GCSW Research Conference

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Conference
Date: Friday, December 4 and Saturday, December 5, 2015
Location:  The Council on Recovery, 303 Jackson Hill Street, Houston, TX 77007
Time: Friday from 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM and Saturday from 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Registration Fees: $25 w/ CEUs for one or both days; $10 for General Admission
CEUs: Friday - 6.25 CEUs and Saturday - 4.00 CEUs. Total - 10.25 CEUs
RSVP: By Monday, November 30, via Eventbrite: http://bit.do/2015GCSWResearchConf
Questions? Please contact Renia S. Butler at 713-743-0240 or at rsbutler@uh.edu.
Day One
8:00-8:45 Breakfast & Registration
8:45-9:00 Welcome from Dean Alan J. Dettlaff and Dr. Sarah Narendorf
9:00-9:45 Jody Williams "Using Evidence to Support Activism"
9:45-10:00 Break
10:00-10:45 Dr. Suzanne Pritzker "Understanding and Building Political Engagement Among Millenials"
10:45-11:45 Poster Session I - Posters from MSW Foundation Cohort 2, Half of Cohort 1, TSU students
11:30-1:30 Luncheon
12:30-1:30 Poster Session II - Posters from MSW Foundation Cohort 3, Half of Cohort 1
1:15-2:15 Doctoral Student Research Session
Micki Washburn "The Use of Virtual Patient Simulations to Build Self-Efficacy and Clinical Assessment Skills"
Rebecca Mauldin "Paticipation in Community Activities through NORC Supportive Service Programs"
2:30-3:30 Poster Session III - Faculty, Doctoral Students, 2nd Year Students, TSU Faculty
3:30-4:00 Awards Recognition* & Closing Remarks
Day Two
8:00-8:45 Breakfast & Registration
8:45-9:00 Welcome from Dean Alan J. Dettlaff and Dr. Sarah Narendorf
9:00-9:45 Jody Williams "Using Evidence to Support Activism"
9:45-10:30 Poster Session IV - Posters from MSW Foundation Cohort 4, Weekend College
10:30-11:30 Intervention Research: Local to Global
Robin Gearing "Adolescents with Serious Mental Illnesses: Improving Treatment Adherence and Service Utilization"
Samira Ali "We'll Do It Together: A Family-Based Sexual Health Communication Intervention with Sex Worker Mothers in Kolkata, India"
11:30-12:15 Poster Session V - Posters from MSW Foundation Cohort Weekend College
3:30-4:00 Awards Recognition* & Closing Remarks

*Award prizes provided by Phi Alpha Honor Society and the GCSW Alumni Association