD (CFS)
The COACH Study: A Framework for Individualized Coaching in Young Adult Cancer Survivors to Encourage Healthy Behaviors
Sponsor: H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center
5/4/2022-4/30/2024
Amount: $173,000
There is an urgent need to develop health behavior interventions for young adult (YA) cancer survivors that are effective and easily disseminated. This NCI-funded pilot project (R03CA270475A1; Crowder, PI, Moffitt Cancer Center; Stern, co-I/senior mentor) takes a sequential mixed-methods approach to gain essential quantitative and qualitative information on the needs and preferences of YA cancer survivors. This pilot will serve as the framework for our next steps; a healthy lifestyle intervention for YA cancer survivors that are diverse in terms of race, ethnicity, gender, cancer diagnosis, time since diagnosis, and treatment. Successful completion of this study will provide the information needed to create and enhance the framework for our proposed intervention “COACH: Individualized COaching in young Adult Cancer survivors to encourage Healthy behaviors” in terms of format and module content, with desirable patient-level preferences for sociocultural and environmental factors.
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