Strengthening Health and Well-Being for Latinos: Considering the Cultural Context in Parenting within Latino Families
March 25 | 11:30 am - 12:30 pm | Multipurpose Room
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Cristina Mogro-Wilson, PhD, MSW
Zachs Endowed Professor and PhD Program Director,
University of Connecticut School of Social Work
Editor-in-Chief, Families in Society, SAGE Publishing
Dr. Mogro-Wilson is a Latina scholar and expert in health disparities working with Latino families. Her research has made substantial contributions to improving the lives of Latino families by identifying modifiable factors associated with parenting and how culture influences parenting in Latino families. Dr. Mogro-Wilson has added to the knowledge of what makes individuals and family units more effective at the prevention of substance use, and what protects individuals and families that are at risk or have high-intensity needs. Her most recent work focuses on engaging Latino fathers in understanding how fatherhood is important, particularly during times of great stress. Dr. Mogro-Wilson has worked on creating culturally relevant adaptations for family-focused parenting interventions for Latino families. Dr. Mogro-Wilson is the Editor-in-Chief of Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services, a core journal in social work research for over 100 years. She is Co-PI on four federally funded five-year grants totaling over $20 million from the U.S. Department of Education (OSEP) and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
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February 10 | 12-1 pm | Multipurpose Room
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Jane Hoppin, ScD, is an environmental epidemiologist and professor of biological sciences at NC State. Dr. Hoppin’s work focuses on environmentally impacted communities and working with them to characterize exposure, understand health effects, and share results throughout the community. She is the principal investigator of the GenX Exposure Study, a prospective cohort study of per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) impacted residents of the Cape Fear River Basin of North Carolina. She was a member of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine Panel that made health recommendations for PFAS exposed populations. She is a fellow of the Collegium Ramazzini. In February 2022, Dr. Hoppin received the James E. Holshouer Award for Public Service from the UNC Board of Governors. Dr. Hoppin received her BS in Environmental Toxicology from the University of California at Davis and her SM and ScD from the Harvard School of Public Health.
September 17 | 11:30 am - 12:30 pm | Multipurpose Room
"More than One Plus One: Syndemics in an Aging and Unequal World"
Denise Burnette, PhD
Denise Burnette is the Samuel S. Wurtzel Professor of Social Work at Virginia Commonwealth University and Professor Emerita at Columbia University School of Social Work. Drawing on extensive professional experience with older adults in institutional and community settings, Dr. Burnette’s research focuses on the health, mental health and psychosocial well-being of older adults, particularly in resource constrained settings. Dr. Burnette served for a decade as an International Scholar with the Open Society in Central Asia, the Caucasus and the Balkans. She has completed Fulbright fellowships at Tata Institute of Social Sciences (Mumbai); the University of Botswana Centre for Research on HIV & AIDS; and the Mongolia National University of Medical Sciences. She is immediate past president of the Group for the Advancement of Doctoral Education in Social Work (GADE) and an elected fellow of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare, the Gerontological Society of America and the New York Academy of Medicine.