Resource Review Workgroups
The CSWE Gero-Ed Center and the MAC Project thank all of the following workgroup members who contributed significantly to shaping the format and content of the reviews.
Health Workgroup
Substance Use Workgroup
Mental Health Workgroup
Health Workgroup
Chair
Grace H. Christ, DSW
Professor of Social Work
Columbia University
Co-Chair
Gunnar Almgren, PhD
Associate Professor
School of Social Work
University of Washington, Seattle
Social Work Faculty
Mary Altpeter, PhD, MPA, MSW
Associate Director for Program Development
University of North Carolina Institute on Aging
Scott Miyake Geron PhD, MSW
Associate Professor, Social Welfare Policy
Director, Institute for Geriatric Social Work
Boston University School of Social Work
Goldie Kadushin, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Social Work
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Joseph R. Merighi, PhD, MSW
Associate Professor, Human Behavior in the Social Environment
Boston University School of Social Work
Terry Mizrahi PhD, MS
Professor and Director of the Education Center for Community Organization (ECCO)
Sarah Lawrence College (Adjunct Professor, Health Advocacy)
Hunter College School of Social Work (Director, ECCO)
Julianne Oktay PhD, MSW
Professor and Director of the Doctoral Program
School of Social Work
University of Maryland-Baltimore
Kathleen Wade, MSW, PhD
Assistant Dean of Hospital Social Work Services and Research Assistant Professor of Social Work
University of Michigan
Federal Agency Representatives
Janice Genevro, PhD, MSW
Senior Prevention Integration Manager
Center for Primary Care, Prevention, and Clinical Partnerships
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Sidney M. Stahl, PhD
Branch Chief, Individual Behavioral Processes Branch
Behavioral and Social Research Program
National Institute on Aging
Ex-Officio Member
Sadhna Diwan, PhD
Associate Professor, School of Social Work
San Jose State University
Project Principal Investigator
Master’s Advanced Curriculum Project
Gero-Ed Center, Council on Social Work Education
E-mail: sdiwan@casa.sjsu.edu
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Substance Use Workgroup
Chair
Kathleen J. Farkas, PhD
Associate Professor
Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences
Case Western Reserve University
Co-Chair
Laurie Drabble, PhD, MSW, MPH
Associate Professor, School of Social Work
San José State University
Social Work Faculty/Other Members
Audrey Begun, PhD, MSW
Professor, Department of Social Work University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Associate Director, Center for Addiction and Behavioral Health Research
Frederic C. Blow, PhD
Professor and Director
Department of Psychiatry
Mental Health Services Outcomes & Translation Section
University of Michigan
Patrick Cullinane, MS
Director, Research and Special Projects
American Society on Aging
Diana M. DiNitto, PhD, ACSW, LCSW, AAC
Cullen Trust Centennial Professor in Alcohol Studies and Education
Distinguished Teaching Professor
School of Social Work
University of Texas at Austin
Michie N. Hesselbrock, PhD, MSW
Zachs Professor and Director of the PhD Program
School of Social Work
University of Connecticut
Beth G. Reed, PhD
Associate Professor of Social Work
School of Social Work
University of Michigan
Federal Agency Representatives
Ruben Baler, PhD
Health Scientist
Office of Science Policy and Communications
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Margaret M. Murray, MSW
(Doctoral Candidate School of Social Work, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC)
Senior Advisor for Social Science Research
Office of the Director, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism,
National Institutes of Health
Ex-Officio Member
Sadhna Diwan, PhD
Associate Professor, School of Social Work
San Jose State University
Project Principal Investigator
Master’s Advanced Curriculum Project
Gero-Ed Center, Council on Social Work Education
E-mail: sdiwan@casa.sjsu.edu
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Mental Health Workgroup
Chair
Zvi D. Gellis, PhD
Associate Professor, School of Social Policy and Practice
University of Pennsylvania
Co-Chair
Stanley McCracken, PhD
Senior Lecturer, School of Social Service Administration
The University of Chicago
Clinical Director, Heartland Training Center for Human Service Excellence
Social Work Faculty
Margaret Adamek, PhD
Director of PhD Program/Professor
School of Social Work
Indiana University (IUPUI), Indianapolis
Kia J. Bentley, PhD, LCSW
Professor, Director, PhD. Program
School of Social Work
Virginia Commonwealth University
Jan S. Greenberg, PhD
Professor of Social Work, Doctoral Chair
School of Social Work
Principal Investigator, Lifespan Family Research (Waisman Center)
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Roberta R. Greene, PhD
Professor and The Louis and Ann Wolens Centennial Chair in Gerontology and Social Welfare
School of Social Work
University of Texas at Austin
Nancy Morrow-Howell, PhD
Ralph and Muriel Pumphrey Professor of Social Work
George Warren Brown School of Social Work
Washington University in St. Louis
Edward J. Mullen, DSW
Willma and Albert Musher Professor for Life Betterment through Science and Technology
Director, NIMH Mental Health Services Research Doctoral Training Program
School of Social Work
Columbia University
Federal Agency Representatives
Charlotte Mullican, MPH, BSW
Senior Advisor for Mental Health Research
Center for Outcomes and Effectiveness Research
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Ex-Officio Member
Sadhna Diwan, PhD
Associate Professor, School of Social Work
San Jose State University
Project Principal Investigator
Master’s Advanced Curriculum Project
Gero-Ed Center, Council on Social Work Education
E-mail: sdiwan@casa.sjsu.edu
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