Nan Sook Park, PhD (School of Social Work) and David Chiriboga, PhD (Department of Child and Family Studies) received a subcontract for a National Institute on Aging R01 grant. The five-year-grant entitled "Limited English Proficiency, Health, and Healthcare among Older Immigrant" will address critical issues of older immigrant populations focusing on Korean Americans in three states with varying Korean population densities (Florida, Texas, and New York). Drs. Park and Chiriboga will collaborate with colleagues at University of Texas at Austin (Dr. Yuri Jang, overall grant PI, and her research team) and at Hunter College of The City University of New York (Dr. Kunsook Bernstein and her research team).

Limited English proficiency (LEP) is a unique vulnerability of older immigrants that poses a significant risk to their health and healthcare. Given that social and environmental contexts play a critical role in the lives of persons with LEP, this project will investigate how social connectedness and neighborhood/community characteristics (e.g., ethnic density, health service environments in the neighborhood) influence the link between LEP and health/healthcare.  The project employs an innovative and synergistic mix of Social Network Analysis (SNA) and Geographic Information Systems (GIS).

Congratulations to Dr. Monique Brown for winning the Excellence in Abstract Submission among All Presenters Award. Her piece, Psychopathology and intimate partner violence victimization associated with HIV disclosure among HIV-positive men who have sex with men, was chosen to be recognized on November 3rd at the annual meeting in Chicago during the HIV/AIDS Social. Dr. Brown is currently a Research Assistant Professor within the College of Behavioral and Community Sciences; a position she has held since March 2015. Before becoming a faculty member at USF, she was awarded the Postdoctoral Research Fellowship from the College of Behavioral and Community Sciences. Read more...

Three CSD graduate students in the master's program in Speech Language Pathology won the Praxis Bowl at the FLASHA conference in May. Krisztina Madak, Kelly Worthington, and Erika Blue represented the smallest team at the Bowl. The Praxis Bowl is a students' competition with questions similar to the Praxis exam which is required for certification in the field of Speech Language Pathology.

CARD-USF hosted a table and tent at the 5th Annual Surfers for Autism on Pass A Grille Beach on Saturday, July 11th. Over 200 kids surfed while hundreds of volunteers helped in the water and on land. Students from College of Nursing, School of Social Work and the College of Behavioral and Community Sciences volunteered to help families learn more about water safety and autism spectrum disorder. Water safety and ASD Resources...

MHLP will be hosting its 2015 Continuing Education Forensic Training Series for Mental Health Professionals in early August. Instruction in forensic evaluation of adults and juveniles involved in the legal system is complemented with focused training on assessing and managing patients' risk for violence in acute long-term care settings. The Forensic Evaluation and Juvenile Justice training will take place from August 10 - 11, 2015. The Florida Adult Forensic Examiner Training will be held from August 13 - 15, 2015. Both training sessions will be held in the Westside Conference Center. For more information, visit the website(s) above or email CBCSMarketing@usf.edu