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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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