News: Social Work
How NFL Player Damar Hamlin Tackled the Odds: Health Experts Weigh In
A panel of UCF medical and rehabilitation experts discuss what happened, what Hamlin’s physical and mental recovery could look like, and protecting the heart health of athletes.
Social Work Track Doctoral Candidates Compete in UCF’s Three-Minute Thesis Competition
Doctoral candidates Khalilah Louis Caines and Itunu O. Ilesanmi participated in UCF’s Three-Minute Thesis (3MT) competition in November. Each student presented their individual research from their dissertations and Ilesanmi was...
BSW Student Receives Alpha Eta Student Research Presentation Award
Mary Farley, a senior majoring in social work, received the Alpha Eta Student Research Presentation Award for her study “Access Barriers to Long-term Healthcare for Female Sexual Assault Survivors.” Farley...
Social Work Faculty and Alumni Share Research at National Conferences
Teams of School of Social Work faculty and alumni presented their research at two national conferences in November, sharing presentations that addressed the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, suicide risk...
The passion of a social worker; changing lives one case at a time
UCF Social Work alumni, Carina Espinal ’21 is a Family Case Manager at One Hope United, a private human service organization that works side-by-side with Embrace Families, the lead nonprofit...
UCF Survivor Link Training Program Inaugural Meeting
The UCF Survivor Link Training Program, which aims to train students in cases of domestic violence, held its first-ever meeting with its social work master’s students Wednesday night.
Reshawna Chapple Co-PI on a $5 Million Interdisciplinary Grant at UM
The Center for Disability Health and Wellness (CDHW) at the University of Michigan (U-M), has been awarded a five-year, $5 million grant dedicated to enhancing the health and functioning of...
UCF Podcast: Championing Against Violence
Season three of Knights Do That, UCF’s official podcast, returns with its sixth guest, Bethany Backes, an assistant professor in the Violence Against Women faculty cluster and holds a joint appointment...
Advance Care Planning a Bridge to Hospice Among Latino Communities
Early access to advance care planning can be a vehicle for greater health equity among underserved Latino communities, recent research has shown. Providers have a ways to go when it...
UCF Social Work Panel Event Explores Puerto Rican Intersectionality to Better Serve Clients
UCF School of Social Work faculty Iradly Roche organized an event to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month on September 23 by scheduling a panel of four speakers who explored social work...
