BEHAVIORAL HEALTH

Cress, C., Burack, C., Giles Jr., D., Elkins, J., and Stevens., M. A Promising Connection: Increasing College Access and Success through Civic Engagement. Boston: Campus Compact. (2010).

Kahne, H. and Mabel, Z. Single Mothers and Other Low Earners: Policy Routes to Adequate Wages. Poverty and Public Policy 2(3), pp. 113-149. http://www.psocommons.org/ppp/vol2/iss3/art7 (2010).

Daley, M., Shepard, D.S., Reif, S., Dunigan, R., Tompkins, C., Per-loff, J., Siembab, L., and Horgan, C.M. Evaluation of Provider Pro-filing in the Public Sector. Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly 28(4), pp. 376-390. (2010).

RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS of Heller Faculty and Researchers Brandeis University

NEW PUBLICATIONS March 2011

Caspi, Y., Slobodin, O., Kammerer, N., Enosh, G., Shorer, S., and Klein, E. Bedouin Wives on the Home Front: Living with Men Serving in the Israel Defense Forces. Journal of Traumatic Stress 23(6), pp. 682–690. (2010).

CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES

Hodgkin, D., Merrick, E.L.., Hiatt, D., Horgan, C.M., and McGuire, T.G. The Effect of Employee Assistance Plan Benefits on the Use of Outpatient Behavioral Health Care. Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics 13(4), pp. 167-174. (2010).

Lorenz, L.S. Discovering a New Identity after Brain Injury. Sociol-ogy of Health and Illness 32(6), pp. 862-879. (2010).

Lorenz, L.S. Visual Metaphors of Living with Brain Injury: Explor-ing and Communicating Lived Experience with an Invisible Injury. Visual Studies 25(3), pp. 210-223. (2010).

Merrick, E.L., Hodgkin, D., Garnick, D.W., Horgan, C.M., Panas, L., Ryan, M., Blow, F., and Saitz, R. Older Adults’ Inpatient and Emergency Department Utilization for Ambulatory-Care-Sensitive Conditions: Relationship with Alcohol Consumption. Journal of Aging and Health. Published online October 8, 2010. http://jah.sagepub.com/content/early/2010/10/07/0898264310383156.full.pdf+html (2010).

Merrick, E.L. and Horgan. C.M. Invited book review of Mental Health Services: A Public Health Perspective (Third Edition), edited by B.L. Levin, K.D. Hennessey, and J. Petrila. New York: Oxford University Press. Journal of Be-havioral Health Services and Research. Pub-lished online December 24, 2010. http://www.springerlink.com/content/u332017g4745317t/fulltext.html (2010).

Merrick, E.L., Hodgkin, D., Hiatt, D., Horgan, C.M., Greenfield, S.F., and McCann, B. Integrated Employee Assistance Program/Managed Behavioral Health Plan Utilization by Persons with Sub-stance Use Disorders. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment. Published online December 27, 2010. http://www.journalofsubstanceabusetreatment.com/article/S0740-5472%2810%2900248-5/abstract (2010).

Reif, S., Horgan, C.M., Torres, M., and Merrick, E.L. Types of Practitioners and Outpatient Visits in a Private Managed Behav-ioral Health Plan. Psychiatric Services 61(11), pp. 1066-1068. http://www.psychservices.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/abstract/61/11/1066 (2010).

Reif, S., Ritter, G.A., and Horgan, C.M. Treatment Services: Trian-gulation of Methods When There Is No Gold Standard. Sub-stance Use and Misuse 46(5), pp. 620-632. Published online No-vember 1, 2010. http://informahealthcare.com/toc/sum/46/5 (2010).

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Conrad, P. and Barker, K. The Social Construction of Illness: Key Insights and Policy Implications. Journal of Health and Social Be-havior 51(1 suppl), pp. S67-S79. (2010).

Doonan, M. and Tull, K. Achieving Ac-countable Care in Massachusetts: Payment Reform to Drive Delivery System Change. Issue Brief, The Massachusetts Health Policy Forum. November 30, 2010. No. 39.

Bird, C., Conrad, P., Fremont, A., and Timmermans, S. (Eds.) Hand-book of Medical Sociology, Sixth Edition. Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press. (2010).

Conrad, P. and Munoz, V.L. The Medicalization of Chronic Pain. Tidsskrift for Forskning i Sygdom og Samfund (Journal for Research on Sickness and Society, Denmark) 13, pp. 13-24. (2010).

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Curnan, S.P., Hahn, A.B., Bailis, L.N., Frees, J., Kingsley, C., LaCava, L.A., Lanspery, S., Melchior, A.L., and Moldow, E. Innovating Un-der Pressure: The Story of the 2009 Recovery Act Summer Youth Employment Initiative: Chicago, Detroit, Indianapolis and Marion County, Phoenix and Maricopa County. A Report for the Employment and Training Administration (ETA), U.S. Depart-ment of Labor, Washington, DC. http://wdr.doleta.gov/research/FullText_Documents/Innovating%20Under%20Pressure%20The%20Story%20of%20the%202009%20Recovery%20Act%20Summer%20Youth%20Employment%20Initiative.pdf (2010).

Curnan, S.P., Kingsley, C., LaCava, L.A., and Shields, A.P. Emer-gency Assistance (EA) Reform in Massachusetts: A Report from Ten Regional Forums. A Report for One Family, Inc. and the Paul and Phyllis Fireman Charitable Foundation, Boston, MA. http://www.onefamilyinc.org/cgi-script/csArticles/uploads/793/EA_Forum_Report_FINAL1-20-11.pdf (2010).

Conrad, P. and Stults, C. Internet and the Experience of Illness. In C. Bird, P. Conrad, A. Fremont, and S. Timmermans (Eds.), Hand-book of Medical Sociology, Sixth Edition. Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press, pp. 179-191. (2010).

Parish, S.L., Rose, R.A., and Swaine, J.G.. Financial Well-being of U.S. Parents Caring for Co-resident Children and Adults with Developmental Disabilities: An Age Cohort Analysis. Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability 35(4), pp. 235-243. (2010).

Curnan, S.P., Kingsley, C., LaCava, L.A., and Frees, J. Unfinished Work: Building Excellence in Washington, DC’s Summer Youth Employment Program. A Report for The Department of Employ-ment Services, Washington, DC. (2010).

Fitzgerald, H.E., Burack, C., and Seifer, S. Handbook of Engaged Scholarship: Contemporary Landscapes, Future Directions, Vols. 1 and 2. East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University Press. (2010).

DISABILITIES

Emerson, E., and Parish, S.L. Introduction to the Special Section on Poverty and Intellectual Disabilities. Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability 35(4), pp. 221-223. (2010).

Laws, J., Parish, S.L., Scheyett, A.M., and Egan. C. Preparation of Social Workers to Support People with Intellectual and Devel-opmental Disabilities. Journal of Teaching in Social Work 30(3), pp. 317-333. (2010).

Bishop, C.E., Meagher, J., Perloff, J., and Zolotusky, G. Event Analysis of All-Cause and Ambulatory-Care-Sensitive Hospitali-zation of Long-Stay Nursing Home Residents. Centers for Medi-care and Medicaid Services. Final Report: Nursing Home Resi-dent Beneficiaries for CMS Contract No. HHSM-500-2005-000201/T.O. 0001: Adverse Events Among Chronically Ill Benefi-ciaries: Variations by Geographic Area, Organization of Practice, and LTC Setting. September 23, 2010. http://www.cms.gov/Reports/Downloads/Bishop_NHAdverseEventsChronIllness_Final_2010.pdf (2010).

