American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare Fellow Fellow Colleen Grogan weighs in on Trump's healthcare plan; Harold Pollack comments on Trump’s anti-vax pledge; Fellow Daniel Flannery develops a youth Trauma screener, and comments on Cleveland’s gun violence; Fellow Ron Avi Astor makes sense of new federal student welfare data.

Fellow Comments on the State of Pharmaceutical Prices 

August 5, 2024  — As former President Donald Trump continues his campaign trail, he has outlined proposals to address drug shortages, drug prices, and substance addiction. Fellow and Professor at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration, Colleen Grogan, PhD, weighed in on the current state of pharmaceutical prices and substance abuse for USA Today.

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Fellow Comments on Trump’s Anti-Vax Agenda

August 1, 2024 — Fellow and professor of public health sciences at the University of Chicago, Harold Pollack, PhD, is quoted in a Bloomberg Opinion piece about former President Donald Trump’s recent pledge to cut funding to schools with vaccine requirements. “Vaccines are the key tool we, as a community, have to fight many infectious diseases,” Dr. Pollack said.

Read the full article on Bloomberg.com.

Researchers Develop a Tool to Screen Youth Trauma and Violence

August 1, 2024 — The National Institutes of Health estimates that the millions of children exposed to violence are more likely to suffer behavioral, physical, emotional, and mental-health consequences. In response, Fellow and director of the Begun Center for Violence Prevention, Research and Education, Daniel Flannery, PhD, led the development of a new screening tool—the Violence Exposure and Trauma Screener for Youth (VETSY)—aimed at identifying and addressing the psychological consequences of youth violence exposure and trauma.

Read more about VESTY on Case Western Reserve University’s The Daily.

Federal Student Behavior Data Shows Lingering Pandemic Impact

July 24, 2024 — Research from The Department of Education indicates that students’ well-being has been impacted by high rates of trauma, the political climate, and the feeling that they are unsafe in school. Fellow and UCLA Social Welfare Professor Ron Avi Astor, PhD, spoke to The 74 about the new federal data and how children continue to be   impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Read the full article on The74million.org.

Fellow Shares Concerns About Cleveland’s Spike in Gun Violence

July 18, 2024 — In the first few days of the summer, 12 people were shot in neighborhoods across Cleveland, Ohio. Fellow Daniel Flannery, PhD, and colleagues from the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education outline some of the issues concerning Cleveland’s current summer spike in gun violence for Cleveland.com.

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