Associate Professor David Ansong led a symposium at the 2024 SSWR Conference that discussed issues related to financial capability, wealth creation and asset building in sub-Saharan Africa.
Effective finance in Africa a focus for UNC’s Ansong
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UNC researchers examine state of behavioral health workforce in harm reduction organizations
A team led by Associate Professor Lisa de Saxe Zerden sought to understand the who of the harm reduction workforce in association with the ongoing opioid epidemic.
Four UNC School of Social Work professors receive prestigious honors at 28th annual SSWR Conference
Four School of Social Work professors were honored for their excellence in the field of social work during the 2024 SSWR Conference in Washington, D.C.
How to diversify involvement with NIH initiatives? Social scientists brainstorm solutions
Four SSW professors shared a presentation and led a discussion regarding how health research supported by the NIH is influenced by who reviews proposals and ways to diversify the funding processes and efforts to involve social workers and community members with lived experiences in NIH study sections and panels.
UNC School of Social Work faculty celebrate, socialize at SSWR reception
The School of Social Work hosted a reception on Friday, Jan. 12, for colleagues, friends and family during the 28th annual Society for Social Work and Research.
“It’s been hard. It’s been a blessing.”
UNC School of Social Work Dean Ramona Denby-Brinson and research associates Amanda Klein-Cox and Angela Tobin presented “Hidden and Unmet Needs: Supporting Kinship Caregivers Raising Children with Disabilities” at the 28th annual Society for Social Work and Research conference in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 11, 2024.
