American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare Fellows study suicide in Black youth, and share knowledge about youth incarceration and the Latino HIV crisis.

Study Receives NIH Grant to Examine Suicide Behaviors in Black Youth

October 2, 2024 — The rising suicide rates among young people in the United States have increased fastest among Black youth and young adults. However, the reasons for this trend are not well understood. A research team led by American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare President and NYU Silver School of Social Work Dean Michael A. Lindsey, PhD, will study how suicide behaviors and thoughts of suicide can manifest in Black youth over time, through an R01 research grant of $1.5 million over 3 years from the National Institute of Mental Health.

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Dr. Laura Abrams Joins NYU as a Visiting Scholar 

October 8, 2024 — Fellow, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs Professor of Social Welfare, and youth legal system expert, Laura Abrams, PhD, joins the NYU Silver School of Social Work as a Visiting Professor. Dr. Abrams' work focuses on improving the well-being of youth and adults with histories of incarceration and she will engage in scholarly collaboration with NYU Silver during the 2024-25 academic year to expand their leadership on the subject.

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“The U.S. Latino HIV Crisis — Ending an Era of Invisibility”

October 9, 2024 — In a new paper published on October 9 in the New England Journal of Medicine, co-author, Fellow, and executive director of the Institute for Policy Solutions at Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, PhD, urges the health care community to address the continuing HIV/AIDS crisis among Latinos, even as the effort to end the epidemic in the United States is showing overall progress. “Latino HIV health inequities and the continuing HIV/AIDS crisis stand out as a failure that must be addressed urgently,” Dr. Guilamo-Ramos said. “The good news is that if we act now with a combination of existing and new approaches, we can achieve the kind of HIV prevention and care improvements for Latinos that we are seeing with other populations.”

Read “The U.S. Latino HIV Crisis — Ending an Era of Invisibility” in the New England Journal of Medicine.