BUSSW Faculty, Students & Alumni Energize Summer/Fall Conferences
Across the nation in late summer and this fall, researchers, administrators and clinicians are hearing more about new findings and research from the Boston University School of Social Work. From BUSSW faculty and alumni, to current undergraduate and graduate students, all have been extremely active as national conference presenters. Highlights of the collected research presentations include:
AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING–AUGUST 14-17, BOSTON
Professor Hyeouk Chris Hahm, Jessica Sassani, & Jillian Gaumond: “Correlates of a HIV testing among racial/ethnic minority women in the US.”
Professor Hyeouk Chris Hahm, Jessica Sassani, & Jillian Gaumond: “Factors associated with HIV testing among women of color.”
PhD student Jieha Lee & Professor Hyeouk Chris Hahm: “Sexually transmitted diseases among White, Hispanic, and API young females.”
ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES NEW AGE OF AGING LEADERSHIP ACADEMY—SEPTEMBER 11, MILWAUKEE
Professor/Director of Institute for Geriatric Social Work (IGSW) Scott Miyake Geron (Keynote Speech): “Addressing the Workforce Challenges in a Rapidly Aging Society: A Model of Workforce Change”
NEW YORK ASSOCIATION OF AREA AGENCIES ON AGING–SEPTEMBER 18, NEW YORK CITY
Professor Rob Hudson: “Long-Term Care and the Challenge of Services Integration.”
ROGERS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL–SEPTEMBER 25, OCONOMOWIC, WI
Professor & Dean Gail Steketee: “Buried in Treasures-Understanding and Treating Hoarding.”
CONNECTICUT AGING AND MENTAL HEALTH COALITION–September 26, WETHERSFIELD, CT
Kathy Kuhn & Anna Papantonakis, IGSW: "Mental Health and Aging: Innovative Coalition Programs."
NATIONAL STUDY GROUP FOR CHRONIC DISORGANIZATION (NSGCD) ANNUAL CONFERENCE–SEPTEMBER 26, ST. LOUIS
Professor & Dean Gail Steketee: “Compulsive Hoarding: A Functional model”, “Cognitive Strategies in the treatment and management of hoarding and chronic disorganization,” and “Enhancing Motivation during the Organizing Process.”
MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE–OCTOBER 29, SAN FRANCISCO
PhD student Christiana Bratiotis: “Task Forces: How They Work and How to Create One.”
ADDICTION HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH CONFERENCE–OCTOBER 21, BOSTON
Professor Sally Bachman: “Implications of Medicaid Coverage in a Program for Latino Substance Abusers.”
Professor Hyeouk Chris Hahm & In Han Song: “Moderating affects of family cohesion on perceived racial discrimination and substance use disorders and lifetime suicidal ideation among Asian Americans nationwide.”
Professors Humberto Reynoso-Vallejo & Lena Lundgren, Research Associate Deborah Chassler & Julie Witas: “Patterns of drug treatment entry by Latino male injection drug users from different national/geographical backgrounds.”
Professor Sunny H. Shin, Erica Edwards, & Timothy Heeren: “Child maltreatment and adolescent alcohol problems.”
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY–OCTOBER 21, LOS ANGELES
Professor & Dean Gail Steketee: “Compulsive Hoarding and Mental Health Treatment.”
ASSOCIATION FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH CONFERENCE–OCTOBER 21 & 22, BOSTON
Professor Luz Lopez, PhD student Lisa Zerden, Therese Fitzgerald ’08, & Professor Lena Lundgren: “The Puerto Rican Injection Drug Users: Prevention Implications in Massachusetts and Puerto Rico."
Professor Maryann Amodeo, Research Associate Deborah Chassler, Catherine Oettinger ’06, Wilfred Labiosa, & Professor Lena Lundgren: "Does Supervisor Engagement Promote Practitioner Transfer of Knowledge into Practice?” and “Client Retention in Residential Drug Treatment for Latinos."
AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING—OCTOBER 26-28, SAN DIEGO
Professor Sally Bachman: “HRSA SPNS Initiative to increase oral health care access for people living with HIV/AIDS.”
Professor Sally Bachman: “Models for expanding access to oral health care services for people living with HIV.”