Cooper, J. and Waddell, J. Impact of Climate Change on Re-sponse Providers and Socially Vulnerable Communities in the U.S. Oxfam America Research Backgrounder series. Boston: Oxfam America. http://www.oxfamamerica.org/files/impact-of-climate-change-on-response-providers-and-socially-vulnerable-communities-in-the-US.pdf (2010).

Kamal, S. The Renewable Revolution: How We Can Fight Cli-mate Change, Prevent Energy Wars, Revitalize the Economy and Transition to a Sustainable Future. London: Earthscan. (2010).

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Asiimwe, A., Rwiyereka, A.K., Kaufman, J.A., and Shepard, D.S. AIDS Funds: Rwanda (letter). Science 330 (October 8, 2010), p. 176. web: www.sciencemag.org (2010).

Jacobs, C. and Szczerbacki, K. Feasibility Study Regarding Brandeis Alumni Interest in Philanthropy Education. Published by the Sillerman Center for the Advancement of Philanthropy, the Heller School, Brandeis University. http://sillermancenter.brandeis.edu/PDFs/alumni_study_.pdf (2010).

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NEW PUBLICATIONS (CONT.) March 2011

Perloff, J., Meagher, J., Bishop, C.E., and Tompkins, C. Time to Readmission among Chronically Ill Community-Resident Benefi-ciaries: Variations by Geographic Area and Provider Type. Cen-ters for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Final Report, Nursing Home Resident Beneficiaries, for CMS Contract No. HHSM-500-2005-000201/T.O. 0001: Adverse Events Among Chronically Ill Beneficiaries: Variations by Geographic Area, Organization of Practice, and LTC Setting. September 23, 2010. http://www.cms.gov/Reports/Downloads/Perloff_CommDwellers_AdverseEventsChronIllness_2010.pdf (2010).

Zinner, D.E.., DesRoches, C.M., Bristol, S.J., Clarridge, B., and Campbell, E.G. 2010. Tightening Conflict-of-Interest Policies: The Impact of 2005 Ethics Rules at the NIH. Academic Medicine 85(11), pp. 1685-1691. (2010).

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Abt, C.C. Helping Young Immigrants/Refugees Become Entre-preneurs. In G. Sonnert and G. Holton (Eds.), Helping Young Refugees and Immigrants Succeed: Public Policy, Aid, and Edu-cation. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 61-74. (2010).

Espinosa, M.C. Why Gender in Wildlife Conservation: Notes from the Peruvian Amazon. The Open Anthropology Journal 3, pp. 230-241. http://bentham.org/open/toanthj/articles/V003/230TOANTHJ.pdf (2010).

Espinosa, M.C. Globalization and the Separation of Indigenous Genetic Resources from Indigenous Peoples: The Booming Alpaca Industry in the USA and Its Impact on Andean Alpaqueros. The Fourth World Journal 9(1), pp. 27-40. (2010).

Namatovu, R. and Espinosa, M.C. Engendering the Global Finan-cial and Economic Crisis: Unveiling the Links between Formal and Informal Sectors in the Mining Regions in Zambia and their Gender Implications. Manuscript published at UNDP Teamworks in December of 2010.

Kaufman, J. China’s AIDS Response – Critical Turning Points. In E.Y. Zhang, A. Kleinman, and W. Tu (Eds.), Governance of Life in Chi-nese Moral Experience: The Quest for an Adequate Life. New York: Routledge. (2010).

Nandakumar, A.K. Ministry of Health, Egypt, and Health Systems 20/20. National Health Accounts 2007/2008: Egypt. Bethesda, MD: Health Systems 20/20 project, Abt Associates, Inc. (2010).

MANAGEMENT

Havens, D.S., Vasey, J., Gittell, J.H., and Lin, W. Relational Coordi-nation among Nurses and Other Providers: Impact on the Qual-ity of Care. Journal of Nursing Management 18(8), pp. 926-937. (2010).

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BEHAVIORAL HEALTH

ASSETS AND INEQUALITIES

Janet Boguslaw and Thomas Shapiro (Co-PIs) ‚Leveraging Mobility: Impact of Assets on Racial Wealth Gap and Family Well-being Over Time‛ Funder: Ford Foundation This project examines the main drivers behind the rising racial wealth gap over the life course of a generation by building upon previous research and through 12-year follow-up interviews with 180 families in Boston, St. Louis, and Los Angeles. The project will use national databases to triangulate the in-depth family inter-views to understand the role assets have played in helping fami-lies weather individual or structural shocks, to examine differen-tial mobility and wealth accumulation patterns between minori-ties and whites, and to understand how assets have supported their mobility and family well-being.

Thomas Shapiro and Tatjana Meschede (Co-PIs) ‚Senior Economic Security: Evidence-Based Research Informing Policy, Practice, and Public Engagement‛ Funder: Atlantic Philanthropies The Institute on Assets and Social Policy (IASP) will expand its work on long-term economic security and risks for seniors, fo-cusing on vulnerable households such as seniors of color and women. Efforts include greater validation of the current indices and policy impact modeling.

Sandra Venner (PI) ‚Intergenerational Approach to Financial Stability and Asset De-velopment Pilot‛ Funder: Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care (EEC); subcontract to Brandeis from Massachusetts Association of Community Action (MASSCAP) Through this pilot project, IASP will support low-income families’ long-term economic self-sufficiency by training Head Start and other early education and care staff statewide to provide finan-cial education to parents. IASP will evaluate pilot project out-comes.

Sandra Venner and Janet Boguslaw (Co-PIs) ‚Exemplary Practices Review of Massachusetts Community Action Access Points (CAAPs) Initiative‛ Funder: Massachusetts Association of Community Action (MASSCAP) as part of an Office of Community Services grant As a part of a larger project to document exemplary practices for benefits enrollment coordination by the federal Office of Community Services (OCS), IASP will review the CAAPs initiative to identify and document a shift in the way Community Action Agencies (CAA) do business and deliver services to clients and the community. A product of the review will be a replication guide for the CAA national network.

NEW GRANTS March 2011

Mary F. Brolin (PI), Margot Davis, Dominic Hodgkin, Robert Dunigan ‚Evaluation of the Massachusetts Access to Recovery Program‛ Funder: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Admini-stration to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health; sub-contract to Brandeis from RTI International The Institute for Behavioral Health will evaluate the Massachu-setts Access to Recovery Program to assess the impact of care coordination and electronic vouchers that provide consumer choice to wrap-around services on substance abuse treatment and criminal justice outcomes for men and women re-entering the community after incarceration in the Hampden and Suffolk County Houses of Correction.

Dominic Hodgkin (PI), Elizabeth Merrick, Mau-reen Stewart, Constance Horgan ‚Behavioral Health Financing Studies‛ Funder: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; subcontract to Brandeis from Thomson Reuters This project has two goals: first, to measure the current supply of mental health and sub-

stance abuse specialty providers who treat Medicaid patients; and second, to determine how the supply of providers may need to expand to meet the needs of those with mental health/substance use disorders who are newly insured under Medicaid, due to health reform.

Peter Kreiner (PI), Elizabeth Fischer ‚Evaluation of Grant to Reduce Alcohol Abuse‛ Funder: U.S. Department of Education; subcon-tract to Brandeis from Wayside Youth and Family Network This study will evaluate a three-year project to

reduce alcohol abuse in Watertown, MA schools.

Peter Kreiner (PI), Robert Dunigan ‚Evaluation of Greater Worcester Prisoner Reentry Project‛ Funder: Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts; subcon-tract to Brandeis from Dismas House, Worcester, MA This study will evaluate the first-year planning process of a five-year project to address health, housing, employment, and other service needs of young adult prisoners reentering the commu-nity in Greater Worcester.

