Debra Parker-Oliver, PhD
University of Missouri
Institutional Sponsor: Colleen Galambos, DSW
National Research Mentor: Ron Toseland, SUNY at Albany
Research topic: Video-phones as a Geriatric Telemedicine Intervention for Social Work Practitioners
Daniel Rosen, PhD
University of Pittsburgh
Institutional Sponsor: Rafael Engel, PhD
National Research Mentor: David Biegel, Case Western Reserve University
Research topic: Using the Chronic Care Model to Develop Treatment Approaches for Depression Among Older Adult Clients at a Methadone Clinic
Tracy Schroepfer, PhD
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Institutional Sponsor: Betty Kramer, PhD
National Research Mentor: Nancy Morrow-Howell, Washington University
Research topic: Assessing the Psychosocial Needs of Terminally Ill Elder
The Scholars were selected by a National Program Committee of well-respected leaders in the field of social work: Dr. Amanda Barusch, University of Utah; Dr. David Biegel, Case Western Reserve University; Dr. Nancy Hooyman, University of Washington, Seattle; Dr. Amy Horowitz, The Lighthouse, International; Dr. Rosalie Kane, University of Minnesota; Dr. James Lubben, University of California, Los Angeles; Dr. Deborah Padgett, New York University; and Dr. Marsha Mallick Seltzer, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
It is estimated that there are over 600,000 practicing social workers in the United States. While most social workers report that geriatric knowledge is needed in their professional work, less than 5% of all masters level students in social work, and approximately 7% of doctoral level students specialize in aging. The Hartford Geriatric Social Work Faculty Scholars Program is a $5.4 million dollar project to ensure that the country will hav
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Contact: Christina Leone
cleone@geron.org
202-842-1275
The Gerontological Society of America
24-May-2004