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SSWR 2026 Calendar of Events

SSWR 2026

Calendar of Events

Thursday, January 15, 2026


Presenter(s)/Author(s)

Presentation Type/Topic

Time

Location

Carolina Velez Grau, Liwei Zhang, Genevieve Graaf, Meghan Romanelli, Fernanda Cross

Capacity Building Session: The Good, the Challenging, and the Discouraging Aspects of the K Series: Navigating NIH K Career Awards in Social Work.

10:15am-12:15pm

Marquis BR 14, ML2

Jane Lee, Joel Aguirre, Martha Zuniga, Juliann Li Verdugo*, E. Roberto Orellana, Susan Graham

Poster: Building Capacity for HIV Prevention: Development of an Online Peer Training Curriculum for Latino Sexual Minority Men

1:30-3:00pm

Marquis BR 6, ML 2

Jacqueline Corcoran*, Anao Zhang

Flash Talk: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Depression Prevalence in U.S. Women Welfare Recipients

3:15-4:45pm

Liberty BR K, ML 4

* presenting author/speaker

Friday, January 16, 2026


Presenter(s)/Author(s)

Presentation Type/Topic

Time

Location

Erin Harrop*, Sarah Sullivan, Tina Hulama, Genevieve Mulligan, Katharine Estell, Lauren Oshman, Kendrin Sonneville, Lisa Erlanger

Poster: Weight Bias in Medical Students: Piloting a Critical Consciousness-Based Weight-Inclusive Intervention

8:00-9:30am

Marquis BR 6, ML 2

Hyun-Jun Kim*, Hailey Jung, Austin Oswald, Karen Fredriksen-Goldsen

Poster: Centering Intersectionality in Social Work Research: Insights into Health, Aging, and Sexual and Gender Minority Experiences

8:00-9:30am

Marquis BR 6, ML 2

Kari O’Donnell*, Emily Miller, Anna Bender, Megan Holmes

Flash Talk: Evaluating the Distortion of Research Results By Bot-Generated Data

8:00-9:45am

Congress, ML 4

Melanie Morris*, Victoria Lopez, Cindy Mensah, Daniel Miller

Oral Presentation: Misalignment between Oral Health Values and Prioritization of Care Among Latino/a/e Adults

9:45-11:15am

Mint, ML 4

Meghan Romanelli*, Shoshana Benjamin, Isaac A. Sanders

Flash Talk: Designing for Safety and Trust to Optimize Engagement in Digital Mental Health Resources for Sexual and Gender Minority Consumers

9:45-11:15am

Congress, ML 4

Meghan Romanelli*, Hyun-Jun Kim, Karen Fredriksen-Goldsen

Flash Talk: Promoting Health Equity Among Sexual and Gender Minority Older Adults through Digital Health Technologies

9:45-11:15am

Congress, ML 4

Anindita Bhattacharya*, Asia Bishop, Daniel Gustafson

Oral Presentation: “I Tried Every Single Thing to Invalidate the Fact That He's Abusive": Coercive Control Among Women from Minoritized Communities

9:45-11:15am

Liberty BR N, ML 4

Chenglin Hong, Patrick Muro*, Oluwafemi Adeagbo, Oluwaseun Badru, Stephen Bonnett, Susan Graham

Oral Presentation: Intimate Partner Violence Among Sexual Minority Men in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Meta-Analysis

9:45-11:15am

Liberty BR N, ML 4

Steven Silva-Brave*, Jodi Voice-Yellowfish, Catherine Labrenz, Ana Ponciano, Joanna La Torre

Roundtable: Is Decolonizing Social Work a Lost Cause? Asking the Questions No One Wants to Answer

9:45-11:15am

Independence BR A, ML 4

Karen Fredriksen-

Goldsen


Keynote Speaker: Aaron Rosen Lecture

11:30am-12:30pm

Independence BR D/E, ML 4

Hung-Peng Lin*, Angelique Day, David Huh, Emiko Tajima

Flash Talk: How Does It Work? Enhanced Solution-Focused Kinship Navigation Case Management, Service Utilization, Caregiver Stress Reduction, and the Well-Being of Informal Kinship Caregivers in Washington State: A Cohort Study Using Causal Directed Acyclic Graphs

2:00-3:30pm

Independence BR G, ML 4

Hung-Peng Lin, Angelique Day*, Emiko Tajima, David Huh

Flash Talk: Expanding Reach: Street-Level Barriers and Facilitators to Accessing Kinship Navigator Programs Among Informal Kinship Caregivers

2:00-3:30pm

Independence BR G, ML 4

Joanna La Torre*, Lalaine Sevillano, Cindy Sangalang, Cliff Bersamira, Dale Dagar Maglalang, Gabrielle Aquino-Adriatico, Madonna Cadiz, Ronna Banada, Kari Tabag

Symposium Presentation: Halo-Halo Epistemology: Congruent Social Work Science, Practice, and Policy for Pilipinx American Cultures

2:00-3:30pm

Independence BR B ML 4

Lalaine Sevillano*, Alyssa Alegre, Ashanti Laine Peredo, Jefferson Roe Cunanan, Elaine Szeto, Jon Torres

Symposium Presentation: Exploring Kapwa As a Culturally Embedded Construct of Social Connection: Promoting Protective Pathways and Health Equity for Pilipinx Americans

2:00-3:30pm

Independence BR B ML 4

Anao Zhang*

Workshop: Connecting Statistical and Machine Learning Models in Social Work Research: An Introduction

2:00-3:30pm

Liberty BR N, ML 4

Hung-Peng Lin*

Symposium Presentation: I Am Drowning Now, but There Is a Light at the End of the Tunnel: Perceived Efficacy of Peer Support Groups Among Informal Kinship Caregivers of Maltreated Children in Washington State Kinship Navigator Programs

