We are thrilled to announce that Professor Karen Tabb Dina has been selected as the inaugural Mark Brandt Faculty Scholar in the School of Social Work. The Brandt Faculty Scholar was established to honor scholarship and leadership of the highest distinction in research, mentorship, and professional service. Following an open call for nominations among eligible […]
Douglas Smith, Director of the Center for Prevention Research and Development at the University of Illinois School of Social Work, was recently featured on The Catalyst podcast. In the episode, Dr. Smith discusses how teens perceive and define recovery, drawing on findings from the Illinois Youth Survey. He explains why only 5% of surveyed Illinois […]
The “long arm of childhood” on mortality in older adulthood in the United States and Brazil: examining the role of educational attainment and differences by gender, a paper co-authored by Social Work professor Dr. Flávia Andrade, University of Texas professor Mateo Farina, and Eric Klopack (postdoctoral researcher, University of Southern California at time of writing) has […]
The Children and Family Research Center (CFRC) has published a new study, “Child Maltreatment Re-port, Substantiation and Foster Care Placement: A Latent Class Analysis of Child, Caregiver, and Household Risk Factors Across Screened-In and Screened-Out Cases“. This study by Dr. Yuerong Liu and colleagues combined qualitative coding of CPS intake reports with latent class analyses […]
We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Patricia Turner to the School of Social Work as the first Bill and Julie Kellner Faculty Scholar, a position made possible by a generous gift from the Kellner family. This appointment supports faculty whose work advances the mission of the Kellner Center for Neurogenomics, Behavior, and Society—a center dedicated […]
Social Work professor Dr. Flávia Andrade, doctoral student Ting Hu, and University of Rhode Island professor Dr. Nekehia Quashie were recently awarded a grant from the World Health Organization (WHO) to focus on the unmet needs of older adults in the Americas. The project, Quantifying unmet need for social care among older persons globally with […]
The 2024 Bias-Free Child Removal Pilot Program Evaluation Report, developed by the Children and Family Research Center at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, examines the early implementation of a new initiative to reduce racial bias in child removal decisions by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS). This pilot was launched in three […]
The School of Social Work’s Center for Prevention Research and Development (CPRD) has increasingly focused on understanding youth who recover from substance use disorders at an early age. These studies on recovering youth use data from CPRD’s biennial Illinois Youth Survey, a large statewide survey 8th, 10th, and 12th graders. Recently they have published papers […]
A Year in Review: The CECW The Center for Excellence in Child Welfare (CECW) was established in 2025 to strengthen Illinois’ professional services to children, youth, adolescents, and families by expanding training opportunities and connecting research to real-world practice for child welfare professionals, caregivers, educators, and others who support children and youth in the state’s […]
Provider Assistance and Training Hub (PATH), Illinois’ premier center for cutting-edge behavioral health training and technical assistance, is sharing an update on its 2024 accomplishments and ongoing initiatives. PATH’s mission is to train and support community providers with implementing new tools, like the IM+CANS, and other news services, including the Pathways to Success initiative, as […]