CUSSW PhD Students to Present at Annual Social Work Research Conference
December 7, 2007
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 jy2223@columbia.edu.