Carolyn Dayton presented a talk at the Woodward Corridor Early Childhood Consortium Conference entitled, “Whistling While We Work: The Power of Everyday Music in the Lives of Infants, Toddlers and Young Children.”

MSW student Aubrey Gilliland (below) presented a poster at the Henry Ford Hospital 2016 Global Health Symposium on Oct. 21 with co-authors Joanne Sobeck, Linda Kaljee, Joanne Smith-Darden, Barbara Pieper, and Alexander Plum. The poster was titled “Knowledge, Attitudes, Beliefs and Behaviors Related to Consumers’ Use of Antibiotics.”

Social Work hosted nearly 90 students, faculty, staff, alumni and community members at the Wayne State Insider’s event on Oct. 13. Guests learned how the school is moving health disparity closer to health equity through its acclaimed research programs, curricula, student field experiences and initiatives. Guests also enjoyed cider, hot chocolate and donuts as they toured the new building on Woodward.

Kim Jaffee (below) presented “Breast cancer screening barriers and medical mistrust among Arab American women” at the Annual American Public Health Association Meeting, Denver, Oct. 31. (Jaffee, K., Hammad, A., Hamade, H., Cohen, M., Azaiza, F. & Thompson, H.)

Michael Kral in September gave a talk, “Cultural Components of Depression and Suicide,” at a continuing education workshop (social work and clinical psychology) entitled Depression and Suicide: Risk, Assessment, Prevention, at Wayne State University.

In June, Tam Perry spoke (below) at the John A. Hartford Foundation Policy Institute in Washington D.C. Her talk was titled, “Lessons Learned on the Ground: Linking Health and Housing for Multiple Stakeholders.” 

In June, Dr. Perry presented a talk, “Engaging Community Stakeholders: Translating Research into Practice and Policy Arenas,” at the Summer Training Workshop of the Michigan Center for Urban African American Aging Research.

In June, Dr. Perry spoke at the Northwest Activities Center as part of the Hartford Village community meeting. Her talk was titled, “Reflections on Decisions to Move: What Matters.”

In June, Dr. Perry gave a presentation, “Housing in a Changing City: Considerations for health and well-being” to the Board of Directors of the Detroit/Wayne County Authority Health. Dr. Perry is a member of the Population Health Council for Authority Health. 

In September, Julie Mah of the University of Toronto and Dr. Perry presented a poster, “Perspectives from below: Beyond spatial understandings of gentrification-related displacement” as part of the WSU Humanities Research Showcase of the Sustainability Scholars Forum. Dr. Perry also moderated the poster session.

In September, Dr. Perry gave a presentation as part of the Institute of Gerontology’s Colloquium series.  Her presentation was titled, “Senior Housing in a Changing City.”

In October, Dr. Perry presented at the Financial Institutions Community Development Conference (FICON). She was on a panel on Housing trends: Affordable housing, senior housing strategies.

In October, 2016, Dr. Perry presented at the Michigan Association of Planning.  She presented on a panel on “Is There Such a Thing as a Best-Case Displacement Scenario?”

Adjunct faculty Steve Popkin had a poem entitled “Room 432, Bed 1” published in The Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life & Palliative Care: Vol 12, No 3, page 239, on 27 July 2016.