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The Sound of Ideas: Megan Holmes, associate professor and founding director of the Center on Trauma and Adversity, discussed the effort to transform the City of Cleveland’s 22 recreation centers into places that provide mental health support to youth dealing with trauma. Her interview begins at 17...

Susan Sternad-Basel (MSSA '81) was the guest on Episode 2 of the Mandel School's podcast, Change Leaders. Sternad-Basel's career journey from social work to the armed forces is notable—she was the former deputy chief data officer of the United States Defense Intelligence Agency. She is currently th...

Newsy: Dexter Voisin, the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Dean of Applied Social Sciences, discussed new data that suggests gun violence among children and teenagers jumped 50% between 2019 and 2021, noting the additional trauma impact on a neighborhood affected by gun violence. “The effects tend to ...

Ideastream: Daniel J. Flannery, the Semi J. and Ruth Begun Professor and director of the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education, said that following a surge in gun violence, schools across the country are dealing with increased numbers of students dealing with anxiety, depressio...

cleveland.com: Daniel J. Flannery, the Semi J. and Ruth Begun Professor and director of the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education, said that Cleveland’s existing violence prevention strategy is largely on the right track but may need an update because of how severely COVID-19 d...

Class Year: May 2024 Degree Program: MSW On-Campus Concentration: Mental Health with Children and Adolescents Hometown: Evanston, Illinois Name of Summer Job/Volunteer Organization: America SCORES Explain what you're doing this summer. I am teaching a poetry...

Cleveland Scene: Megan Holmes, associate professor and founding director of the Center on Trauma and Adversity, discussed the findings from a five-year study examining trauma-informed care models in Cleveland's neighborhood and rec centers. “These are places where children, youth and adults can get...

cleveland.com: Angela Newman-White, executive director of First Year Cleveland at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, said Cuyahoga County’s infant mortality rate is slowly declining, but inequities continue to persist. “The latest three-year data from 2020–2022 not...

ideastream: Megan Holmes, associate professor and founding director of the Center on Trauma and Adversity, discussed the research she’s leading to help transform the City of Cleveland’s 22 recreation centers into places that provide mental health support to youth dealing with trauma. “To have a spa...

Kedong Ding, a doctoral student, was selected to participate in the 2023 Data-Intensive Research Conference pre-conference workshop. Hosted by the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series and the University of Minnesota’s Life Course Center, the conference will be held from July 31 to Aug. 2. Ding wi...