The John Templeton Foundation awarded a $1.49 million grant to Merril Silverstein, Ph.D., the Marjorie Cantor Endowed Professor in Aging, for a three-year study entitled, “Religious Transitions, Transmissions, and Trajectories Among Baby-Boomers and their Families.” Additionally, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded Silverstein $401,072 for the project, “Religiosity and Mortality Risk in Later Life.” Jointly appointed in the Falk College’s School of Social Work and the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs’ Department of Sociology, Silverstein is a faculty affiliate in the Syracuse University Aging Studies Institute. Both projects focus on positive outcomes for older individuals, their families,…
2015-2016 marks the final year for the HRSA (Health Resources and Services Administration grant authorized by the Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148). Lead by Principle Investigator Carrie Jefferson Smith, DSW, ACSW and Co-Investigator Kristin Esposito, LMSW, the primary objective of the grant project is to address mental and behavioral health needs of veterans, military personnel and their families, and residents of medically underserved rural communities with limited or no access to services. By providing specialized, evidenced-based training in trauma informed care, inter-professional practice, military social work and cultural competency, the grant project aims to increase the capacity of skilled social…
MFT assistant professor, Deborah Coolhart, Ph.D., LMFT, was one of the first mental health professionals to work with transgender clients in Central New York. She was recently interviewed for the article, “Teens in Transition,” that appeared in The Syracuse New Times in June. Under her leadership, a Transgender Treatment Team was created and continues to provide services in the Central New York community. Her areas of expertise include exploring the relationship between gender transition and life satisfaction, family relationships, social support, and mental health, homeless LGBTQ youth and the emotional processes of family members of transgender people. The article highlights…
MSW student Rebecca Oppedisano received the 2015 Excellence Award from the Administrators of Volunteer Services (AVS) of Central New York for her work with From the Ground Up Therapeutic Horsemanship, Inc. In 1998, the AVS Excellence Award was established to honor a current member of AVS who demonstrates exceptional performance that supports their agency’s mission statement, innovation with volunteer recruitment, recognition and retention, and creativity in starting new programs.
To educate the local community about issues related to Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Falk College will offer a discussion series during the month of June, which is designated as National PTSD Awareness Month to raise public awareness of PTSD and its effective treatments. PTSD is a psychiatric disorder that can occur following the experience or witnessing of a life-threatening events such as military combat, natural disasters, terrorist incidents, serious accidents, or physical or sexual assault in adult or childhood. These programs, which are free and open to the public, take place in conjunction with the Trauma Research Education for Undergraduates…
Dr. Bergen-Cico, associate professor of public health, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to teach and conduct research in the Republic of Georgia for the 2015-16 academic year. Her research will support development and implementation of primary prevention and drug education in Georgia and the region, including Azerbaijan, Turkey, and Armenia. She will also teach at the Ilia State University (ISU) in Tbilisi, Georgia in support of their work on school-based drug education and primary prevention programs. Her project title is, Assessing the Needs and Feasibility for Drug Education and Primary Prevention in Georgia. Nato Ivanishvili ’15, a public health…
A study funded by the National Institutes of Health is seeking participants who are 9, 10 or 11 years old, reside in 13057, 13202, 13203, 13204, 13205, 13206, 13207, 13208, 13209, 13210, 13211, 13212, 13214, 13215, 13219 & 13224 and consider their race as either African-American or Caucasian. Participants will be compensated $100 for their participation and parents will receive $50 towards transportation. Lead, an environmental toxicant, is known to cause serious mental and developmental defects in children and young adults. Recent research may indicate that lead affects the cardiovascular system (heart and veins). We hope to learn more about…
Three years ago, Sport Management graduate Max Levitt ’11 founded a nonprofit called Leveling the Playing Field, whose mission is to improve the opportunity for low-income families to get involved in youth sports through the donation of used/excess sporting equipment. While a student at SU, Levitt spent three seasons as an equipment manager with the Syracuse University football program, and said he inspired to research how to get used sporting equipment into the hands of underprivileged children and low-income families. “Every day, I communicate with various sources of donated sporting equipment from collegiate athletic departments, youth sports leagues, and families,”…
Aging studies scholars from around the world convened at Syracuse University June 3-6 for the Aging Families/Changing Families International Conference hosted by the Aging Studies Institute and the International Sociological Association (ISA) Research Committees on Aging and Family. More than 120 attendees participated in the three-day event that included daily keynote speakers, 17 sessions and 78 presentations of original research focused on aging in the context of family life. The Marjorie Cantor Professor of Aging Studies, Merril Silverstein. Ph.D., organized the conference, which was sponsored by the Maxwell School and Falk College, where he holds join appointments. In his invitation…
Professor of Social work, Nancy Mudrick, has been selected for a Fulbright/Alsace Regional Award in France for Spring 2016 and will be hosted by Institut Supérieur Social de Mulhouse and Université de Haut Alsace. Her Fulbright project, Implementation of the 2005 French disability law at the local level; Strengthening a French-U.S. partnership in social work education, studies the implementation of the 2005 French disability law’s goals of self-determination and autonomy of people with disabilities. She will lecture on disability and evaluation methodology, consult on bachelor’s and master’s-level social work education, and further develop a collaborative course for SU and French…
