August 29 - September 4, 2022

CFS professor discusses systems of care in podcast episode

Mario Hernandez, PhD, professor in the Department of Child & Family Studies (CFS), spoke with Scott Bryant-Comstock on the Optimistic Advocate podcast to discuss his research and leadership experiences throughout his career. In the episode, titled "Mario Hernandez: Exemplary Leadership in Systems of Care," Hernandez talks about his career as an architect of the systems of care movement in child mental health and how he grew CFS in size and prestige during his years as chair. Hernandez offers tips to be a successful leader and discusses ways to overcome challenges in implementing innovative initiatives. 

Social work student to present at TEDxBradenton

Stephanie Rosado, MSW, CWHC, a PhD candidate in the School of Social Work, was selected to present at TEDxBradenton, an event that seeks to create connections in the community and highlight local ideas. Rosado's research interests include young adult populations diagnosed with osteoarthritis, the disease’s biopsychosocial impact, and research that focuses on advancing the field of sport social work. The TEDx event will be held on Friday, Sept. 9, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Bishop Museum of Science and Nature.

Russia is guilty of ecocide

Knowable Magazine

"Michael Lynch is a criminologist and director of graduate studies in the Department of Criminology at the University of South Florida."

Arnold, M. L., Arianna Reyes, C., Lugo-Reyes, N., & Sanchez, V. A. (2022). Hispanic/Latino perspectives on hearing loss and hearing healthcare: Focus group results. Ear & Hearing. doi:10.1097/aud.0000000000001268 

Bae, J., & Lynch, M. J. (2022). Ethnicity, poverty, race, and the unequal distribution of US Safe Drinking Water Act violations, 2016-2018. The Sociological Quarterly, 1–22. doi:10.1080/00380253.2022.2096148 

Littlewood, K., Cooper, L., Carter, S., Rosenthal, M., Ward, C., Navarro, J., Demarco, S., & Pandey, A. (2022). Children’s Home Network Kinship Navigator Program Kin as Teachers 2.0: Early childhood intervention for kin. Journal of Intergenerational Relationships, 1–19. doi:10.1080/15350770.2022.2090479 

Lynch, M. J., & Genco, L. J. (2022). Hunting as a crime? A cautionary note concerning how ecological biodiversity and anti-hunting arguments contribute to harms against indigenous peoples and the rural poor. Criminological Encounters,5(1): 183-194.doi:10.26395/CE22050112 

McMahon, S., Cusano, J., Macri, L., & Chen, A. (2022). Development of the Services, Policies and Programs Audit Tool to address campus sexual violence. Health Education & Behavior. doi:10.1177/10901981221116785

Muster, C. L., Salloum, A., Evans, S., & Storch, E. A. (2022). Parent-led therapist-assisted treatment for childhood trauma: Caregivers’ and children’s perceptions of trauma exposure activities and changes. Traumatology.

doi:10.1037/trm0000406

Spadola, C., Groton, D. B., Littlewood, K., Hilditch, C., Burke, S., & Bertisch, S. M. (2022). Sleep health education to promote public health: Attitudes and desired learning goals among Social Work Students. Social Work in Public Health, 1–10. doi:10.1080/19371918.2022.2093304 

Margaret McGladrey, PhD (MHLP)

Criminal Justice – Kentucky CAN HEAL (Communities and Networks Helping End Addiction Long-term)

Sponsor: University of Kentucky Research Foundation (Prime funding agency: National Institute on Drug Abuse)

8/7/2022-3/31/2024

Amount: $101,505

The HEALing Communities Study (HCS) is a multi-site trial evaluating the impact of the Communities That HEAL (CTH) intervention compared with usual care in wait-list communities across 67 highly affected communities in Kentucky, Massachusetts, New York, and Ohio. The CTH is a community-engaged intervention that provides a comprehensive, data-driven community response plan to deploy evidence-based practices across multiple sectors to reduce opioid-related overdose deaths. At USF, Margaret McGladrey, PhD will continue serving as the faculty co-lead of the HCS-Kentucky Criminal Legal System Work Group responsible for implementing the CTH intervention with county jails, probation and parole offices, drug courts, pretrial services, co-investigators, and research staff. She manages the project coordinator and implementation facilitators in their day-to-day implementation work with criminal justice agencies, provides strategic direction of the Criminal Legal System Work Group within the interdisciplinary faculty leadership team, creates and revises standard operating procedures, and directs the annual jail survey and annual community supervision survey as part of consortium-wide HCS research activities. Dr. McGladrey also leads the Photovoice research project for the HCS-Kentucky site.