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CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES

Alan Melchior and Janet Boguslaw (Co-PIs) ‚Partnership for College Completion (PCC) Initiative Evaluation‛ Funder: CFED (Corporation for Enterprise Development), UNCF (United Negro College Fund), and KIPP Charter Schools IASP and the Center for Youth and Commu-nities will conduct a process evaluation and recommendations for a long-term evaluation of the Partnership for College Completion Pilot Initiative, an effort to increase college matriculation and boost college graduation rates significantly among low-income and minority youth. This is a jointly sponsored initiative of UNCF, CFED, and KIPP Charter Schools. The pilot initiative combines college

awareness and financial literacy education with establishment of college savings accounts and access to scholarships for middle and high school students in KIPP schools in four cities in an effort to increase college enrollment and college completion. The evaluation includes a mix of on-site interviews and observations; focus groups with parents, students, school staff and community partners; and analysis of survey, school record, and savings ac-count data.

Alan Melchior (PI) ‚Evaluation of the Earth Force Youth Engagement Zone Grant‛ Funder: Earth Force, Inc., under a grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service This project will evaluate one of six Youth Engagement Zone initiatives funded by the Corporation for National and Commu-nity Service to provide a comprehensive approach to youth civic engagement in low-income schools and neighborhoods. The three-year Earth Force initiative brings together three schools and a group of nonprofit organizations serving North-east Denver to create a community-wide strategy supporting youth civic engagement and leadership development. The evaluation will track students over a three-year period as well as examine the growth of new, collaborative partnerships within the community.

Alan Melchior and Thomas Pineros Shields (Co-PIs) ‚Evaluation of the KIDS Consortium ‘Youth and Citizen Scientists’ Initiative‛ Funder: KIDS Consortium, under a grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service This project will evaluate a multi-site initiative aimed at integrat-ing service-learning into science and math education through involvement of students in projects promoting “green” practices at local schools. The goal of the initiative is to demonstrate the value of project-based service-learning as an approach to teaching science and math while building civic skills and attitudes among students. The evaluation includes a mix of student and community partner surveys and interviews with school repre-sentatives.

NEW GRANTS (CONT.) March 2011

Peter Kreiner (PI), Meelee Kim, Elizabeth Fischer ‚Evaluation of Young Adult Action Project‛ Funder: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Admini-stration/Center for Substance Abuse Prevention; subcontract to Brandeis from Wayside Youth and Family Network This study will evaluate a five-year capacity-building project to prevent/reduce HIV and substance abuse among homeless young adults in Somerville, MA.

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Mary Jo Larson (PI), Rachel Sayko Adams ‚Behavioral Health Research Gap Analysis‛ Funder: U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command/Department of Defense; subcontract to Brandeis from Abt As-sociates This project aims to: (1) document and categorize the aims, de-signs, and methods of Department of Defense (DOD) funded projects from the Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder/Traumatic Brain Injury appropriations and behavioral health funding; (2) compare the profile of specific problems under study with the operational needs of DOD stakeholders (e.g., operational com-manders) and mental health care providers (in war zones, TRI-CARE and Veterans Administration); (3) identify potential re-search gaps and/or overfunding or duplication relative to the perceived needs; and (4) examine the variability across funded studies in design features and key construct measurement in order to increase use of “best practices” in all funded studies.

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COEXISTENCE AND CONFLICT

David Steele (PI) ‚A Manual for Practitioners – Facilitating Conversations on Peacebuilding and Reconciliation‛ Funder: U.S. Institute of Peace; subcontract to International Cen-ter for Religion and Diplomacy This project will develop a manual and background information to be used by discussion groups after viewing documentaries depicting religious/ethnic reconciliation efforts in Nigeria and Kenya.

Susan Parish (PI) ‚State Policy and the Financial Burden of Low-Income Families Raising Children with Special Health Care Needs‛ Funder: University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research, supported through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation The objective of this project is to determine the financial costs and caregiving burden incurred by low-income parents who are raising children with special health care needs. We are specifi-cally examining the extent to which state Medicaid and CHIP public health insurance programs mitigate these low-income families’ costs of caring.

Susan Parish (PI) ‚National Autism Resource and Information Center‛ Funder: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Admini-stration for Children and Families; subcontract to Brandeis from the Arc of the United States This project will support the Arc’s efforts in developing its na-tional resource and information center by developing white pa-pers and research briefs related to children and adults with au-tism in the United States.

Robert Mechanic (PI), Darren Zinner ‚Survey of Capitation Contracting and Physician Compensation in Organized Delivery Systems‛ Funder: Commonwealth Fund This project will assess the prevalence of capitation and other alternative payment contracts in organized delivery systems that are members of the Council of Accountable Physician Practices (CAPP) through telephone surveys with approximately 20 CAPP groups. Findings will provide an indication of the “readiness” of organized delivery systems for significant payment reforms.

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Chris Tompkins (PI), John Chapman, Grant Ritter, Beth Mohr, Jennifer Perloff ‚Episode Grouper for Medicare‛ Funder: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) This project is focused on designing an epi-sode grouping system for the Medicare pro-gram. In the first year the project team will

focus on 6 specific clinical conditions as a prototype for a larger system. In addition to comprehensive empirical testing, the grou-per logic is also being vetted through a series of physician pan-els. The end results will be a series of manuals and programs that address our approach to defining an episode of care along with provider attribution and possible payment strategies.

Chris Tompkins (PI), Grant Ritter, Tim Martin, Galina Zolotusky, Jennifer Perloff ‚Imaging Risk Predication System‛ Funder: Massachusetts General Hospital Physicians Organization The study is designed to develop population level measures of imaging appropriateness. The project will begin by constructing ambulatory episodes of care. Given the clinical picture of the visit available in claims data (both historic for the patient and episode-specific), we will be testing both an a priori and an em-pirically driven method of assigning appropriateness scores.

Chris Tompkins (PI), Jeff Prottas, Jennifer Perloff ‚Medicare Advantage Value Survey and Report‛ Funder: America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) This mixed methods study of Medicare Advantage plans was funded by AHIP to better understand what these plans offer beneficiaries above and beyond the services available in fee-for-service Medicare. More specifically, we are investigating infor-mational supports for providers and beneficiaries, population management techniques and payment strategies that promote quality.

Marji Erickson Warfield (PI) ‚Transition to Adult Health Care for Youth with Autism Spec-trum Disorders (ASD)‛ Funder: Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB); subcontract to Brandeis from Massachusetts General Hospital This project seeks to describe and understand the service sys-tem and transition services available to youth with ASD. Best practice models will be identified and the feasibility of imple-menting these best practices across sites affiliated with the Au-tism Treatment Network will be tested.

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NEW GRANTS (CONT.) March 2011

Joan Kaufman (PI) ‚Support to China Gates Foundation HIV Prevention Coopera-tion Program‛ Funder: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; subcontract to Brandeis from Tsinghua University This project will provide technical support to efforts to improve government and NGO linkages for effective AIDS prevention in China, curriculum development, and development of case stud-ies.

Elenore Garton (PI), Andrew Hahn ‚Pay It Forward‛ Funder: Corporation for National and Com-munity Service; subcontract to Brandeis from Campus Compact This project will evaluate 54 experiential phi-lanthropy courses in universities across Ohio,

Michigan and Kentucky.

Andrew Hahn, Elenore Garton (Co-PIs) ‚Evaluation of the Jewish Healthcare Foundation and The United Way of Allegheny County’s Pathways to Careers‛ Funder: Jewish Healthcare Foundation and The United Way This project will evaluate the Pathways to Careers program in Pennsylvania. The program is focused on motivating 9th graders to succeed in school by connecting academic preparation and meaningful careers.