3:15-4:45pm

Marquis BR 9, ML 2

Cindy Sousa*, Kal Skye, Lindsey Norton, Andrea October, Katie King

Oral Presentation: “How We Manage As a Community, a Collective, a Team”: The Importance of Trauma Informed Supervision for Case Managers after Wildfire Disaster

3:45-5:15pm

Supreme Court, ML 4

Matthew Frank*, David Huh, Amelia Gavin, Karina Walters

Poster Presentation: Analysis of Socioeconomic Status on Behavioral Health in American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) Populations: Examining Stress As a Moderator and Traditional Cultural Coping Practices to Mitigate Adverse Outcomes

3:45-5:15pm

Marquis BR 6, ML 2

Bethany Elston*, Melanie Nadon, Jennifer Mosley, Lehn Benjamin, Nicole Marwell, Mary Kay Gugerty

Poster: Policy Hopes and Practice Realities: Understanding the Failed Promise of the Family First Prevention Services Act

3:45-5:15pm

Marquis BR 6, ML 2

Lauren White*, Katie Schultz, Jerreed Ivanich, Diane McEachern, Roberta Moto, Josie Garnie, Lisa Wexler

Poster: Participatory Implementation Research to Inform Community Practice: Blending Participatory Research with Implementation Science Frameworks for Suicide Prevention in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities

5:30-7:00pm

Marquis BR 6, ML 2

Juliann Li Verdugo*, Todd Nobles, Jerald Herting, Jane Lee, David Takeuchi

Poster: Associations between Socioeconomic Characteristics and Mental Health Among Diverse Young Asian Adults in the United States

5:30-7:00pm

Marquis BR 6, ML 2

Catherine O’Connor*, Michelle Johnson- Jennings, Kristi Kaapu, Arthur Blume, Jian Li, Katherine Theall

Flash Talk: Weaving Healthy Families: An Indigenous-Centered, Family-Based Approach to Reducing Alcohol Misuse across Generations

5:30-7:00pm

Archives, ML 4

* presenting author/speaker

Saturday, January 17, 2026


Presenter(s)/Author(s)

Presentation Type/Topic

Time

Location

Kristin Stockard*, Bonnie Scranton, Douglas Brooks, Sam Kirk, Meredith Doherty

Poster: Theory, Practice, and Research: Mapping the Future of Social Work Leadership in Healthcare

8:00-9:30am

Marquis BR 6, ML 2

Anao Zhang*

Symposia: Transdisciplinary Science in Oncology Social Work Presentation: Understanding the Long-Term Mental Health Trajectory Among Survivors of Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer in the United States

8:00-9:30am

Independence BR H, ML 4

Brittany Jones-Cobb*, Hyun-Jun Kim

Flash Talk: Examining the Role of Social Networks and Partnership Status in Healthcare Access for Individuals with Disabilities

9:45-11:15am

Marquis BR 13, ML 2

Vania Buck*

Flash Talk: Bilinguals Serving Latinx Families in Child Welfare

9:45-11:15am

Independence BR B, ML 4

Emil Smith*, Sarah Sullivan, Erin Harrop

Flash Talk: Weight Stigma As a Barrier to Healthcare Access Among Transgender and Gender Diverse Adults

9:45-11:15am

Monument, ML 4

Eric Hardiman*, Judith Fenlon, Arissa Spitalny, Natalie Turner

Oral Presentation: Beyond the Veterans Administration: Community-Based Program Directors' Perspectives on Peer Support for Veterans

9:45-11:15am

Liberty BR 0, ML 4

Carolina Vélez-Grau*, Meghan Romanelli, Krystel Francis, Peter Lopez, Mswati Hanks, Adriana Rios, Maria Pineros Leano

Oral Presentation: See Me and Hear Me: A Photovoice Study of Hispanic Adolescents' Mental Health Conceptualization and Priorities

4:00-5:30pm

Independence BR G, ML 4

Melissa Martinson, Natalie Turner*

Oral Presentation: Chronic Illness and Telehealth Use in the United States (2020-2024)

4:00-5:30pm

Liberty BR N, ML 4

Sharon Zanti, Tess Abrahamson-Richards, Lori Thomas

Roundtable: Participatory Approaches for Centering Racial Equity throughout the Data Life Cycle

4:00-5:30pm

Mint, ML 4

Mo Yee Lee, Fatima Mabrouk, Elizabeth Lightfoot, Jerome Schiele, Michael Spencer, Martell Teasley

Other Event: RCDC Roots and Wings Session II: Federal Funding, Historical Context, and Equity-Focused Research: Navigating Past Foundations and Future Directions

4:00-5:30pm

Marquis BR 12, ML 2

* presenting author/speaker

Sunday, January 18, 2026


Presenter(s)/Author(s)

Presentation Type/Topic

Time

Location

Amy Salazar*, Jaidyanne Podsobinski, Angelique Day

Poster: Assessing Foster/ Adoptive Caregiver Perceived Readiness to Care for Youth Who Identify As LGBTQ+

9:45-11:15am

Marquis BR 6, ML 2

Melanie Morris, Lillian Agyemang, Hyunjin Lee

Social Workers As Leaders in Oral Health Equity: Opportunities for Connecting Research to Practice

11:30am-1:00pm

Marquis BR 7, ML 2

Sarah Sullivan*, Erin Harrop, Emil Killough, Brendon Holloway

Poster: Prevalence, Disability, and Mental Health Correlates with Eating Disorders in Trans-Nonbinary Coloradans

11:30am-1:30pm

Marquis BR 6, ML 2

* presenting author/speaker