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Biography

Credentials

  • Ph.D., Doctor of Philosophy, Social Work, University of Illinois at Chicago
  • MSW, Master of Social Work, Florida International University
  • BA, Bachelor of Arts, Psychology, Florida International University

Affiliations

  • Association for Gerontology Education in Social Work (AGE-SW Fellow)
  • Gerontological Society of America (GSA)
  • Southern Gerontological Society (SGS)
  • Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR)

Research

Areas of Specialty
  • End-of-life care
  • Health literacy and health promotion
  • Health care disparities among racial/ethnic minority older adults
  • Qualitative research
  • Gerontology education
Research Lab Affiliations

Research Grants

KinesiologySocial Work

Investigators from Novices, a Transdisciplinary Research Education Program to Increase Diversity (INTREPID) in Aging Research

  • PI: Nicole Dawson
  • PI: Susanny Beltran
  • PI:
  • PI: Jeffrey Stout
    • Amount: $1,855,813 | Timeframe: 05/01/2023 - 01/01/2028
    Funding Type: Extramural Research
    Funding Agency: National Institute on Aging, NIA
    Social Work

    Adapting the Advance Dementia Prognostic Tool for high-Medicaid Nursing Homes (ADePT-NH)

  • PI: Susanny Beltran
    • Amount: $98,883 | Timeframe: 03/01/2023 - 02/01/2025
    Funding Type: Extramural Research
    Funding Agency: Florida Department of Health

    News

  • UCF Class Spotlight: Macro Level Roles and Interventions in Social Work

     Written By: UCF School of Social Work | January 23, 2023
    Students gain hands-on experience while learning the importance of social work in supporting survivors of human trafficking.

  • Advance Care Planning a Bridge to Hospice Among Latino Communities

     Written By: Holly Vossel | October 17, 2022
    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...

  • RAs from the Center for Behavioral Health Research and Training Present Posters at UCF Research Week

     Written By: UCF School of Social Work | April 5, 2022
    Research assistants (RA) from the School of Social Work’s Center for Behavioral Health Research and Training (CBHRT) shared their research at the Student Scholar Symposium as part of UCF Student...

  • Social Work Faculty, Students and Alumni Present at Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference

     Written By: UCF School of Social Work | January 12, 2022
    On January 12-16, teams of UCF School of Social Work faculty, students, alumni and other social work professionals will be presenting at the Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR)...

  • School of Social Work’s CBHRT: Fueling Scientific Collaboration and Expanding Professional Expertise

     Written By: UCF School of Social Work | October 7, 2021
    The Center for Behavioral Health Research and Training (CBHRT) was established in 2017 and is the first of its kind in the School of Social Work. The CBHRT serves a unique purpose to link practitioners...
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