Kathleen Heide reflects on notable career, receives Emeritus status upon retirement
More than four decades after she first set foot on the University of South Florida campus, Kathleen Heide, PhD, is preparing to say goodbye. The Distinguished University Professor, who began teaching criminology at USF in 1981, will retire in August and will be officially recognized as Distinguished University Professor Emeritus. Read her reflection on her 43 years of service to USF here.
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In memoriam: Michelle Bourgeois
Michelle S. Bourgeois, PhD, CCC-SLP, an ASHA Fellow, GSA Fellow, AAAS Fellow and professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, died last Wednesday. During her career, Bourgeois received multiple grants to evaluate memory aids and interventions for persons with dementia, aphasia, and traumatic brain injury; to investigate interventions for spousal and nursing home caregivers designed to improve the quality and quantity of communicative interactions with residents with dementia; and to develop training programs for institutional caregivers. Read more.
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MSW student selected for maternal and child health traineeship
Jacqueline Houston, a Master of Social Work (MSW) and Master of Public Health concurrent degree student, was accepted as a Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Policy Scholar at the USF Center of Excellence in Maternal and Child Health. This summer, she joins a new translational research and policy program entitled “Translating MCH Research into Policy,” which trains students in power-brokering for targeted maternal and child health policy change. Read more.
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CSD faculty receive awards to support mentored activities
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) assistant professors Hana Kim, PhD, and Jisook Park, PhD, were selected to receive the Advancing Academic-Research Careers (AARC) from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). The ASHA AARC Award supports the academic-research careers of early career faculty in the discipline of communication sciences and disorders. The faculty members are part of just ten selected recipients.
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Over 4,500 enroll in new USF course about mental health in the workplace
WUSF
"'We talk about trauma, we talk about suicide and we have to talk about those things because they are on the rise,' said Julie Serovich, dean of the College of Behavioral and Community Sciences."
What happens to the victims of con artists like Carrie Jade?
RTE
"Roberta Liggett O'Malley is Assistant Professor of Criminology at the University of South Florida and focuses on sextortion-based crimes."
Mindfulness's impact on sleep is revealed by recent research
List23
"The book 'Hearing Well Beyond Surface: Mindfulness and its Relationship with Health Psychology' (2010) by Claire E. Smith, Christina X. Mu, Angelina Venetto, Arooj Khan, Soomi Lee and Brent J. Small (2015) is available..."
Disaster planning for older adults: What to know this hurricane and wildfire season
Medical Xpress
"'A lot of people don't evacuate,' said Dr. Lindsay Peterson, a research assistant professor in the School of Aging Studies at the University of South Florida in Tampa."
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USF's highlights from the first half of 2024
USF News
"The state of Florida awarded USF $5 million in recurring funds to create the Florida Center for Behavioral Health Workforce to enhance recruitment and retention efforts and expand pathways to behavioral health professions."
News Release: Dr. Nathaniel von der Embse Secures $2 Million Grant from the U.S. Department of Education
USF College of Education News
"...in collaboration with co-principal investigators Dr. Katie Eklund and Dr. Stephen Kilgus from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Dr. Jason Anthony, Dr. Maria Carlo, and Dr. Lise Fox from the University of South Florida."
Safety advocate offers advice after recent drowning deaths involving children with autism
FOX13
"'Many of the drownings in our data shows that it's when a child is getting out of the home undetected, so they're slipping out of doors or going out a window,' said Christine Rover, the Assistant Program Director at the Center for Autism and Related Disabilities..."
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Garcia, A., Crosland, K., Reyes, C., Del Vecchio, M., & Pannone, C. (2024). Prevention and Intervention Strategies for the Sexual Abuse and Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children who Run Away from Foster Care: A Scoping Review. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 1–29. doi:10.1080/10538712.2024.2363821
Grosholz, J. M., Thomas, D. M., Stone, S. S., Fogel, S. J., & Porcelli, T. N. (2024). “Nobody is really going to hire a 69-year-old man with a felony record”: Challenges finding employment for older, formerly incarcerated individuals. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 1–20. doi:10.1080/10509674.2024.2370291
Gural, I., Cividini-Motta, C., Del Vecchio, M. L., & Risse, M. R. (2024). Evaluating the effects of self-monitoring of performance with a peer component on disruptive behavior and task completion of children with autism spectrum disorder. Behavioral Sciences, 14(7), 547. doi:10.3390/bs14070547
Lampe, N. M., Rodill, Z. E., & Nowakowski, A. C. H. (2024). “My support groups... have saved my life.”: Facilitators of positive or satisfactory experiences in behavioral healthcare for transgender and gender nonconforming older adults. Aging & Mental Health. doi:10.1080/13607863.2024.2377261
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Lee, J.G. & Jaynes, C.M. (2024). The mark of a felony conviction: How does the threat of a felony influence willingness to accept a plea?. Journal of Experimental Criminology. doi:10.1007/s11292-024-09626-9
Smirnova, O., Hyslip, T. S., & Holt, T. J. (2024). Are active users the most central to hacker social networks? A comparative analysis of public and private online network structures among hackers. Deviant Behavior, 1–17. doi:10.1080/01639625.2024.2373356
Van Sluytman, L. G., Nesbitt, J. M., Rhodes, D. J., & Allen-Milton, S. (2024). No Man Is an Island: Resiliency Among Older African American Men Living with HIV. Social Work in Public Health, 1–15. doi:10.1080/19371918.2024.2371966
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Michelle Arnold, AUD, PhD, CCC-A (CSD)
Effect of Hearing Aid Insurance Coverage Requirements for Adults on Utilization
Sponsor: University of Missouri
11/30/2023-3/31/2026
Total Award Amount: $1.2M
The objective of this study is to use advanced statistical evaluation methods to estimate the effect of health insurance policy coverage requirements in Medicaid and private insurance plans on hearing aid use and self-reported health using high-quality, reproducible Anthem private insurance claims data, National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) data, Medicaid claims-linked NHIS data, and Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey data.
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Rose Iovannone, PhD (CFS)
Stepped Care Approach for Addressing Youth-Motivated School Refusal Behaviors (STAY)
Sponsor: US Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Special Education Research
7/1/2024-6/30/2028
Total Award Amount: $2,000,000
STAY is a 4-year research project that will develop and pilot a manualized intervention to address chronic school absenteeism of students in grades 3-8 with and at risk for disabilities. The intervention will integrate cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) strategies with functional behavior assessment (FBA). CBT strategies best matched to the function of school-refusal behavior will be selected and implemented, making it a tailored, individualized approach. The intervention will be embedded within a stepped-care delivery model that provides the most effective and least resource-intensive treatment as the first-line approach for all students. Students who do not respond will be “stepped up” to a more intensive approach. The three-phased study will be conducted in three school districts and will train school-based behavioral health professionals to implement the intervention independently. Year 1 will be spent developing and refining the STAY intervention based on stakeholder feedback, expert consultants, and a family council. Year 2 will test STAY's feasibility with additional refinements based on the data and user feedback. Years 3 and 4 will conduct an underpowered randomized controlled trial.
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