Photo of Marva Carroll, MSW ’06: Marva’s strong sense of community and family fostered by her upbringing in the deep South made for a great fit with Buffalo, New York and the diversity of the UB campus. Upon receiving her MSW degree, she moved to Arizona, working to affect change and improve the welfare of Native American peoples.
Photo of Kelly Jackson, PhD ’07: In earning her PhD in Social Welfare at UB, Kelly made strong contributions to social work scholarship though her teaching and social research on race and culture.  She is now as an assistant professor in Arizona, continuing to make her impact on education among diverse populations, including American Indian and Hispanic cultures.
Photo of Robert Chapman, MSW ’03: With a full-time job in clinical practice, Robert was able to continue work while a student in the School of Social Work’s flexible part-time MSW program. In his evaluation of the program’s impact on his work as an addictions counselor, he credits the school with helping him polish the skills needed to affect change in his clients’ lives.
Photo of June Van Every-Huber, MSW ’02: June is the first and only school social worker in her district, working at a Native American elementary school in western New York. Involved in counseling, academic intervention, mental health issues, crisis intervention, and conflict resolution, she credits UB’s accelerated MSW program for her strong foundation.
Photo of David Crowther, JD/MSW ’05: Combining his interests in law and social work, David completed the school’s JD/MSW program to be an agent of social change.  He found that the school’s dual-degree program taught him to celebrate diversity and see commonalities, and that it helped develop communication that enables a deeper understanding with his law clients.
Photo of Sara Meerse, JD/MSW ’96: Originally leaning toward social work but then attracted to issues in law concerning child welfare, Sara engaged the JD/MSW program on her way to becoming a public interest lawyer. Impressed by the social work faculty, she was influenced not only by their scholarship but by their real-world experience as well.
 
Photo of Robert Chapman, MSW ’03: Our graduates are living proof that we make a difference in people’s lives. The School of Social Work is fully accredited by the CSWE and offers full-time and part-time regular and advanced standing MSW programs, interdisciplinary programs (JD/MSW, BA/MSW, and MBA/MSW), post-MSW options (PhD and post-graduate certificate programs), and non-degree options (non-matriculated study and continuing education).
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Buffalo Center for Social Research

Current BCSR Projects

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The Buffalo Center for Social Research assists researchers in generating grant proposals that are successfully supported through a variety of external funding sources. These include international, national, state, and local funders who provide vital financial support underwriting critical research in a wide range of areas. The Western New York community provides a diverse variety of opportunities for researchers to partner with agencies and institutions, enhancing the viability and relevance of grant applications as evidenced by the following examples:
  Bruce C. Nisbett, LMSW, President/CEO, Spectrum Human Services: It is exciting to be partnering with the Research Center to build a workable infrastructure for research and development within our agency. This partnership benefits the community and those who receive community mental health services. It could ultimately be a national model for university and behavioral health agency collaborations.  

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Name: OMH Deans Consortium Project
Description: In 2003 New York State Office of Mental Health (NYSOMH) and the New York State Dean’s Consortium of Schools of Social Work formed a partnership to address plans for the integration of evidence-based practices (EBP) into the graduate level social work curriculum. The University at Buffalo School of Social Work was designated under this grant to develop and implement an EBP Seminar Course, colloquia and prototype “recovery-based” field placements at Schools of Social Work in New York State.
Principal Investigator: Catherine N. Dulmus, PhD
Funding Source: New York State Office of Mental Health
Funding Period: 7/1/2008 - 6/30/2009
Funding Amount: $88,334
Contact: Brenda Wright
716-829-3991 ext 287
bwright@buffalo.edu
Currently Recruiting Subjects: No


