Award named after his mentor holds special significance to Shaun Eack

Friday, November 17, University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work Professor Shaun Eack will be honored with the Gerard E. Hogarty Excellence in Schizophrenia Research Memorial Award at this year's annual Pittsburgh Schizophrenia Conference. The longest running (40th year) schizophrenia conference in the country focuses on advances in schizophrenia research and treatment which are reviewed by experts in the field. The Gerard E. Hogarty Excellence in Schizophrenia Research Memorial Award is named after Dr. Eack’s late mentor, whose work and legacy he has continued to advance throughout his career. Read more about the works of Hogarty and Eack.

Allegheny County’s pick to run Shuman hit with negligence lawsuits

Professor Sara Goodkind spoke to PublicSource about the state of juvenile detention in Allegheny County based in part upon her study that explored ways to end youth incarceration in the county after Shuman closed. Read the investigation here.

SSW alumni are 2024 SWAG Awardees

Congratulations to Pitt School of Social Work alumni who are 2024 SWAG Awardees: Dr. Latike Davis-Jones, Jessica Grley, Jaquayla Huger, Demi Kolke, and Maruc Flournoy! Celebrate them on March 23, 2024. Read more and get tickets.

PhD student at 2023 APPAM Fall Research Conference 

Doctoral student Soobin Kim presented her poser, "Multifaceted Perspective: Family Poverty at Birth, Neighborhood Disadvantage, and Child Behavioral Development," at the 2023 Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) Fall Research Conference held in Atlanta, Georgia on November 9-11, 2023.

Alumnus doing research in Ghana

Doctoral alumnus Daniel Jacobson López, PhD, MSW, LCSW has been working with his Yale mentor, Assistant Dean of the School of Nursing, Dr. LaRon Nelson on his work with Ghanaian MSM. He participated summer 2022 in the PRISM (Promoting Reductions in Intersectional Stigma) in Ghana. Ghanaian MSM encounter stigma due to their same-sex behavior, gender non-conformity and perceived HIV status. PRISM is RCT is focused on the implementation of a multi-level intervention to address HIV disparity rates among these men.

Dr. Lopez served as a consultant in this study with Dr. Nelson and other health care providers in Ghana to help achieve optimal mental health and health care outcomes for these men. This is part of Dr. Lopez's position as Visiting Faculty at Yale School of Public Health. Read more about his work here and here.