Welcome to Fall 2024
from the Hub for Aging Collaboration
| |
HUB SIGNATURE EVENT
Equity in Community-Centered Models for Aging:
A Virtual Summit
| |
Thursday, December 5
8:30AM PT | 11:30 PM ET | 4:30PM GMT
Download Event Flyer
Developed in partnership with scholars from the Hub, University of Manchester, University of California, San Francisco, and Wayne State University, this virtual summit will feature three projects that advance theory development, empirical research, and collaborative practice to address issues of inclusion, equity, and justice in community-centered initiatives on aging.
| |  |
-
For Rutgers Students: Monthly Aging & Health Certificate Speaker Series (Download flyer)
-
For Rutgers Faculty: Oct 22 OTEAR Training on Teaching and Age Inclusivity (Download flyer)
- Nov 13-16: Rutgers exhibit table and presentations at the Gerontological Society of America Conference
- TBD (November): Rutgers School of Social Work Alumni Reception
| |
Aging & Health Certificate Program | |
INTRODUCING THE 2024-2025 TAUB FELLOWS | Introducing the 2024-2025 Taub Fellows! Recipients of the Taub Fellowship on Aging demonstrate exceptional commitment to, and potential leadership, for work with older adults, families, and communities. | |
Meet the Fellows!
-
Eli Beck (100% online MSW Program). Practicum placement: Vulnerable Veteran Innovative Patient Aligned Care Team (VIP PACT) at the Veteran's Association of Salt Lake City, Utah
-
Sarah Christensen (traditional MSW Program). Practicum placement: Center for Modern Aging of Princeton, New Jersey
-
Kellan Peck (traditional MSW Program). Practicum placement: Jewish Family Services of Mercer County, New Jersey
-
Nicole Orzechowski (traditional MSW Program). Practicum placement: Parker Health Group, New Jersey
| Fellows will present on their practicum projects at a virtual summit on Friday, April 25, 2025. | | |
2024-2025 PRACTICUM PLACEMENTS | The Aging and Health Certificate program places enrolled students with organizations that expose them to meaningful hands-on social work practice on aging. We are grateful to the many outstanding organizations that host our certificate students each year! |
This year, we have 19 students in the certificate program, and they are completing their practicum across 17 organizations in New Jersey and across the US. The certificate program is open to MSW students in both the clinical and management and policy (MAP) concentrations. | |
Continuing Education Workshops on Aging | |
Rutgers Social Work Continuing Education workshops are approved for Licensed Social Workers and Licensed Professional Counselors in all 50 states. | | |
|
Psychiatric Vulnerabilities in Older Adults | FRI., SEPT 27 | 1-4 pm (Virtual) | | |
|
Ethnogeriatrics: Working with Older Adults of Various Cultures | FRI., NOV 22 | 1-4 pm (Virtual) | | |
|
Senior Bullying: How to Live Harmoniously with Challenging People | WED., FEB 26 | 9:30 am - 12:30 pm (Virtual) | | |
|
Explore the latest expansion of our online portfolio of projects and research | | |
|
|
New Faculty Affiliates
-
Tawfiq Amari, PhD - Professor, Library and Information Science Dept., School of Communication and Information
-
Kathleen Cullinen, PhD, RDN - Assistant Professor - Educator/Community Agent III, Family & Community Health Sciences, School of Environmental & Biological Sciences
-
Shailja Mathur, MS, MEd, RDN - Assistant Professor, Family & Community Health Sciences, School of Environmental & Biological Sciences
-
Judie McCoyd, PhD - Associate Professor and Associate Director of Doctoral Programs, School of Social Work
New Student Affiliates
| |
NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM INVITED PANELIST
Dr. Emily Greenfield, Professor and Director of the Rutgers School of Social Work Hub for Aging Collaboration, will speak as an invited panelist at the National Symposium on Healthy Aging, organized by the The Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion and Trust for America’s Health, on Thursday, Sept. 26. This symposium will explore how cross-sector leaders in aging and public health have innovated to address common challenges in the area of older adult health and well-being. Learn more and register for the symposium.
| | |
WELCOME DEAN LEIBOWITZ
Dr. George Leibowitz was appointed dean of the Rutgers School of Social Work on July 1, 2024. Coming from Stony Book University's School of Social Work, Dean Leibowitz is an interdisciplinary researcher and licensed clinician specializing in adult and adolescent mental health and substance abuse treatment, as well as an expert on opioid addiction. His expertise also includes forensic social work, behavioral health and primary care services, with a focus on social determinants and health disparities. Read the Dean's welcome message.
| | |
Opening for a Tenure-Track
Faulty Position with the Hub
| | |
|
The Rutgers School of Social Work (SSW) has an open-rank, tenure-track faculty position with a focus on aging, neurocognition, and health equity. Applicants with practice experience working with individuals and families living with neurodegenerative conditions are preferred. The faculty member will be part of the Rutgers Hub for Aging Collaboration and will have additional opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration through the AHEAD University Presidential Diversity Hiring Initiative. | | |
Together, Changing Social Contexts for Aging | |
| | | |
