SSWLHCHYMAN J. WEINER AWARDMark de St. Aubin, LCSW

Mark de St. Aubin, LCSW

Developed and Taught Innovative Curriculum for Healthcare

MSW Students

• Social Work in Healthcare• Advanced Social Work Practice in

Healthcare• Interdisciplinary Approaches in End-

of-Life and Palliative Care• Social Work Practice in Integrative

Behavioral Health Settings• Clinical Practice with Grief and Loss• Social Work Ethics

After 10 years of direct practice in medical social work Mark accepted an appointment as a faculty member in the College of Social Work at the University of Utah for 26 years.

During this time he taught healthcare emphasis MSW students and he was a beloved practicum advisor.

Accomplishments◦ Faculty Chair of newly developed

2nd year MSW Health Concentration

◦ Founded and advised ‘Students of AMF’ – a campus-wide grief support network housed at the College of Social Work

◦ Shared pedagogical research at four national ADEC conferences (Association for Death Education and Counseling)

◦ Established and participated in a research/teaching exchange with faculty at the University of Eastern Finland in Kuopio, Finland.

◦ Directed student-conducted research projects which were taken to three national ADEC (Association for Death Education and Counseling) conferences and presented by the students.

Accomplishments◦ Founded Utah Hospice Social Work

Network (initially 1989-1998; re-founded again in 2019-2021)

◦ Provided 23 years of practicum coordination for several hundred students. Also assisted in the generation and support of numerous healthcare agency-based student practicum sites

◦ Has enjoyed 27 years of active membership in SSWLHC at national and state levels and presented at annual conferences

◦ Mentored graduate students both in class and in their subsequent post-graduate supervision and professional development (his most treasured professional accomplishment)

◦ Assisted in establishing an incredible team of social work practitioners within our university primary care-based health centers throughout northern Utah(Thanks to the mentorship of June Simmons, Kathy Wade, Virna Little, and Benjamin Clemens)

During the 27 years of my membership in the Society, my participation in its activities have brought me great personal and professional satisfaction. It has, by far, been my most satisfying organization of which to be a member.

It has given me opportunities to serve with other great Society members on various committees – Membership, Conference Intensive, National Board, Foundation Board as well as various leadership roles in our state chapter.

This Society is an incredible organization!Foundation Auctioneer

TributesMark has always been a fierce advocate for the social work profession, social work students, and medical social work. He has the ability to make you laugh and always makes everyone feel welcome. He has done a lot for the social work profession as a whole as well as the bereavement community.

Mark is always up for a good meal, meeting new people, and teaching anyone that would listen.

Andrea Bailey, LCSWFormer student and current colleague

Mark de St. Aubin has contributed greatly to the ongoing education of the social workers in Utah. As a mentor I found him to be incredibly knowledgeable, supportive, and a skilled clinician. He has graciously given of his time to mentor me long past my clinical supervisory hours. I have felt all that time that he was personally vested in my professional development and growth as a social worker.

Andrea Morganegg, LCSWFormer student and current colleague

TributesI am delighted to join in the tribute to Mark de St. Aubin as he receives the Hyman J. Weiner Award. Mark has served as a grief group facilitator at Caring connections: A Hope and comfort in Grief Program at the University of Utah for many years. In 2018, Mark was recognized with the Karma Kent Heart of Caring Facilitator Award, given to the facilitator who exemplifies compassion and is an excellent educator of clinical student trainees. Katherine P. Supiano, PhD, LCSW, F-GSA, FT, APHSW-CDirector of Caring Connection, College of Nursing, University of Utah

Mark has a calling in this life to change lives for the better. I am one of those people. Mark lifted me as a Social Worker and person. No matter the social work endeavor, I can't begin to count the amount of lives Mark has touched and improved just in our bubble of social work but can't begin to imagine all the amazing personal interactions we all know so well.

Joey Ulrich, LCSW Co-President Utah Hospice Socialwork Network

TributeCongratulations Mark! This award is much deserved and a recognition to your passion for social work in healthcare. You have not only given of yourself to the field but have led many of us to follow in your footsteps. Your energy, dedication and leadership has been instrumental in my life as well as to many others.

Tamber Snarr-Beesley, LCSWUniversity of Utah College of Social Work faculty member

TributeDuring my 30-year tenure at Harvard and the Massachusetts General Hospital, I have met and worked with many Social Workers who are doing a splendid job serving in the healthcare field. Among one of the best is Mark de St Aubin. Mark has an excellent grasp of our current understandings of grief, mourning, and trauma. Even more important is his ability to transmit these concepts to his students in a way that makes them effective grief counselors and therapists. Today many of the hundreds that he has trained are working on the front lines with those impacted by our current pandemic. I am pleased to see that he is receiving this prestigious award.J. William Worden, PhD, ABPPClinical PsychologistAuthor: Grief Counseling & Grief Therapy andChildren and Grief: When a Parent Dies

TributeOne part thoughtful scholar, one partimprovisational actor, and all parts deeply human, Mark is a marvel to witness in the classroom, and a tough act to follow. His students love him, and in all the best senses of the word, he loves them back. He deserves a standing ovation!

Robert A. Neimeyer, PhDDirector of the Portland Institute for Loss and Transition

AMF STUDENTS

PRESENTING AT

CONFERENCEGRIEF SUPPORTON CAMPUS

Mark is in top form in the classroom and as a favorite conference presenter.

AN INCREDIBLY SUPPORTIVE FAMILY