Donald Shepard (PI), Wu Zeng “Design of Health Insurance for the Gambia‛ Funder: International Health Partners (United Kingdom) To help the Gambia design a system of community-based health insurance, the PI conducted a site visit to the country, visiting facilities and conferring with stake holders. Options are being developed with a particular emphasis on strengthening maternal health services.

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Sullivan, L. and Meschede, T. ‚Negative Health Events and Wealth Trajectories for Working-Age Adults and Disparities by Race.‛ Presented at “Transition of Care Across the Age Contin-uum,” conference sponsored by the Gerontological Society of America, New Orleans, LA, November 2010.

Venner, S. ‚Asset Development in the Context of Partnerships.‛ Presented at 2010 National Community Action Partnership An-nual Conference, Boston, MA, September 2010.

Bookman, A. ‚Volunteering and Lifelong Learning: Find a New Boundary to Cross.‛ Presented at “What’s Next?: Aging in Cam-bridge,” conference sponsored by the Office of the Mayor of Cambridge, Cambridge Council on Aging, Cambridge Senior Volunteer Clearinghouse, and Agassiz Baldwin Community, Cambridge, MA, October 2010.

Bookman, A. ‚Families and Elder Care,‛ based on co-authored paper with Delia Kimbrel. Presented at Authors’ Conference for Special Issue on Work and Family Balance, sponsored by journal Future of Children, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, October 2010.

Bookman, A. ‚Aging in Community: Housing Is More than a Place to Live.‛ Presented at “Housing As We Age,” conference sponsored by Community Development Department and Hu-man Service Programs Department, City of Cambridge, Cam-bridge, MA, November 2010.

Venner, S. ‚Making VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance) Sites Super: Opportunities for Service Integration.‛ Presented at MASSCAP VITA Site Coordinator Trainings, Quincy, Worcester, and Lowell, MA, November 2010.

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PRESENTATIONS March 2011

Kammerer, N. ‚Gegants, capgrossos, i altres entremesos: Re-flecions sobre els mètodes, el procés, i els resultats de recerca antropològica.‛ (Talk given in Catalan; translated title: ‚Giants, bigheads, and other short theatricals: Reflections on the meth-ods, process, and results of anthropological research.‛ Gegants are giant puppets and bigheads are papier mâché masks; the theatricals are the public performances by the puppets and big-heads). Presented at “Reunions de Recerca en Patrimoni Cul-tural” (Research Meeting on Cultural Heritage), sponsored by Institut Català de Recerca en Patrimoni Cultural (Catalan Institute for Research on Cultural Heritage), Girona, Catalunya, Spain, December 2010.

Meschede, T. ‚Negative Health Events and Wealth Trajectories for Working-Age Adults and Disparities by Race.‛ Presented at “Socioeconomic Status and Health across Generations and over the Life Course,” con-ference sponsored by the University of Michi-gan Institute for Social Research, Ann Arbor, MI, September 2010.

Shapiro, T. ‚Closing the Racial Wealth Gap.‛ Keynote and PowerPoint with Melvin Oliver, Dean of Social Sciences, Univer-sity of California, Santa Barbara. Presented at 2010 Assets Learn-ing Conference, sponsored by CFED (Corporation for Enterprise Development), Washington, DC, September 2010.

Leutz, W. ‚Healthy Aging in the Commonwealth.‛ Presented at “Massachusetts as a Model for Healthy Aging,” sponsored by Massachusetts Health Policy Forum and Tufts Health Plan Foun-dation, Boston, MA, September 2010.

Brolin, M. ‚Integrating Substance Abuse and Primary Care Ser-vices: Perspectives from the Field.‛ Symposium organized for Addiction Health Services Research Conference 2010, spon-sored by the University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, October 2010.

Brolin, M., Kim, T.W., Kretsch, N., Saitz, R., Winter, M., Samet, J.H., Shanahan, C.W., Almeida, A.B., Botticelli, M., and Alford, D.P. ‚How Does Non-physician Screening for Unhealthy Alcohol and Drug Use Affect Primary Care Provider Practice?‛ Presented at Addiction Health Services Research Conference 2010, spon-sored by the University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, October 2010.

Brolin, M., Davis, M., Larson, M.J., and Capoccia, V. ‚Strategies to Close the Addiction Treatment Gap and Resulting Impacts on Primary Care.‛ Presented at the Association for Medical Educa-tion and Research in Substance Abuse 34th Annual National Conference, Bethesda, MD, November 2010.

Almeida, A., Rivera, L., Reimann, B., Fischer, L., Brolin, M., Girard, C., Pressman, K., and Alford, D. ‚SBIRT (Screening, Brief Interven-tion and Referral to Treatment) Implementation in Two States.‛ Presented at the Association for Medical Education and Re-search in Substance Abuse 34th Annual National Conference, Bethesda, MD, November 2010.

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Gurewich, D., Shepard, D.S., Sirkin, J., Zolotusky, G., and Garnick, D.W. ‚Coordinating Primary and Substance Abuse Treatment Services in Community Health Centers.‛ Presented at Addiction Health Services Research Conference 2010, sponsored by the University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, October 2010.

Kreiner, P. ‚Evaluation of Technical Assistance Using Project Activity Networks.‛ Presented at American Evaluation Associa-tion Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX, November 2010.

Lorenz, L.S. ‚Talking with Pictures: Concepts and Hands-on Ex-perience: A Workshop.‛ Presented at the Association for Medi-cal Education and Research in Substance Abuse 34th Annual National Conference, Bethesda, MD, November 2010.

Merrick, E.L. ‚Stakeholder Perspectives in EAP Research.‛ Invited speaker at panel on “25 Years of Employee Assistance Peer-Reviewed Research: Employee Assistance Quarterly and the Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health,” Employee Assistance Professionals Association 2010 Annual World Conference, Tampa, FL, October 2010.

Larson, M.J. ‚Closing the Addiction Treatment Gap: Preliminary Findings and Lessons.‛ Symposium organized for Addiction Health Services Research Conference 2010, sponsored by the University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, October 2010.

Lorenz, L., Brolin, M., Fischer, E., and Deaver, A. ‚Using Holistic and Integrated Communication Strategies to Expand Addiction Treatment: Implications and Lessons Learned.‛ Presented at Ad-diction Health Services Research Conference 2010, sponsored by the University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, October 2010.

Larson, M.J., Strickler, G., Brolin, M., and Fields, S. ‚A Data-Driven Framework for Sustainable Policy Changes for Expanded Addic-tion Treatment.‛ Presented at Addiction Health Services Re-search Conference 2010, sponsored by the University of Ken-tucky, Lexington, KY, October 2010.

Larson, M.J., Fields, S., Strickler, G., Brolin, M., and Davis, M. ‚Lessons Learned when At-tempting to Leverage Medicaid to Close the Addiction Treatment Gap.‛ Presented at Addiction Health Services Research Confer-ence 2010, sponsored by the University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, October 2010.

Larson, M.J., Mohr, B., Brolin, M., Saitz, R., and Alford, D. ‚Incidence of Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Older U.S. Adults.‛

Presented at the Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse 34th Annual National Confer-ence, Bethesda, MD, November 2010.

Presented at Addiction Health Services Research Confer-ence 2010, sponsored by the University of Kentucky, Lex-ington, KY, October 2010.

BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (CONT.)

PRESENTATIONS (CONT.) March 2011

Garnick, D.W., Horgan, C.M., and Acevedo, A. ‚Performance Measures for Substance Use Disorders – Suggestions from an Expert Panel.‛ Presented at Addiction Health Services Research Conference 2010, sponsored by the University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, October 2010.