Name: Measuring the stability of a community-based organization's culture and climate in relation to implentation of new technology
Description: The overall purpose of this pilot is to study the stability of an agency's culture and climate over a 1-year period just prior to implementing new evidence-based practices and research technologies using Glisson's Organizational Social Context Measurement as a repeated measure.
Principal Investigator: David A. Patterson--Silver Wolf (Adelv Unegv Waya), PhD
Funding Source: Les Brun Research Endowment Fund Pilot Program
Funding Period: 6/1/2008 - 6/30/2009
Funding Amount: $8,900
Contact: Dr. David Patterson
716-829-3991 ext. 111
dap@buffalo.edu
Currently Recruiting Subjects: No


Name: Social and Individual Change Among Youth
Description: The primary objective of this project is to examine the effect of youths' activism on their identities, values, and relationships with peers and adults. This objective will be met though the use of in-depth, longituinal, and mixed-method data.
Principal Investigator: Laina Y. Bay-Cheng, PhD
Funding Source: Les Brun Research Endowment Fund Pilot Program
Funding Period: 6/1/2008 - 6/30/2009
Funding Amount: $10,000
Contact: Dr. Laina Bay-Cheng
716-645-3381 ext 234
lb35@buffalo.edu
Currently Recruiting Subjects: No


Name: Fast-food restaurants and other health-related businesses' proximity to Native American Reservations: Health disparity information analysis using GIS methodology
Description: Gall bladder disease, diabetes, obesity, and heart disease are well documented high risk health disparities in Native and First Nation communities. It is the goal of this project to determine using GIS mapping the proximity of fast-food establishments and other health-related businesses to reservation boundaries for tribes of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois Nation) of New York State and high-risk dietary health disparity data.
Principal Investigator: David A. Patterson--Silver Wolf (Adelv Unegv Waya), PhD
Funding Source: Les Brun Research Endowment Fund Pilot Program
Funding Period: 11/1/2007 - 12/31/2008
Funding Amount: $8,730
Contacts: Dr. David Patterson
716-829-3991 ext. 111
dap29@buffalo.edu

Dr. Rodney Haring
716-829-3991 ext. 111
haring@buffalo.edu

Currently Recruiting Subjects: No


Name: Native American Performers in the Film Industry: A qualitative examination for positive organizational development
Description: Native American performers in the film industry are a minority of the minorities. The overall purpose of this study is to qualitatively investigate how Native American performers conceptualize their experience in the film industry.
Principal Investigator: David A. Patterson--Silver Wolf (Adelv Unegv Waya), PhD
Funding Source: Les Brun Research Endowment Fund Pilot Program
Funding Period: 11/1/2007 - 12/31/2008
Funding Amount: $9,943
Contacts: Dr. David Patterson
716-829-3991 ext. 111
dap29@buffalo.edu

Dr. Rodney Haring
716-829-3991 ext. 111
haring@buffalo.edu

Currently Recruiting Subjects: Yes


Name: Coping with Breast Cancer Treatment: Comparing the Experiences of Women who have Neoadjuvant with those who have Adjuvant Chemotherapy
Description: The psychosocial outcomes of neoadjuvant and adjuvant chemotherapy treatments for women are largely unknown. This study investigates the concerns, coping strategies and levels of distress and compare them in women who have adjuvant chemotherapy (N=20) with those who have neoadjuvant chemotherapy (N=20).
Principal Investigator: Deborah P. Waldrop, PhD
Funding Source: Les Brun Research Endowment Fund Pilot Program
Funding Period: 7/1/2007 - 6/30/2009
Funding Amount: $12,120
Contact: Dr. Deborah Waldrop
716-645-3381 ext. 270
dwaldrop@buffalo.edu
Currently Recruiting Subjects: No


