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)
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
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)
Funding Type: Extramural Research
Funding Agency: Florida Department of Health
UCF Class Spotlight: Macro Level Roles and Interventions in Social Work
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
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
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
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
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...