Horgan, C.M. ‚Building a Statewide Perform-ance-Oriented System of Care: Paying for Per-formance in Substance Abuse Treatment.‛ Presented at Addiction Health Services Re-search Conference 2010, sponsored by the University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, Octo-ber 2010.

Horgan, C.M. ‚Context of Performance Measurement in 2010.‛ Presented at Addiction Health Services Research Conference 2010, sponsored by the University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, October 2010.

BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (CONT.)

Horgan, C.M. ‚Using Incentives to Drive Performance.‛ Sympo-sium organized for Addiction Health Services Research Confer-ence 2010, sponsored by the University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, October 2010.

Garnick, D.W., Chair, Chandler, R., Moderator. “Performance Measures for Substance Use Disorders – Developing a Re-search Agenda.‛ Symposium organized for Addiction Health Services Research Conference 2010, sponsored by the Univer-sity of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, October 2010.

Garnick, D.W., Lee, M.T., Ritter, G.A., Garner, B.R., Godley, M.D., Funk, R.R., Panas, L., Acevedo, A., and O’Brien, P. ‚Performance Measures among Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment Pro-grams: Data from a Large Evidence-Based Practice Initiative.‛ Presented at Addiction Health Services Research Conference 2010, sponsored by the University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, October 2010.

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Burack, C., Lanspery, S., and Shields, T.P. ‚What We’ve Learned: Evaluation of the Community College Transfer Initiative.‛ Pre-sented at “Partnerships that Promote Success: Transfer from Community Colleges to Selective 4-Year Institutions,” confer-ence sponsored by the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, Washing-ton, DC, September 2010.

Shepard, D.S., Lwin, A.K., Strickler, G.K., Atuaka, C., and Garner, B. ‚The Reinforcing Therapist Performance Experiment: Prelimi-nary Cost Findings.‛ Presented at Addiction Health Services Re-search Conference 2010, sponsored by the University of Ken-tucky, Lexington, KY, October 2010.

Burack, C. ‚Institutional Assessment Tools for Community En-gagement and Faculty Rewards Systems.‛ Presented at Campus Compact Academic Leadership Institute, “Institutionalizing Com-munity and Civic Engagement in Academic Affairs and its Rele-vance to Faculty Promotion and Tenure,” Rhode Island College, Providence, RI, November 2010.

Burack, C., Robinson, G., and Prentice, M. ‚Assessing Service Learning Outcomes for Students and Partners.‛ Presented at International Association for Research on Service Learning and Community Engagement Annual Conference, Indianapolis, IN, October 2010.

Burack, C. ‚Assessment: Knowledge is Power.‛ Presented at University of Connecticut 4th An-nual Service Learning Institute, Hartford, CT, November 2010.

CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES

Curnan, S.P. ‚What Makes Partnership Work?‛ Presented at Ad-ministration for Children and Families Region IX State TANF Ad-ministrators’ Meeting, sponsored by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, San Francisco, CA, September 2010.

Curnan, S.P. ‚Partnerships That Make a Differ-ence.‛ Presented at 2010 East Coast TANF Direc-tors’ Meeting, sponsored by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Philadelphia, PA, October 2010.

Curnan, S.P. (co-chair). ‚Detroit 2016 Task Force.‛ Presented at Convening of State-wide Policy and Program Task Force to Improve Schools and Neighborhoods for Kids, sponsored by The Skillman Foundation, Detroit, MI, October 2010.

Curnan, S.P. and Hughes, D.M. ‚’Leap of Faith’ Initiative: Using Evaluation as a Management and Learning Tool.” Presented at Unitarian Universalist Association Leap of Faith, National Con-vening, New Orleans, LA, October 2010.

Merrick, E.L, McCann, B., and Darick, A. ‚Understanding and Facilitating EAP Behavioral Health Utilization: Research Findings.‛ Presented at Employee Assistance Professionals Association 2010 Annual World Conference, Tampa, FL, October 2010.

PRESENTATIONS (CONT.) March 2011

Walter, A.W., Lorenz, L., Brolin, M., and Davis, M. ‚Advocating Expanded Treatment When the Political Landscape Changes.‛ Presented at Addiction Health Services Research Conference 2010, sponsored by the University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, October 2010.

Wittenberg, E. "Effects of Illness on Caregivers and Families: A Review of Spillover Effects in Health." Presented at Society for Medical Decision Making 2010 Annual Meeting, Toronto, Can-ada, October 2010.

Wittenberg, E. ‚Decision Analysis for Public Health and Medi-cine.‛ Guest lecturer, Harvard School of Public Health, Novem-ber 2010.

Novak, S., Avula, D., Savage, W., Garnick, D.W., Davis, M., Cal-vin, S., and Uglow, D. ‚Differences in Early and Late Adopters of New Performance Management Technologies by Substance Abuse Treatment Agencies.‛ Presented at Addiction Health Ser-vices Research Conference 2010, sponsored by the University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, October 2010.

Stewart, M.T., Horgan, C.M., Garnick, D.W., Ritter, G.A., and McLellan, T. ‚Relationship between Program Characteristics and Response to Performance Contracting in Outpatient Substance Abuse Treatment Programs in Delaware.‛ Presented at Addic-tion Health Services Research Conference 2010, sponsored by the University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, October 2010.

BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (CONT.)

Burack, C., Giles, D., and Stevens, M. ‚The Intersection of Civic Engagement and College Access and Success.‛ Presented at International Association for Research on Service Learning and Community Engagement Annual Conference, Indianapolis, IN, October 2010.

CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES (CONT.)

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DISABILITIES

HEALTH

PRESENTATIONS (CONT.) March 2011

Kingsley, C. and LaCava, L. ‚Ending Family Homelessness Fo-rums.‛ Presented at Emergency Assistance Reform in Massachu-setts Forums, sponsored by One Family, Inc., and Paul and Phyllis Fireman Charitable Foundation. 10 Forums throughout Massachu-setts: Merrimack Valley, Western Massachusetts, Boston, South Coast, Metro Boston, South Shore, North Shore, Worcester, Cape Cod and the Islands, and Metrowest Boston; September and October 2010.

Johnson, T.A., Fulmer, A., Gelfand, M., and Cristal, M. ‚Current Trends on Culture and Its Impact on Decision-Making.‛ Pre-sented at U.S.Air Force-SAIS Symposium on “Conflict Manage-ment in Culturally Complex, Uncertain, and Volatile Environ-ments,” sponsored by the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC, Sep-tember 2010.

Johnson, T.A. Lead facilitator, Graduate Student Presentations, “Conflict Studies: The New Generation of Ideas,” conference sponsored by the University of Massachusetts, Boston, October 2010.

Johnson, T.A. Lead facilitator, Strategic Communication, Advanced Negotiation and Conflict Resolution, and Conflict Analysis – A Briefing for Managers, educational semi-nars at The World Health Organization, Headquarters Office, Geneva, Switzerland, November 2010.

Steele, D., Hunsicker, D., Moberg, M., and Kadayifci-Orellana, A. ‚Programming in Religious Contexts.‛ Presented at Training of Trainers Workshop for USAID and Other Government Person-nel, sponsored by International Resources Group, Washington, DC, November 2010.

Steele, D. ‚Strengthening Non-state Actors’ Capacities to Pre-vent and Resolve Conflicts in Areas Affected by Post-election Violence in Kenya.‛ Presented at UN Interagency Framework Team for Preventive Action, New York, NY, September 2010.

Steele, D. Keynote Speaker and Instructor, celebration of start of minor in Peace and Conflict Studies, Gordon College, Wenham, MA, September 2010.