Rebekah Gowler ’08 & Amanda Horowitz ’08: “Sexual identity and the likelihood of having a health care provider among men who have sex,” with co-presenters Professors Joe Merighi and Lena Lundgren and Research Associate Deborah Chassler.
Rebekah Gowler ’08: “Promoting a sustainable Community Health Worker workforce: the Massachusetts experience.”
In Han Song, Carol North & Professor Hyeouk Chris Hahm: “HIV/AIDS and reproductive health knowledge among homeless adults.”
PhD student Jieha Lee & Professor Hyeouk Chris Hahm: “Predictors of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and sexual risk behaviors among racial/ethnic minority females.”
Professor Hyeouk Chris Hahm, Al Ozonoff, Jessica Sassani, & Jillian Gaumond: “Correlates of HIV testing among racial/ethnic minority women in the US.”
Professor Hyeouk Chris Hahm, PhD student Alvin Lee, Timothy Heeren, In Han Song: “Perceived racial discrimination, family cohesion, and lifetime suicidal ideation and delinquency among Asian Americans nationwide.”
Professor Luz Lopez: “Voices Boricuas: Health Perspectives of Injecting Drug Users in Puerto Rico and Massachusetts,” with Therese Fitzgerald 08 and Professor Lena Lundgren.
Professor Lena Lundgren, Therese Fitzgerald ’08, Research Associate Deborah Chassler, Angela Walter, Nellie Kuilan & Rebekah Gowler ’08 participate in a round-table presentation on “The Association between number of HIV prevention service encounters and a reduction in sharing works for a sample of Latina/o injection drug users.”
Amanda Horowitz ’08, Professor Joe Merighi, Research Associate Deborah Chassler, Rebekah Gowler ’08, Hutson Innis & Professor Lena Lundgren: “Sexual identity and the likelihood of having a health care provider among men who have sex with men.”
Amanda Horowitz ’08, Abby Ross ‘08 & Lisa Hunegs ’08: “MSW student and alumni perspectives on suicide prevention training: results of a qualitative inquiry.”
Professor Betty J. Ruth ’84, Kari Sasportas ’07 & Kristin Beville ’05: “Suicide prevention/intervention in social work education: Training issue,” along with Professor Jordana Muroff.
Rendelle Bolton ’07 & Professor Ruth Paris: “Symptom reduction among women enrolled in a dyadic home-based therapeutic intervention for postpartum depression.”
Janine Anzalota ‘04: Participant-driven health program development in the Vietnamese nail technician community of Dorchester, MA, as well as “Building capacity for tobacco screening and referral to treatment in Boston community health centers: A collaboration between state and city health departments.”
Catherine Taylor ’93: “Pregnant again? A qualitative assessment of rapid repeat pregnancy among African-American adolescents,” as well as “Parental spanking and childhood aggression.”
Ivy Krull ’06: “Interactive voice response system advancements: Culturally sensitive call flows.”
Katherine Jantz ’08: “Support groups for adults with Asperger’s Syndrome: More than just stigma-free zones?”
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY–OCTOBER 29, BALTIMORE
Professor Rob Hudson: “The 2008 Election: The Old and the Young in the Red and the Blue.”
COUNCIL ON SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION, ANNUAL PLANNING MEETING–OCTOBER 29-NOVEMBER 2, PHILADELPHIA
Professors Mark Gianino & Donna McLaughlin: "Program Assessment in Teaching the Group Work Method: How are we doing?"
Associate Dean Ruth Freedman, Amanda Nichols, and Rolanda Ward: “Health Care Quality and Access for Adults with Intellectual and/or Developmental Disabilities.”
Professor Robert Hudson: “Health Care: Implications for Policy and Practice." (GERO-ED keynote address)
Kathy Kuhn (IGSW) and Reeve Goldhaber: "Clinical Practice with Older Adults: A Blended Course."
Professors Humberto Reynoso-Vallejo& Lee Staples & Celina Miranda ’01: “Social Capital and Community Organizing among Low-Income Immigrants.”
Professors Betty J. Ruth, Jordana Muroff, Mark Gianino, & Donna McLaughlin: “Suicide prevention/intervention issues in social work education: Identifying the issues.”
