The signature event of Undergraduate Research Week has been held on the University of Illinois (U of I) campus since 2008. The number of undergraduate students participating has grown from a few hundred in its inaugural year to well over 800 students. Over the course of the day, students present their work in concurrent oral […]
A new article co-authored by Social Work Associate Professor Dr. Rosalba “Rose” Hernandez has been published in Frontiers in Digital Health: Health Technology Implementation. Translating behavioral interventions into virtual reality: the Transcend Framework for immersive health design introduces using the “Transcend Framework, the Translational Engineering of Behavioral Interventions, into Immersive Contexts for Engagement and Design […]
The School of Social Work Beyond Borders: Global Mental Health Research and Services Conference is now accepting proposals! You’re invited to submit original and creative proposals that help improve the ways that we think about global mental health and community wellbeing. A wide range of submissions are welcomed, including traditional scholarly abstracts as well as […]
A new article co-authored by PhD Candidate Qihao Zhan has been published in Qualitative Social Work. “I felt represented”: Incorporating Latino youth’s perspectives into theatre for dating violence prevention discusses how Latino adolescents experience high rates of dating violence, but few interventions have been designed or adapted for Latino youth populations. The study explored Latino […]
A new article co-authored by Dr. Flávia Andrade, PhD Program Director and Professor, has been published in Social Science & Medicine. Close kin availability and mortality among older adults in Brazil discusses how Brazil is struggling with limited welfare infrastructure to support healthy aging, making spouses and adult children among the primary sources of support […]
Doug Smith, Professor of Social Work and Director of the Center for Prevention Research and Development at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, was recently featured on the topic of working with families on the Compassion in a T-Shirt podcast hosted by Dr. Stan Steindl, Clinical Psychologist, Adjunct Professor at the University of Queensland, and Co-Director […]
Positive Psychology Interventions and Cardiovascular Health: Frequency and Duration to Sustain Cardiovascular Benefits, an article led and co-authored by Social Work Associate Professor Dr. Rosalba “Rose” Hernandez, has been published in Cardiology Clinics. The article shows that how often and how long people engage in positive psychology practices—such as journaling, daily reflections on positive events […]
The School of Social Work is pleased to congratulate Dr. Moses Okumu, Assistant Professor, and Jeehae Kang, PhD student, on receiving the 2026 GADE Research & Mentoring Awards. Dr. Moses Okumu stands to receive the Faculty Award for Early Career Achievement in Social Work Doctoral Education. This award is given to an early career faculty […]