Parish, S. Panel moderator, Research panel on Supplemental Security Income. Presented at “New Insights and Advances in Financial Literacy: Translation, Dissemination, Change,” spon-sored by Social Security Administration’s Financial Literacy Re-search Consortium, Washington, DC, November 2010.

Altman, S. ‚Achieving Accountable Care in Massachusetts: Pay-ment Reform to Drive Delivery System Change.‛ Massachusetts Health Policy Forum Issue Brief by Doonan, M. and Tull, K. (2010). Presented at Massachusetts Health Policy Forum event, “Accountable Health Care Delivery: Models and Policy Actions for Massachusetts,” Boston, MA, November 2010.

ENVIRONMENT

Kamal, S. ‚The Renewable Revolution.‛ Keynote speech pre-sented at Fenway Civic Association Annual Meeting 2010, Bos-ton, MA, December 2010.

Bishop, C. ‚The Nursing Home as Setting for Chronic Illness Care: Risk of Ambulatory-Care-Sensitive Hospitalization.‛ Paper by Bishop, C., Meagher, J., and Perloff, J. (2010).

Presented at Gerontological Society of America Annual Scientific Meeting, New Orleans, LA, November 2010.

Presented at International Conference on Evidence-Based Policy in Long-Term Care, London School of Economics, London, UK, September 2010.

Leutz, W. and Bishop, C. ‚A Labor-Management Partnership for Person-Centered Care in Nursing Homes: A Case Study.‛ Paper by Leutz, W., Bishop, C.E., and Dodson, L. (2010). Presented at International Conference on Evidence-Based Policy in Long-Term Care, London School of Economics, London, UK, Septem-ber 2010.

Mechanic, R. “Should Telehealth Services for Medicare Be Reim-bursed Directly—or Incentivized Indirectly through Global, Bun-dled or Bonus Payments?‛ Presented at 2010 Connected Health Symposium, sponsored by Partners Healthcare Center for Con-nected Health, Boston, MA, October 2010.

Waddell, J. and Cooper, J. Report release for “Impact of Climate Change on Response Providers and Socially Vulnerable Com-munities in the U.S.‛ Presented at Working Environments Work-shop, sponsored by Louisiana State University and Oxfam America, Baton Rouge, LA, November 2010.

CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES (CONT.)

COEXISTENCE AND CONFLICT

Melchior, A. (panelist). “Bridging Service-Learning Research and Practice: Student Development and Outcomes.‛ Presented at International Association for Research on Service Learning and Community Engagement Annual Conference, Indianapolis, IN, October 2010.

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INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

MANAGEMENT

PRESENTATIONS (CONT.) March 2011

Shepard, D.S. and Gurewich, D. ‚High Performing Community Health Centers: What It Takes.‛ Presented at National Associa-tion of Community Health Centers (NACHC) Community Health Institute, Dallas, TX, September 2010.

Espinosa, M.C. 2010. ‚Negotiating Nature, Gender and Moder-nity in the Peruvian Amazon.‛ Presented at “Beyond Essential-isms: Challenges of Anthropology in the 21st Century,” sponsored by the Department of Anthropology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, November 2010.

Green, M. ‚Bringing Theory into Practice: Operational Criteria for Assessing Implementation of the International Right to Develop-ment.‛ Joint presentation with Professor Susan Randolph of the University of Connecticut to the Faculty Colloquium, Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy (PHRGE), Northeast-ern University School of Law, Boston, MA, October 2010.

Simon, L. ‚Beyond Generosity: Ethical Dimen-sions of Development Assistance.‛ Opening address presented at 4th KIC International Con-ference 2010, “New Horizons in Asian Econ-omy,” sponsored by the College of Interna-tional Studies, Graduate School of Pan-Pacific International Studies, Kyung Hee University,

Seoul, South Korea, November 2010.

INTERNATIONAL HEALTH

Kaufman, J. ‚Civil Society, Sex Work, and HIV in China.‛ Pre-sented at Sex Work in Asia Conference, sponsored by Harvard University Asia Center, Cambridge, MA, October 2010.

Shepard, D.S. ‚Economic Costs of Dengue.‛ Presented at 1st Dengue v2V (vaccine to Vaccination) Asia–Pacific Workshop, sponsored by Dengue v2V Group, Singapore, November-December 2010.

Shepard, D.S. ‚Burden of Dengue in Malaysia.‛ Presented at Dengue Burden in Malaysia Work-shop, sponsored by Ministry of Health of Malay-sia, Brandeis University, and Sanofi Pasteur, Putra-jaya, Malaysia, December 2010.

PHILANTHROPY

Garton, E., Jacobs, C., and Hahn, A. ‚Philanthropy on College Campuses: Its Origins, Forms and Social Implication.‛ Presented at 39th Annual Conference, “Government and the Voluntary Sector: Redefining the Relationship,” sponsored by Association for Research on Non-profit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA), Alexandria, VA, November 2010.

Garton, E. ‚The Pedagogy of Philanthropy in Practice.‛ Presented at 2010 Conference, “Transitions in Public Service,” sponsored by National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Admini-stration, Las Vegas, NV, September 2010.

Jacobs, C. ‚Philanthropy Internships.‛ Presented at “Foundation Roundtable: Using Interns Wisely,” sponsored by the Bilezikian Family Foundation, The Heller School, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, October 2010.

Gittell, J.H. and Douglass, A. ‚Relational Bureaucracy: At the Boundary of Relational and Bureaucratic Organizing.‛ Presented at Institute for Work and Employment Relations Seminar, MIT Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, MA, November 2010.

Gittell, J.H. ‚Relational Coordination: Outcomes, Antecedents and Measurement.” Presented at “Using Management Science and Engineering to Improve Cancer Care Delivery,” sponsored by National Cancer Institute, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, Bethesda, MD, September 2010.

Gittell, J.H. ‚The Southwest Airlines Way: Using the Power of Relationships to Achieve High Performance.‛ Keynote speaker, presented at Arrow Electronics Annual Meeting for Logistics and Engineering, Reno, NV, October 2010.

Gittell, J.H. ‚High Performance Healthcare: Using the Power of Relationships to Achieve Quality, Efficiency and Resilience.‛

Presented at Blue Cross Blue Shield Health Care Sympo-sium, Washington, DC, October 2010.

Presented at Public Sector Conference on Well-Being at Work, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2010.

Kaufman, J. ‚Infectious Disease Challenges in China.‛ Presented at a program for the East Asian Studies Program, Brandeis Uni-versity, September 2010.

POLITICAL SCIENCE

Sirianni, C. ‚The Civic Mission of Federal Agencies.‛ Presented at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, September 2010.

HEALTH (CONT.)

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PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT March 2011

As the Convener of the Gerontological Society of America’s (GSA) Economics of Aging Interest Group, Christine Bishop or-ganized and chaired the Economics of Aging Interest Group Symposium at the GSA’s Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA in November 2010. The subject was ‚Economic Aspects of Transi-tions for Older Adults,‛ with speakers on housing transitions, use of private long-term care insurance to buffer transitions due to functional disabilities, and hospitalization transitions in end-of-life care.

Tatjana Meschede was interviewed on “The Caring Generation” show on KHOW-AM radio in Denver on the economic security risks of older people, October 24, 2010.

Tatjana Meschede's dissertation research on chronically home-less street dwellers is featured in the U.S. Department of Hous-ing and Urban Development's (HUD) 2010 publication, “Collaborating for Change: Partnerships to Transform Local Communities.”

