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USF College of Behavioral & Community Sciences

January 31 - February 6, 2021

 
CBCS Faculty Highlighted in USF News' Black Heritage Month Celebration
 
Addressing Disparities
Kyaien ConnerThrough her teaching and research, Kyaien Conner, associate professor of Mental Health Law and Policy, is working to reduce health disparities in communities of color. While access to treatment and physicians is important, she wants people to recognize that those disparities aren't only about health. They are about all aspects of society that lead people to feel marginalized, mistreated and discriminated against, factors that enhance stress and fear, which are directly connected to health. Read more about Conner's work in the Fall 2020 issue of USF Magazine.
USF Faculty Publish Books Celebrating African American Impact
Micah Johnson holds bookMicah Johnson, assistant professor in the USF Department of Mental Health Law and Policy, published his debut children's book, "Never Had a Friend", in late 2020. It follows a lonely child who wishes for a friend, loses his home and is faced with heartbreaking hardships and adversities. Modeled after Johnson's own experiences as a child, he says the book is a community outreach effort to empower parents, service providers and others with a means to have difficult conversations with children about prejudice, homelessness, poverty and more. Upon its release, "Never Had a Friend" reached #1 in Amazon's homelessness and poverty category.
 
 
 
This Is My Brave: Stories from the Black Community Series to Continue February 7, 2021
This Is My BraveThis Is My Brave: Stories from the Black Community continues Sunday, February 7, 2021. This series, co-produced by MHLP's Dr. Kyaien Conner, focuses on authentic storytelling from members of the Black community who have experienced mental illness. These stories of recovery, resilience, and hope are shared in effort to combat the stigma surrounding mental illness and discussions of mental health in Black communities nationwide. Learn more about this series here, and reserve your free seat for the streaming events at thisismybrave.org
The Institute on Black Life Annual Conference
The Institute on Black Life Annual Conference
 
 
 
 
Khary Rigg Named Section Editor for Annals of Medicine
Annals of Medicine has named Khary Rigg their new Addiction Section Editor. Annals of Medicine (impact factor = 3.243) is a peer-reviewed medical journal that publishes research articles on a wide range of medical specialties. As the new Addiction Section Editor, Dr. Rigg's responsibilities will include defining the section's aims and policies, recruiting Associate Editors and Editorial Board Members, ensuring the journal's standards for scientific rigor are met, and making final editorial decisions on manuscripts related to addiction.
Peters Serves as Panelist
Dr. Roger Peters, Professor in the Department of Mental Health Law and Policy served as a panelist on a recent webinar sponsored by the Organization of American States (OAS), Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission, entitled "Alternatives to Incarceration in the Context of Principles of Therapeutic Justice". Dr. Peters provided presentations on the effectiveness of drug treatment under judicial supervision, and populations that experience the greatest benefit from court-supervised treatment programs. The webinar was attended by over 200 participants, primarily from Central America, South America, and the Caribbean basin.
 
SW Associate Professor Named Cobb Scholar
Dr. Iraida Carrion was selected as a Scholar by the Cobb Scholars Program of the W. Montague Cobb/NMA Health Institute funded through the NIH Office of Scientific Workforce Diversity. The Cobb Scholar program is led in collaboration with distinguished leadership from the Morehouse School of Medicine's National Research Mentoring Network (and the Association for Academic Minority Physicians). As a Cobb Scholar, she will engage in intensive mentorship and participate in specialized programming to advance her research portfolio and professional goals.
Hot off the Press
Hot off the Press is the latest version of Child & Family Studies' Impact Report, which covers the activities and accomplishments of the department from July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020
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Florida HIPPY T&TA Center to Conduct Pilot Test as Part of the Florida Office of Early Learning's Preschool Development Grant
The Florida Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) Program has been contracted by the Florida Office of Early Learning/Preschool Development Grant to conduct a pilot project aimed at testing the delivery of early childhood online digital supports to improve children's school readiness skills. Funding for year one of the project is $313,384.46. The test conducted should determine the usability, usefulness, and usage of the various digital supports and, if possible, the direct effect of the digital supports on children's school readiness skills. The state is working with Dr. Tracy Payne, CFS Assistant Research Professor and Director of the Florida HIPPY Training and Technical Assistance Center, on the design of the study which will include the release of an Intent-to-Negotiate with Application Developers to identify the mobile applications that will be tested in the study.
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CBCS In The News

Nursing Home Staff Declining Vaccinations at Alarming Rate
Bay News 9-Tampa
... get the vaccine. because of medical reasons. dr lindsay peterson with usf school of aging studies says. this could have serious consequences.

USF leader in aging studies, Kathryn Hyer, dies at "peak of her career"
Tampa Bay Times
... of her purse as she bustled through the halls of the University of South Florida's School of Aging Studies. Scribbled down ideas for future ...

New USF center will explore changes to policing, court system
Tampa Bay Times and Tampa Bay Business Journal
On Thursday, USF announced that the two will jointly direct its new Center for Justice Research and Policy, a move that follows through on the university's pledge to be a force for change in the wake of last summer's racial justice protests.

USF's new Center for Justice Research & Policy to study social and criminal justice issues
St. Pete Catalyst
... policing, equity and the justice system, the University of South Florida has created an interdisciplinary center dedicated to serving ...

New Publications
  1. López, L. M., & Foster, M. E. (2021). Examining heterogeneity among Latino dual language learners' school readiness profiles of English and Spanish at the end of Head Start. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 73, 101239. doi:10.1016/j.appdev.2021.101239
  2. Massey, O. T., Vroom, E. B., & Weston, A. N. (2021). Implementation of School-Based Behavioral Health Services Over Time: A Longitudinal, Multi-level Qualitative Study. School Mental Health. doi:10.1007/s12310-020-09407-5
 
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