UWM Helen Bader School of Social Welfare

Colleen Galambos will serve as Interim Head of School and Associate Dean for the Helen Bader School of Social Welfare.

Dr. Galambos is a social work professor and the Helen Bader Endowed Chair in the Helen Bader Office of Applied Gerontology at UWM. She is a fellow of the Gerontological Society of America, a fellow of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare, and a National Association of Social Workers Pioneer.

Congratulations, Dr. Galambos, and thank you for your leadership!👏

💡Read more about Dr. Galambos' impactful research at the link below.

Check out "Psychedelic Strawmen: A Call for Greater Transparency of PTSD Treatment Efficacy in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Research." The article was published last month in the journal Current Treatment Options in Psychiatry.

In the article, Deidre Marsh and co-author Edwin Bacalso​ identify types of reporting errors in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy (PAT) research that foster inaccurate comparisons with existing PTSD therapies. They provide specific examples of each error from recent peer-reviewed literature. "We offer recommendations for researchers to improve the accuracy and rigor of their reporting, and for clinicians and peer reviewers to engage more critically with the research to identify sources of potential hype."

Congratulations, Deidre and Edwin! 👏

Read the article at the link in the comments below.👇

On Wednesday, Tajammal Yasin successfully defended his dissertation titled Life Course and Intergenerational Consequences of Adverse Experiences: Mechanisms of Transmission and Interruption.

Tajammal's success reflects years of hard work and dedication. He began his academic career at UW-Milwaukee in the coordinated Master of Social Work and Doctor of Philosophy in Social Welfare program and worked as a research assistant at the Institute for Child and Family Well-Being (ICFW).

Tajammal's committee chair is Professor Joshua Mersky; committee members include Psychology Professor Hobart Davies and Social Work Associate Professors Ai Bo and Colleen Janczewski. Tajammal is pictured here with Interim Dean and Social Work Professor Lisa Berger and Social Work Professor Emeritus Steve McMurtry. The second photo shows Professor Mersky with Tajammal at graduation.

Congratulations, Dr. Yasin! We wish you all the best! 🎉🎓

The College of Community Engagement & Professions is hiring an Early Child Care and Education Support Specialist. Apply by June 30!

This position serves the main customer service and administrative needs for a new program of the Wisconsin Child Welfare Professional Development System (WCWPDS) at UWM.

WCWPDS provides professional development to child welfare staff in Milwaukee; foster, adoptive and congregate care staff statewide; and home visitors statewide.

https://wisconsin.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UW_Milwaukee/job/Early-Child-Care-and-Education-Support-Specialist_JR10012207

Join Social Work Professor Melinda S. Kavanaugh for a webinar exploring how to recognize and support young carers.

Learn how to create more inclusive, family-centered systems of care, and how collaboration across sectors can improve outcomes for young carers and their families.

This webinar is open to all! It's especially relevant for social workers, healthcare providers, school counselors, educators, and youth development professionals.

CEHs awarded for licensed Social Workers, LPC's & MFT's. Certificate of attendance available for other disciplines.

Register through the link in the comments. ⬇

Created in 2023 by Bader Philanthropies, Inc., the Bader Leadership Institute cultivates the conditions for transformational change in Milwaukee. Emerging and existing leaders - Bader Fellows - meet regularly to bridge gaps across silos while innovating new ways of engaging in philanthropy.

Last week, Professor Colleen Galambos graduated from the inaugural class of the Bader Leadership Institute. Dr. Galambos was selected to participate along with the region's most exemplary leaders from across business, public and private sectors.

Congratulations on your dedication and accomplishment, Colleen! 👏🎉 Helen Bader Office of Applied Gerontology at UWM
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Dr. Colleen Galambos is the Helen Bader Endowed Chair of Applied Gerontology at UW-Milwaukee. She is a fellow of the Gerontological Society of America and the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare. Dr. Galambos has received the prestigious recognition of Stanford University’s top two percent of most impactful scientists in the fields of social work, nursing, public health, and social sciences.

Galambos’ active research areas include care transitions, advance care planning/end of life decision making, aging in place, health and long-term care systems quality improvement, gerontechnology, older adults and behavioral health, caregiving and abuse in later life, and competency based gerontological education.

Funding includes grants from various foundations, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, National Institutes of Health, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Administration for Children and Families, and state government contracts.

We're hiring a Social Work Field Liaison. Apply by July 5.

More information at the link in the comments. ⬇

This year's World Elder Abuse Awareness Day webinar focuses on housing for older adults.

The workshop will address the dignity and worth of a person, self-determination, decision-making capacity, service, and integrity in relation to working with older adults experiencing homelessness and housing insecurity.

Join us Tuesday, June 9, 9-11:30 a.m.

https://uwm.edu/socialwelfare/research-impact/office-of-applied-gerontology/2026-weaad-event/

Helen Bader Office of Applied Gerontology at UWM

2026 World Elder Abuse Awareness Day Webinar This year’s program explores the topic “Housing for Older Adults: Reflections on Social Justice, Ethics and Choice"

Criminal Justice & Criminology Assistant Professor Alyssa Sheeran's research is expanding what we know about mental health and jails.

Listen to the WUWM 89.7 FM - Milwaukee's NPR interview through the link below in the comments.

UWM Department of Criminal Justice & Criminology

Alyssa Sheeran Alyssa Sheeran is assistant professor of criminal justice & criminology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.