Thomas Shapiro made a presentation to the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation on ‚The Racial Wealth Gap‛ on September 17, 2010. He was also featured in an article in the fall 2010 Brandeis Magazine, entitled ‚Racial Wealth Gap Widens Dramatically.‛

“Republicans Willing to Grow the Deficit and Wealth Gap to Help Nation's Richest,” a December 8, 2010 op-ed by Congress-woman Maxine Waters on the Huffington Post, cites data from the Institute on Assets and Social Policy’s (IASP) research brief on the racial wealth gap. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rep-maxine-waters/republicans-willing-to-gr_b_794055.html

The Center for American Progress’ September 27, 2010 report, “The Not-So-Golden Years: Confronting Elderly Poverty and Improving Seniors’ Economic Security,” discussed IASP’s work on senior financial security and risk.

Andrew Hahn’s op-ed, Can Companies Save the World?, was published in the October 2010 issue of Youth Today. http://www.youthtoday.org/view_article.cfm?article_id=4341

Susan Parish’s letter to the editor was published in the December 23, 2010 issue of the Boston Globe regarding inaccura-cies in the Globe’s reporting about fami-lies’ need for assistance and support when they are caring for children with disabilities.

Nina Kammerer was the subject of a December 27, 2010, news-paper article in El Punt, a Catalan language newspaper published in Girona, Spain. The article, “Una americana entre gegants” (An American among giants [giant puppets]), described her study of the Fal.lera Gironina (Girona’s giant puppetry group) as part of her anthropological research on the world of giant puppetry.

Peter Kreiner was interviewed for a public service training video about the Prescription Monitoring Program Center of Excellence at Brandeis and preventing prescription abuse, by the Multijuris-dictional Counterdrug Task Force Training (www.mctft.com). The video airs in early 2011.

The Massachusetts Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (MASBIRT) Project was highlighted in the Boston Globe on November 15, 2010 and on Channel 5 News on Friday, December 3, 2010. Heller staff evaluating MASBIRT include Christopher Tompkins, Mary Brolin, Jennifer Perloff and PhD student Amy Booxbaum. Link to Globe story: http://www.boston.com/news/health/articles/2010/11/15/mas-birt_programs_new_approach_to_asking_patients_about_drinking_and_drug_use_yields_some_positive_results/ Link to Channel 5 story: http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/26011027/detail.html

Susan Parish and Marji Erickson Warfield were both featured in a fall 2010 Brandeis Magazine cover story, ‚Untangling Autism.‛

AGING

ANTHROPOLOGY

ASSETS AND INEQUALITIES

ASSETS AND INEQUALITIES (CONT.)

BEHAVIORAL HEALTH

CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES

DISABILITIES

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In October 2010, Joan Kaufman was one of fifteen international experts invited by the Chinese government to participate in the de-velopment of China’s next five-year AIDS plan. The experts worked with the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention—National Center for AIDS/STD Prevention and

Control, the Ministry of Health, and the State Council AIDS Working Committee to review and critique the first draft of the new five-year national AIDS plan and provide advice. Dr. Kauf-man led the sessions on civil society and AIDS and was respon-sible for summarizing the recommendations from the interna-tional experience on best practices.

Dean Lisa Lynch appeared on PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer on December 3, 2010, where she commented on the latest unemployment and job creation statistics.

Claudia Jacobs was quoted in the October 14, 2010 Jerusalem Post article, “Whose Money is Kosher?” http://sillermancenter.brandeis.edu/PDFs/Whose%20Money%20Is%20Kosher.pdf

Susan Curnan’s article, "The View from Val-Kill,” detailing her childhood experience on the estate of Eleanor Roosevelt, was published in the fall 2010 issue of Brandeis Magazine.

In conjunction with the publication of his book, The Renewable Revolution, on October 25, 2010 by Earthscan, Sajed Kamal published a piece on the Earthscan blog entitled ‚Keep Drilling or Look Up and See the Light.‛ http://www.earthscan.co.uk/blog/post/Keep-Drilling-Deeper-and-Darker-or-Look-Up-and-See-the-Light-To-Choose-or-Not-to-Choose-Sustainability.aspx

The Boston Globe covered the Massachusetts Health Policy Forum’s November 30, 2010 event, "Accountable Health Care Delivery: Models and Policy Actions for Massachusetts," in its December 1, 2010 article, “Health forum sees sacrifices for doc-tors, insurers.”

Stuart Altman and Robert Me-chanic’s opinion piece, “Advice to the governor: Tough medi-cine,” was published in the October 19, 2010 issue of CommonWealth magazine. In it they argued that a statewide global budget is needed to

control the rising cost of health care in Massachusetts.

PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT (CONT.) March 2011

Dean Lisa Lynch chaired an academic briefing of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Bank in October 2010 on "The nature of current unemployment in the U.S."

ENVIRONMENT

HEALTH

INTERNATIONAL HEALTH

LABOR MARKETS

PHILANTHROPY

OTHER

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HONORS / AWARDS March 2011

During the fall semester, Rajesh Sampath was invited to join a leadership planning committee for a major national academic conference on the funding of faith-based organizations sched-uled for 2012. The committee will also be engaged in a series of upcoming leadership summits with the Office of the Funding of Faith-Based Organizations in the White House, which will in-clude the highest levels of congressional and federal judicial leadership.

Rajesh Sampath participated in the December 2010 annual American Philosophical Association meeting held in Boston. He was invited to join the research working group called “Philosophers for Jesuit Education.” This year’s topic dealt with philosophical definitions of orthodoxy vs. heresy in religious edu-cation with a view to increasing freedom of expression and social justice without compromising the lines between ortho-doxy and heresy for major world religions, particularly in the Western tradition.

Susan Parish was appointed to the advisory board of the Na-tional Autism Resource and Information Center.

Susan Parish guest edited a special journal issue of the Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities on poverty and intellectual disabilities with Eric Emerson, December 2010.

Ann Bookman was appointed as a member of the Technical Working Group for the Department of Labor Surveys of Em-ployees and Employers on Use of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), September 2010-March 2012.

Ann Bookman was named Co-Chair of the Healthy Aging Com-munities Sub-Committee of the Statewide Initiative on Healthy Aging, co-sponsored by Tufts Health Plan Foundation and the Massachusetts Health Policy Forum.

Sajed Kamal was named ‚Honoree of the Year 2010‛ by the Fenway Community De-velopment Corporation, Boston, MA, on No-vember 17, 2010. www.fenwaycdc.org

Nina Kammerer was a Visiting Investigator (Investigadora Visi-tant) at the Catalan Institute for Research on Cultural Heritage (Institut Català de Recerca en Patrimoni Cultural) Girona, Cata-lunya, Spain, during the fall 2010 semester.

Thomas Shapiro received a Fulbright award to conduct research at the University of Cape Town’s Centre for Social Science Re-search in South Africa during the spring semester. He is working on a project entitled “The Wealth Gap: Reconciliation and Transformation in South Africa and the United States.”

Donald Shepard was named to the Dengue v2V Steering Com-mittee for promoting prompt introduction of dengue vaccines into countries with the highest disease burden, organized by Interlace Global in London on November 30, 2010.

Jody Hoffer Gittell was named to the Executive Board of the Labor and Employment Relations Association, 2010-2013.

Marion Howard coordinated the planning, implementation, and now serves as advisor to the project that was awarded the top prize at the 10th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Nagoya, Japan on October 20, 2010. Professor Howard has worked since 1996 with CORALINA, a Colombian gov-

ernment agency located in the Western Caribbean San Andres Archipelago. CORALINA's work to establish the Seaflower Ma-rine Protected Area (MPA) with local community involvement won Countdown 2010 as the project in the world to best achieve the 2010 biodiversity commitments called for by the Convention on Biological Diversity.