Name: Evaluating the Hospice House: A New Model of Palliative Care
Description: The purpose of this project is to explore and describe the unique nature of palliative and psychosocial interventions that are provided for people who enter a hospice house. Mixed methods will be used to provide a descriptive profile of the care that is provided at a hospice house in Buffalo, NY. This study is guided by two research questions: 1) What is the nature of hospice house care?; 2) How does the hospice house address physical symptoms, psychological distress and meet family, social and personal care needs? This study will result in development of a descriptive profile of a new level of hospice care and contribute to its improvement.
Principal Investigator: Deborah P. Waldrop, PhD
Funding Source: Fahs Beck Fund for Research and Experimentation
Funding Period: 7/1/2007 - 6/30/2008
Funding Amount: $14,971
Contact: Dr. Deborah Waldrop
(716) 645-3381 ext. 270
dwaldrop@buffalo.edu
Currently Recruiting Subjects: No


Name: The Hospice Decision
Description: This study seeks to develop and pilot test an appropriate, sensitive and noninvasive protocol for inviting newly admitted hospice patients and their family caregivers to participate in research and to conduct a series of interviews about the factors that influenced their decision to enter hospice care.
Principal Investigator: Deborah P. Waldrop, PhD
Funding Source: Les Brun Research Endowment Fund Pilot Program
Funding Period: 7/1/2007 - 8/31/2008
Funding Amount: $11,355
Contact: Dr. Deborah Waldrop
716-645-3381 ext. 270
dwaldrop@buffalo.edu
Currently Recruiting Subjects: No


Name: "Knock on the Door": A Study of DASTAK Women's Shelter, Lahore, Pakistan
Description: Using ethnographic research methods with interviews of clients, staff and founders of DASTAK Women's Shelter, this study aims to identify how violence transpires against women and how they take steps to resist it, service models to assist women, and the strategies women and human rights activisits are adopting to influence policy and campaign for improved status of women in Pakistan.
Principal Investigator: Filomena M. Critelli, PhD
Funding Source: Les Brun Research Endowment Fund Pilot Program
Funding Period: 5/1/2007 - 6/30/2009
Funding Amount: $10,040
Contact: Dr. Filomena Critelli
716-645-3381 ext. 275
fmc8@buffalo.edu
Currently Recruiting Subjects: No


Name: Evaluation of EPIC's interventions with parents and children
Description: This evaluation strategy for EPIC’s interventions is aimed at enhancing the well being of families and the education potential for their children. The main aim of the evaluation is to investigate the effectiveness of EPIC, i.e., the extent to which the project succeeds in having a positive impact on parenting strategies and the students’ educational performance. In addition, a formative evaluation will be conducted to investigate the implementation of the main components of the ‘ready, set, parent’ & ‘ready, set, read’ curriculum and other EPIC interventions. It will also demonstrate that these evaluation approaches can be integrated into the practice of EPIC’s regional school district based parent centers to provide an analysis of findings whenever required, in order to develop effective services for children and families and to respond to future funding opportunities.
Principal Investigator: Mansoor A. F. Kazi, PhD
Funding Source: EPIC
Funding Period: 5/1/2007 - 4/30/2012
Funding Amount: $316,638
Contact: Dr,. Mansoor Kazi
716-829-3991 ext. 161
mkazi@buffalo.edu
Currently Recruiting Subjects: No


Name: 2007 Workforce and System Development of Family Assistance and Affiliated Organizations
Description: NYS Social Work Education Consortium Western and Rochester Region Award
This grant operates out of the State University of New York at Albany as a formal partnership among the Deans of the graduate social work programs, the New York State Office of Children and Family Services, the 57 county social services commissioners, and the Administration for Children's Services in NYC. The mission of the NYS Social Work Education Consortium is to improve the quality, professional status, and stability of the public sector child welfare workforce, including better ways to recruit and retain qualified workers. Through a sub-allocation to the Office of Continuing Education and the Research Center, administrative and evaluation support is provided to the project.
Principal Investigator: Mansoor A. F. Kazi, PhD
Funding Source: Sub contract from State University of New York at Albany
Funding Period: 1/1/2007 - 12/31/2007
Funding Amount: $158,106
Contact: Mansoor Kazi
716 645 3381 ext 232
mkazi@buffalo.edu
Currently Recruiting Subjects: No


