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Michelle S. Ballan, PhD Professor & Associate Dean of Research, School of Social Welfare; Professor, Family, Population and Preventive Medicine Email: Michelle.Ballan@stonybrook.edu Research Interests: Intimate Partner Violence, Medical Education, Bioethics, Reproductive Justice, Sexuality and Clinical Practice |
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Melissa L. Bessaha, PhD, LMSW, MA Research Interests: Mental health and educational disparities among adolescents and young adults, Immigration and social determinants of mental health during the transition to adulthood, Influence of social relationships, Higher education equity, Social Work in higher education, Evaluating programs serving transition-age youth |
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Melissa J. Earle, PhD, LCSW Research Interests: Tele-mental health; technology in social work education and practice; online education; trauma; veterans; addiction: gender-sensitive responses to co-occurring disorders |
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Iris Cohen Fineberg, PhD, MSW, OSW-C Research Interests: Palliative and end-of-life care, oncology, family-oriented health care, interdisciplinary education and teamwork, advance care planning, clinical and research ethics, qualitative research methods, mixed methods, evaluation |
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Amy Hammock, PhD Research Interests: Intimate partner violence intervention and prevention; Community-based participatory research; Community practice with immigrant populations; Qualitative methods; Feminist theory and practice |
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R. Anna Hayward, PhD, MSW Research Interests: Evaluating programs serving children and families; father involvement; developing services for men and fathers; children and families affected by incarceration; environmental justice and global environmental health |
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George Leibowitz, PhD Research Interests: Research on trauma and victimization among child welfare and juvenile justice-involved youth; Addictions and public health issues in the criminal justice system; Assessment and Treatment with Sexually Abusive Youth; Global mental health |
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Sana Malik, PhD Research Interests: Social determinants of health, international public health, health systems strengthening, health disparities among minority, immigrant, and refugee populations, health education & behavior, culturally and religiously tailored programming, maternal & child health and welfare, program design & evaluation |
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Kathleen Monahan, DSW Research Interests: Traumatic Brain Injury, Childhood Sexual Abuse, Domestic Violence, Trauma, Disability, Nonfatal Strangulation, Interprofessional Collaboration |
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Zachary A. Morris, PhD Research Interests: Disability policy; comparative social policy; social isolation; poverty; program evaluation; management and leadership in the nonprofit and public sectors |
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Carolyn Peabody, PhD Research Interests: Advocacy/empowerment theory and practice, feminist theory and practice, mental health, lesbian and gay issues, development of political identity among oppressed populations, impact of sexual abuse histories among mental health populations. |
