Alice Ryan began her social work career more than 26 years ago and has worked for different hospitals and health care settings, including Seattle Children’s Hospital for more than 22 years, where she managed the hospital’s bereavement program for child loss. Her work has focused on loss and separation, especially,  the needs of patient and families as illness progressed towards the end of life, which eventually led her to her current work in grief and bereavement support, with special emphasis on the experience of complicated grief through the death of a child.

Dr. Maureen Marcenko holds a bachelor of science in education and a master of social work from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. In 1988, she earned a doctorate in social welfare from McGill University in Montreal, Canada. Her primary research and practice commitments are to improve outcomes for vulnerable children and families, particularly those served by the child welfare and other public agencies. Dr. Marcenko retired Dec. 31, 2021.

Gerilyn Myers earned her BA in Society and Justice, and her MSW from the University of Washington. She is also a graduate of the Child Welfare Training and Advancement Program (CWTAP).

Megan Moore’s interdisciplinary research agenda is focused on health equity and improving social work practice, and health and mental health outcomes for patients after traumatic injury. She is working to 1) address disparities in care and service access, and 2) develop interventions to improve psychosocial care, communication, and care transitions in healthcare settings. She investigates methods to enhance the role and skills of social workers embedded in medical treatment teams in order to achieve these aims.

Dr. Levy is professor of social work and adjunct professor of medicine and psychology. She also serves as the associate dean for research. Her primary research interests focus on the psychosocial aspects of health, including women’s health issues, chronic pain, the intergenerational transmission of illness behavior, childhood and adult obesity prevention and treatment, and behavioral medicine. She received her bachelor of arts from Antioch College, and her master in social work, doctorate and master in public health from the University of Michigan.

Taryn Lindhorst, PhD, LCSW, is the Behar Professor and Director of the Center for Integrative Oncology and Palliative Care Social Work. She also serves as the director of the School's PhD program. Prior to receiving her doctorate in 2001, Dr. Lindhorst spent 15 years providing medical social work services in public health settings in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Kendra Roberson (she/her) is a mother of two adult sons, wife, daughter and friend. She has been teaching at the University of Washington regularly since 2008 and has taught on both the Seattle and Tacoma campuses. She and a colleague helped design the first fully asynchronous social work course for the School of Social Work (prior to COVID-19). She also maintains a private, virtual mental health practice in Texas, Washington and Maryland, Psychotherapy + Plus, focusing primarily on trauma-healing using brain- and body-based healing methods such as EMDR and Brainspotting. Dr.