Name: NYS OMH Children, Youth and Families Mental Health Evidence Based Practice Project Award
Description: Administered through the School’s Office of Continuing Education, this grant provides support to the 19 counties of the Western Region of the New York State Office of Mental Health to assess, develop and implement:
1. Training for staff of eligible agencies in evidence based practices for children, adolescents and their families
2. A project website that provides Western New York mental health practitioners with access to current evidence based practice information and resources for children, adolescents and families.
Principal Investigator: Lesa Fichte, MSW
Funding Source: New York State Office of Mental Health
Funding Period: 1/1/2007 - 12/31/2007
Funding Amount: $158,828
Contact: Lesa Fichte
716 829 3939
llfichte@buffalo.edu
Currently Recruiting Subjects: No


Name: University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions: Research Supplement to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research: Dissemination of a MI-based Preparatory Procedure
Description: This supplement allows an opportunity to begin specializing in addictions research on a 50% effort and to relate new knowledge and skills to other research interests. The supplement activites include a series of relevant research seminars, including foundations of interdisciplinary research, grant writing, ethics, and professional and career development.
Principal Investigator: David A. Patterson--Silver Wolf (Adelv Unegv Waya), PhD
Funding Source: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Funding Period: 1/1/2007 - 12/31/2008
Funding Amount: $190,178
Currently Recruiting Subjects: No


Name: Erie County Department of Social Services In-Service Training Project Award
Description: Administered through the School’s Office of Continuing Education, this grant provides customized in-service training to designated Social Services staff based upon identified training need areas such as chemical dependency, special needs, mental health, supervision and administration.
Principal Investigator: Lesa Fichte, MSW
Funding Source: Erie County Department of Social Services
Funding Period: 10/1/2006 - 9/30/2007
Funding Amount: $194,206
Contact: Lesa Fichte
716 829 3939 ext 151
llfichte@buffalo.edu
Currently Recruiting Subjects: No


Name: Development and Implementation of Continuous Quality Improvement Program
Description: Assist in the development, implementation and data collection of Gateway-Longview's Continuous Quality Improvement Program
Principal Investigator: Mansoor A. F. Kazi, PhD
Co-Investigator: Barbara A. Rittner, PhD
Funding Source: Gateway Longview
Funding Period: 9/1/2006 - 8/31/2007
Funding Amount: $23,579
Contact: Mansoor Kazi
716 645 5000 ext 232
mkazi@buffalo.edu
Currently Recruiting Subjects: No


Name: Erie County Department of Social Services Masters in Social Work Degree Program and Certificate in Trauma Counseling Award
Description: Administered through the School’s Office of Continuing Education, this grant provides funding to 14 designated Social Services staff for tuition and books for their MSW degree. In addition, funding is provided for 15 Social Services staff to participate in the noncredit Certificate Program in Trauma Counseling to enable them to obtain specialized knowledge and skills in working with clients who have experienced trauma.
Principal Investigator: Lesa Fichte, MSW
Funding Source: Erie County Department of Social Services
Funding Period: 9/1/2006 - 8/31/2007
Funding Amount: $207,886
Contact: Lesa Fichte
716 829 3939 ext 151
llfichte@buffalo.edu
Currently Recruiting Subjects: No


Name: The Third International Interdisciplinary Conference on Clinical Supervision
Description: The third interdisciplinary conference devoted to clinical supervision theory, practice and research focuses on core issues in clinical supervision that cut across professional disciplines. The conference provides an opportunity for mental health professionals and educators to meet and to learn from each other about current issues, practice and research findings related to clinical supervision of students and practitioners.
Principal Investigator: Lawrence Shulman, EdD
Co-Investigator: Andrew Safyer, PhD
Funding Source: NIH – National Institute on Drug Abuse
Funding Period: 9/1/2006 - 8/31/2007
Funding Amount: $124,810
Contact: Erin Bailey
716-829-3991 ext 140
eedb@buffalo.edu
Currently Recruiting Subjects: No


