The Academy is an honorific society of distinguished scholars & practitioners dedicated to achieving excellence in the field of social work and social welfare.
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A new @PLOSONE study co-authored by #AASWSW Fellow Dr. Yuri Jang of @USCSocialWork finds feeling unsafe in one's neighborhood can contribute to insomnia, which in turn raises the risk of depression among older adults.
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A new @FrontiersIn study co-authored by #AASWSW Fellow Dr. Judith Gonyea of @BUSSW puts older homeless women's experiences first, finding that shelter environments often intensify trauma, isolation, and health risks.
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#AASWSW Fellow and Board Member Dr. Barbara Jones, Dean of @BUSSW, is co-investigator on a new $1.6M NCI grant for ESPEC Oncology — a 5-year initiative training 240 oncology social workers to lead palliative care change.
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A new @JAMANetworkOpen study led by #AASWSW Fellow Dr. Nabila El-Bassel of @Columbia finds fentanyl exposure is nearly universal among people who inject drugs across 5 U.S. cities — while xylazine exposure varies sharply.
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#AASWSW Fellow Dr. Daniel Flannery of @CWRU's Begun Center for Violence Prevention spoke to cleveland.com about why rideshare drivers remain unprotected even after a string of fatal Lyft and Uber shootings.
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How would proposed federal cuts to WIC, Medicaid, and childcare programs affect America's moms and kids? #AASWSW Fellow Dr. Harold Pollack of @UChicago talked to @BulwarkOnline about what decades of research show.
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#AASWSW Fellow Dr. Maria Cancian co-authored a new @BrookingsInst report estimating ~205,000 children, most of them U.S. citizens, have likely had a parent detained since this administration's enforcement push began.
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The U.S. welfare state isn’t a neutral safety net — it’s a rulebook. #AASWSW Fellow Mimi Abramovitz, DSW, made the case in a webinar on the 4th edition of “Regulating the Lives of Women.”
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#AASWSW Fellow Dr. Llewellyn J. Cornelius of the UGA School of Social Work moderated the kickoff of the 2026 DeQuincey Newman Institute Symposium at the University of South Carolina.
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#AASWSW Fellow and Secretary Dr. Charles E. Lewis Jr. moderated a National Social Work Month panel at Columbia University honoring the late NJ Lt. Gov. Sheila Y. Oliver, an MSW-trained public servant.
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How do Korean American communities in Los Angeles perceive PACE — the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly? A new @PLOSONE study co-authored by #AASWSW Fellow Dr. Yuri Jang of @USCSocialWork offers answers.
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#AASWSW Fellow Dr. Emily Putnam-Hornstein of the UNC School of Social Work makes the case that Louisiana needs more transparency when children die from abuse or neglect. Public data saves lives.
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Social media is accelerating community violence — and prevention hasn't caught up. #AASWSW Fellow Dr. Desmond Upton Patton of @Penn co-authored a call in @TechPolicyPress for a smarter response.
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Congratulations to #AASWSW Fellow Dr. Ron Avi Astor of @UCLALuskin, winner of an American Educational Research Association Distinguished Research Award for work on school victimization and student mental health.
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#AASWSW Fellow Dr. Maria Cancian, a former dean at @Georgetown's McCourt School of Public Policy, has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation.
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#AASWSW welcomes two new members to its 2026 Board: Richard Barth, PhD, MSW, of @UMSocialWork and founding president of the Academy, and Fred Wulczyn, PhD, Senior Research Fellow at Chapin Hall.
Meet the full board: bit.ly/49qz0mK
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#AASWSW Fellow Dr. Robyn Golden is being honored with Rush University Medical Center's first-ever endowment for social work — a permanent fund advancing care for the social drivers of health.
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The @AASWSW has inducted 9 new Fellows at #SSWR2026. President @DrMikeLindsey called on members to persevere in research that "addresses society's most pressing needs." Meet the Class of 2026 aaswsw.org/aaswsw-president-…
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The Academy proudly announces that we will induct 9 new Fellows in January 2026 during #SSWR2026.
Learn who will join the top honorific society of distinguished scholars and practitioners in social work and social welfare. -> aaswsw.org/aaswsw-fellow-new…
ALT Medals for Fellows of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare
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CSD partnered with a coalition of national #SocialWork organizations to present last week’s landmark forum on #ChildWellbeing, #ChildBenefits & #policy. Stream the full event on our YouTube channel & here: bit.ly/45vlQU3
#SocialWorkResearch #everychild
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