Assistant Dean for Field Education Trudy Zimmerman ’75: “Directors Development Institute: The Field/Classroom Connection.”
ELDERCARE ALLIANCE HOME CARE ROUNDTABLE–OCTOBER 23, BOSTON
Kathy Kuhn (IGSW) and Marsha Frankel: "Strategies for Addressing the Mental Health Challenges of Older Adults."
ASSOCIATION FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH IN SUBSTANCE ABUSE CONFERENCE–NOVEMBER 7, WASHINGTON DC
Professor Luz Lopez, PhD student Lisa Zerden, Professor Lena Lundgren: “Needle Sharing, HIV, and Acculturation among Puerto Ricans in a Dual City Study.”
ASSOCIATION FOR BEHAVIORAL AND COGNITIVE THERAPIES–NOVEMBER 13-16, ORLANDO
Professor & Dean Gail Steketee, Kathy Turner ‘93, PhD student Christiana Bratiotis & Laura Nauth: “Treating elders with compulsive hoarding: A pilot program.”
Professor & Dean Gail Steketee, BU undergraduate student Kristin Fitch, A. Pekareva-Kochergina, Randy Frost & David Tolin: “OCD symptoms and associated features in early versus late onset hoarding.”
Jeanne Fama, A. Fang, S. Franklin, Professor & Dean Gail Steketee, Sabine Wilhelm, & Ulrike Buhlmann: “Recollections of influential childhood relationships in individuals with OCD and BDD.”
Graduate student Amanda Gibson, undergraduate student Janelle Alabiso & Professor & Dean Gail Steketee: “Antecedents of animal hoarding versus animal collecting: A qualitative analysis.”
Professor & Dean Gail Steketee, BU undergraduate student Kristin Fitch, M. Oh & Randy Frost: “Indecisiveness and compulsive hoarding.”
Professor Jordana Muroff: "Hoarding Treatment Considerations and Complexities” (symposium chair).
Professor Jordana Muroff, Professor & Dean Gail Steketee, Joseph Himle, Randy Frost: "Delivery of Internet Treatment for Compulsive Hoarding (D.I.T.C.H.): Empirical findings from a longitudinal study.’”
Professor Jordana Muroff, joanne Chan, Tamara Hartl, Kimberly Wilson, Heather Lett, and Professor & Dean Gail Steketee: "Development and Validation of the Motivation and Hoarding Questionnaire (MHQ),"
Professor Jordana Muroff, Professor & Dean Gail Steketee, Jessica Rasmussen, David Tolin & Randy Frost: “Family Psychopathology in an Internet Study of Compulsive Hoarding.”
Professor & Dean Gail Steketee: “The Brown Longitudinal OCD Study: Course Findings from the first two Years of Follow-up."
Professor & Dean Steketee: “Treatment Resistant OCD and Spectrum Conditions in Children and Adults.”
MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH–NOVEMBER 19, HOLYOKE
PhD student Christiana Bratiotis: “How to Talk to Someone with a Hoarding Problem.”
HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL/CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE CONFERENCE ON TREATING COUPLES–NOVEMBER 21, BOSTON
Professor Janice Furlong: “Keeping Secrets: Impact on Couples Therapy.”
INFANT PARENT TRAINING INSTITUTE, JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN’S SERVICE–NOVEMBER 21, WALTHAM
Professor Ruth Paris: “Postpartum depression, suicidal ideation, and mother-infant interactions.”
GERONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA–NOVEMBER 22-24, WASHINGTON, DC
PhD student Christiana Bratiotis, Kimberly Flowers & Alicia Hussey: “Community-based Compulsive Hoarding Intervention in Older Adults.”
Professor Judith G. Gonyea: “Housing Homeless Elders: Program and Policy Challenges and Opportunities.”
Bronwyn Keefe and Professor Scott Miyake Geron (IGSW): "Social Work in Primary Care: Final Results of a Randomized Trial."
NEW ENGLAND CONSORTIUM OF GRADUATE SOCIAL WORK FIELD EDUCATION DIRECTORS–VARIOUS FALL DATES, Boston
Professor Donna McLaughlin: "Group Work Principles & Recent Innovation in the Field," as well as "Supervising Group Work in the Field: Interatice Supervision, Special Challenges & Dilemmas."