Sarita Bhalotra delivered the Women’s and Gender Studies Pro-gram 2010 Fall Distinguished Faculty Lecture, ‚Mending Broken Hearts: Elder Women, Caring and Cardiac Illness.‛

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STUDENT RECOGNITION March 2011

During the fall 2010 semester, Bethany Bryant, MBA ’10, was a Sillerman intern at the Greenlight Foundation, and Andrea Shaye, MBA ’10, held a Sillerman internship at the Hyams Foundation.

Hannah Thomas was awarded a 2-year dissertation research grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development for her dissertation, “Foreclosure Sales through the Eyes of Real Estate Agents in Boston: An Institutional Ethnography.”

Chang, A.D. ‚Buying Votes, Building Identities: Federal Social Policy Responses to Sub-State Nationalism in Quebec.‛ Project CONNECT Colloquium, presented at the Center for the Study of Canada, State University of New York, Plattsburgh, NY, October 2010.

Thomas, H. ‚Foreclosure Sales: A Market Created by Contract.‛ Paper presented at the 2010 Conference of the Association for Public Policy and Management, Boston, MA, November 2010.

Pick, S. and Sirkin, J. Breaking the Poverty Cycle: The Human Basis for Sustainable Development. New York: Oxford Univer-sity Press. (2010).

Maria Torres, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcohol-ism (NIAAA) pre-doctoral trainee, was awarded a 2-year disser-tation grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) for her research project, “Exploring the Relationship Between Work Environment and Quality of Care.”

Sarah Gogel, dual degree MA student in Sustainable International Development/JD at Northeaster University, was nominated as a Local Hero in the Boston edition of Metro, a national daily newspaper, for her work with Global Potential, the nonprofit international exchange program she founded.

The Boston Globe profiled a Waltham household of seven Heller students from seven countries in its October 24, 2010 article, “Total global living.” MS students Linda Arogundade and Farhad Farewar and MA/SID students Maheder Dachew and Dmitry Zaviralov were quoted in the article. MA/SID students Mimin Hartono and Van Ta and MS student Sam Ath Kim are the other members of the household.

Thomas, H. Panelist, ‚Interventions: What Events Matter?‛ Panel discussion held at Research Workshop, sponsored by the Uni-versity of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Financial Security, Madison, WI, August 2010.

Left to right: Heller housemates Mimin Hartono, Sam Ath Khim, Linda Arogundade, Maheder Dachew, Van Ta, Farhad Farewar, and Dmitry Zaviralov.

Amico, P., Aran, C. and Avila, C. HIV Spending as a Share of Total Health Expenditure: An Analysis of Regional Variation in a Multi-Country Study. PLoS ONE 5(9), published online September 24, 2010. e12997. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0012997 (2010).

Derrington, T. ‚Using Linked, Population-Level Administrative Data to Identify Prenatal Illicit Drug Exposure and Referral to Early Intervention.‛ Presented at the 16th Annual Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Conference, “Using Epidemiology to Improve Maternal and Child Health,” San Antonio, TX, Decem-ber 2010.

HONORS / AWARDS

PRESENTATIONS

PUBLICATIONS

PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT

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EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS March 2011

The Health Industry Forum, under the leadership of Robert Me-chanic, held two forums in Washington, DC during the fall se-mester. The first, ‚Strategies for Optimizing Secondary Use of Data through Health Information Exchange,‛ was held on Sep-tember 20, 2010, and the second, “Accountable Care Organiza-tions: Implications for Consumers,” sponsored by the Aetna Foundation and America’s Health Insurance Plans, was held on October 14, 2010.

During the fall 2010 semester, the Master of Science in Interna-tional Health Policy and Management program presented talks by Peter Berman, Lead Health Economist, World Bank, who spoke on ‚Global Health Challenges,‛ Rachel Snow, Associate Professor, University of Michigan, on the topic ‚Human Re-sources for Health in Ghana,‛ and Theo Lippeveld, Vice Presi-dent, John Snow, Inc., who presented ‚Health Metrics Network.‛

Elenore Garton introduced the film, “A Small Act,‛ to an audi-ence of Brandeis students at a screening in November 2010. The screening was cosponsored by the Sillerman Center for the Ad-vancement of Philanthropy; the International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life; the Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism; and Facing History and Ourselves.

Jasmine Waddell, Visiting Lecturer, served as moderator for the panel discussion ‚New Orleans Moving Forward: Lessons Learned Five Years After Katrina,‛ held at Heller in September 2010. Panelists included Professor Karl Seidman, MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning; Breonne DeDecker, MA/SID student and coordinator, New Orleans Citizen Participation Pro-ject; Jess Garz, MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning and former director, Transforma Projects, New Orleans; Zach Youngerman, facilitator of urban planning and environmental design projects in New Orleans and New York City; and Gayle Epp, consultant for the New Orleans Citywide Master Plan.

On November 17, 2010, Laura Lorenz pre-sented a webinar, ‚Basic Concepts and Prin-ciples in the Care of Torture Survivors with Traumatic Head Injury: Family and Patient Support: New Approaches to Fostering Dia-logue and Hope (Part 3 of 3),‛ for the Mental Health Webinar Series offered by the Center for Victims of Torture, Office of Refugee

Resettlement, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. De-partment of Health and Human Services. http://www.healtorture.org/mental-health-webinars?id=69#

The Sillerman Center sponsored a “living room dialogue” in Sep-tember 2010 with director Andrew Hahn interviewing Charles Bronfman and Jeff Solomon, philanthropists, about their recent book, The Art of Giving.

The Massachusetts Health Policy Forum, under the leadership of Michael Doonan, presented two fall forums. ‚Massachusetts as a Model for Healthy Aging,‛ co-sponsored by Tufts Health Plan Foundation, took place in September 2010, and “Accountable Health Care Delivery: Models and Policy Actions for Massachu-setts‛ was held in November 2010.

Heller started the ‚Tuesday Talks‛ series during the fall 2010 semester. This series showcases Heller faculty and researchers, and allows the Heller community to learn about the work of colleagues that they might not otherwise have the opportunity to hear. The series kicked off in October 2010 with Stuart Altman, Sol C. Chaikin Professor of National Health Policy, pre-senting on ‚Understanding U.S. Health Care Reform.‛ In Novem-ber, Dr. Michael Jellinek, Adjunct Professor at Heller, discussed ‚Five Key Areas in Hospital Management: Reimbursement, Pa-tient Satisfaction, Relationships with Physicians, Quality, and Process Improvement.‛ Eric Olson, Senior Lecturer, presented ‚Conservation Overshoot: The Massachusetts Wetlands Protec-tion Act in an Age of Global Change.‛

The Master of Public Policy Program sponsored a lecture by Robert Kuttner, author and coeditor of The American Prospect, on November 3, 2010, the day after the mid-term elections. His presentation was entitled ‚After the Election: The New Normal: What’s Necessary—and Possible—in the Second Half of the Obama Administration.‛

The Health Industry Forum also sponsored a Healthcare Leader-ship Seminar with Eleanor Perfetto, senior director for Reim-bursement and Regulatory Affairs at Pfizer Inc., in September 2010 at Heller.

Programs sponsored by the programs in Sustainable International Development (SID) during the fall 2010 semester included:

“Local Knowledge and Governance for Flood Management in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam in the Context of Climate Change,” with Bach Tan Sinh of the Vietnamese Ministry of Science and Technology;

“Economic Impact of HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe and Southern Africa,” with Innocent Matsche, Heller Visiting Scholar and Senior Research Fellow, Human Sciences Research Council, Pretoria, South Africa;

“Today’s Challenges to the Laws of War,” with Jamie Wil-liamson, International Committee of the Red Cross; and

“The Sudanese Referendum: Optimism and Skepticism,” with the Honorable Akec Khoc, Sudanese Ambassador to the United States.