As Columbia University School of Social Work approaches its 110th anniversary, we are pleased to celebrate and share some of our accomplishments. From Morningside Heights, Harlem, and Washington D.C., to Kazakhstan, Jordan, Brazil, Uganda, China and the United Kingdom, CUSSW faculty research is improving the lives and life chances of persons struggling with some of our society's thorniest problems - HIV/AIDS, substance abuse, poverty and social inequality. Forging ahead, CUSSW continues to be at the forefront of clinical practice, public policy, teaching, research and social work innovation in the 21st Century. |
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RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS |
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Columbia University School of Social Work was ranked #1 in terms of publication productivity as analyzed by Robert Green and Frank Baskind and reported in the Spring/Summer 2007 Journal of Social Work Education article, “The Second Decade of the Faculty Publication Project: Journal Article Publications and the Importance of Faculty Scholarship,” volume 43, no. 2, pp. 281-295. Columbia faculty publish in social work as well as in high impact sociology, economics, demography, public health, and other disciplinary journals. |
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The Columbia University Global Health Research Center of Central Asia was launched in August 2007. Led by Professor Nabila El Bassel and Louisa Gilbert, the Center is the first research center on global health established by a university in Central Asia. Serving Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan, the Center will develop effective solutions to pressing health problems and help reduce health disparities in Central Asia, which is experiencing one of the fastest-growing HIV epidemics in the world. Dr. Anne Brisson, Center Coordinator, has become a focal individual for other partners at Columbia University including the Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy, the Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning, the Psychology Department, and the Mailman School of Public Health. Read more. |
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Irv Garfinkel, Mitchell I. Ginsberg Professor of Contemporary Urban Problems, led the creation of and co-directs the new Columbia University Center for Research on Population, Health, and Society, which brings together over 50 interdisciplinary faculty from social work, economics, public health, sociology, political science, statistics, and other departments university-wide. CUSSW faculty members Marcia Carlson, Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, Wen-Jui Han, Neeraj Kaushal, Julien Teitler, and Jane Waldfogel are also providing leadership in the Columbia University initiative. |
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SELECTED AWARDS |
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Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, Professor, received the 2007 Latino Social Work Leadership Award. The award honors a select group of Latino social workers for their contributions to the Latino community. Dr. Guilamo-Ramos has worked primarily with minority youth and their families. His interests are related to family-based approaches to reduce adolescent risk behaviors |
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Michael MacKenzie, Assistant Professor, received the Early Career Investigator Award from the International Society on Infant Studies (ISIS). The prestigious, competitive award recognizes outstanding young investigators dedicated to infant care research. Dr. MacKenzie has a dual disciplinary background in social work and developmental psychology with a primary interest in the early social and biological factors that contribute to mental health and developmental psychopathology. |
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Jeanette Takamura, Dean, was named a Social Work Pioneer by the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Foundation. Dean Takamura is a member of the National Commission for Quality Long Term Care, was the Chair of the Board of the American Society on Aging, and is a member of the CSWE Commission on Education and Curriculum Innovation. She is the immediate past U.S. Assistant Secretary for Aging. |
FACULTY PROMOTIONS |
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Ellen Lukens has been named the Sylvia D. & Mose J. Firestone Centennial Associate Professor of Clinical Social Work. Dr. Lukens is nationally recognized for her development and application of educational and psychoeducational interventions designed to support persons with severe mental health conditions and their family members. Dr. Lukens currently works with several social service agencies on the use of psychoeducational interventions. |
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Steven Schinke has been named the D'Elbert and Selma Keenan Professor of Social Work. Dr. Schinke's scholarship focuses on the development and testing of new approaches to improving the mental and physical health of children, youth, and families. . Dr. Schinke is currently developing and evaluating a CD-ROM intervention for mothers and their pre-adolescent daughters. The study, funded by the National Institute of Drug Abuse, seeks to prevent substance abuse among economically disadvantaged girls in New York City. |
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Julien Teitler has been awarded tenure by Columbia University. Dr. Teitler has also been named chair of the CUSSW doctoral program. He is an affiliate of the Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy and holds a joint appointment with the Sociology Department at Columbia University. Additionally, Dr. Teitler is director of the Columbia University Social Indicators Survey Research Center located at the School of Social Work. |
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