Name: Extended School Day Violence Prevention Program
Description: In collaboration with the Child and Family Services of Erie County, Closing the Gap staff, and the staff of the Harvey Austin Middle School of the Buffalo School District this grant provides a variety of violence prevention strategies for at-risk youth in an after school setting.
Principal Investigator: Lawrence Shulman, EdD
Funding Source: NY State Department of Education
Funding Period: 7/1/2006 - 6/30/2007
Funding Amount: $98,312
Contact: Dr. Lawrence Shulman
716-645-3381 ext. 257
shulman@buffalo.edu
Currently Recruiting Subjects: No

Project Reference:

Shulman, L., & Manning, A. (2006). Extended School Day Program at the Harvey Austin Middle School (#97) 2005-2006 Report. Buffalo, NY: University at Buffalo.


Name: Buffalo-Rochester Practicum Partnership Program and Consortium for Gerontological Social Work
Description: The goal of the Buffalo-Rochester PPP (B-R PPP) is to build and sustain a comprehensive program in gerontological social work education that will bring together students, practitioners, and educators in preparing social workers for the comprehensive care of older adults and their families in the western regions of New York State.
Principal Investigator: Deborah P. Waldrop, PhD
Funding Source: Social Work Leadership Institute
Funding Period: 4/1/2006 - 3/31/2009
Funding Amount: $74,913
Currently Recruiting Subjects: No


Name: Evaluation of Child/Youth Services at Moray Council
Description: The aim of this project is to integrate evaluation procedures into the daily practice of services and to assist in data analysis to enable the service providers to investigate the effectiveness of their services at least twice a year.
Principal Investigator: Mansoor A. F. Kazi, PhD
Funding Source: Moray Council
Funding Period: 9/1/2005 - 8/30/2008
Funding Amount: $33,000
Contact: Mansoor Kazi
716 645 3381ext. 232
mkazi@buffalo.edu
Currently Recruiting Subjects: No


Name: Lancashire Children’s Fund project
Description: Complete a data analysis evaluation on the anti bullying project and the NCH Counceling project and that are using the evaluation methodology.
Principal Investigator: Mansoor A. F. Kazi, PhD
Funding Source: Nationwide Children's Research Centre
Funding Period: 9/1/2005 - 8/31/2007
Funding Amount: $18,274
Contact: Mansoor Kazi
716 645 3381 ext 232
mkazi@buffalo.edu
Currently Recruiting Subjects: No


Name: Knowledge Exchange and Skills Training for Therapists
Description: The goal of this Research Institute on Addictions awarded study is to develop a training program for therapists using a combination of laptop computers, an interactive database, and distance learning in a state-of-the-science, innovative model of technology transfer and knowledge exchange. A clinical trial will unfold in a series of four phases that allow for ongoing development and refinement of the training materials with 90 volunteer clinicians.
Principal Investigator: Christopher G. Barrick
Co-Investigators: R. Lorraine Collins
Nancy J. Smyth, PhD
Funding Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse
Funding Amount: $1,585,000
Contact: Dr. Chris Barrick
716-887-2538
barrick@ria.buffalo.edu
Currently Recruiting Subjects: No


Name: Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction in Alcoholism Treatment
Description: Mindfullness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR) has been shown to be efficacious in increasing the ability to cope with stress and in enhancing coping and psychological well-being. This Research Institute on Addictions awarded study evaluates MBSR in a clinical setting with alcohol dependent patients.
Principal Investigator: Gerard J. Connors
Co-Investigators: Kimberly Walitzer
Nancy J. Smyth, PhD
Craig R. Colder
Funding Source: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Funding Amount: $1,977,241
Contact: Dr. Gerard J. Connors
716-887-2566
connors@ria.buffalo.edu
Currently Recruiting Subjects: No


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