CURRICULUM VITAE
Lisa de Saxe Zerden, M.S.W., Ph.D.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
School of Social Work
325 Pittsboro Street, Campus Box 3550
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599
(919) 843-6284
[email protected]
EDUCATION
Ph.D. May 2009
Boston University; Boston, MA
Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Sociology and Social Work
Dissertation Title:Acculturation and Needle Sharing: A Dual-Site Study of Puerto Rican Injection Drug Users
Committee Members: Lena Lundgren, Ph.D. (Chair), Luz Lopez, Ph.D., Melvin Delgado, Ph.D., and Dharma Cortes, Ph.D.
M.S.W. June 2004
University of California at Los Angeles; Los Angeles, CA School of Public Affairs
Macro Studies, Health Concentration
B.A. May 2002
The George Washington University, Washington DC Columbian School of Arts and Sciences (cum laude) Major: Human Services and Eastern Religion Minor: Sociology
January—June 2000
University of Idaho Study Abroad Program; Katmandu, Nepal Nepali and Tibetan Culture, Religion, Language
RESEARCH INTERESTS
HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment; sexual risk behaviors; substance abuse; cross-cultural prevention and intervention efforts; and program evaluation
TEACHING INTERESTS
Social welfare policy; History of the profession; Social work research methods; Health theory and disparities
RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
September, 2009 – Present
The UNC Chapel Hill School of Social Work; Chapel Hill, NC Special Assistant to the Assistant Dean of Student Affairs
Plan and implement special events for MSW students including professional development workshops; guest speakers; leadership workshop series; and Career Day
Provide administrative support to students and faculty
Complete data entry and analysis of faculty advising evaluations
Serve on various committees including: curriculum committee; policy sequence committee; faculty advising sub-committee; and admissions
Work with Dean and Associate Dean on special projects, including parental leave policy; promotion and tenure materials for fixed-term faculty; leadership surveys of MSW students
August, 2009 – Present
Center for Addictions Research and Services; Boston, MA Research Consultant
Current consulting responsibilities include: data analysis, manuscript construction, editing, and statistical review
Participate in grant writing
October, 2008 – May 2009 Casa Esperanza, Inc.; Roxbury, MA
Project Director
Implemented the program evaluation for Tu Bienestar, an expansion project of Casa Esperanza’s substance abuse treatment services to Latino consumers (Dr. Lena Lundgren, PI)
Responsible for questionnaire development, implementation of Institutional Review Board submission and communication and ensuring compliance with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health and Service Administration Government Performance Regulations Act
Managed quantitative data; trained outreach workers and research assistants, and collaborated on dissemination efforts
September, 2007 – October 2008
Center for Addictions Research and Services; Boston, MA Research Associate
Organized data from several federally funded substance abuse evaluation studies
Responsibilities included: cleaning and merging databases, data analysis, writing reports, preparing articles, submitting presentations
May, 2006 – July 2007 Voices Boricuas; Cupey Puerto Rico and Boston, MA Project Manager
Created and maintained project database for “Voices Boricuas: HIV Risk Behaviors, Prevention and Health Care Service Utilization among Drug Users in the Island of Puerto Rico” (Dr. Luz López, PI)
Organized questionnaire and data collection
Participated in data analysis and dissemination of research findings May, 2005 – August 2005
Thembalethu Home Based Care; Mpumalanga, South Africa Principal Investigator
Designed research study, conducted data collection and analyzed mixed-method data on home-based care workers to assess their readiness to undergo voluntary HIV/AIDS counseling and testing and emotional impacts of their work
Conducted three, two-day trainings for 60 care workers on HIV/AIDS voluntary testing and counseling and safe sex negotiation
Organized pre- and post-test counseling for personal HIV testing of care workers and their children
August 2004–June 2005 Boston University School of Social Work; Boston MA Research Assistant
Created a coding scheme to assess caregiving experiences from a subset of the Mills College Longitudinal Caregiving Study on Personality Traits of Adult Daughters (Dr. Judith Gonyea, PI)
Analyzed qualitative and quantitative data on caregiver guilt and burden
Assisted PIs with extensive literature reviews, manuscript preparation and presentations July 2003–May 2004
Alzheimer’s Association of Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardino Counties; Los Angeles, CA Macro Social Work Intern
Revised the “Dementia Care Management Manual” for social workers to assess cognitively impaired older adults
Designed four training modules for dementia caregivers
Served as a marketing strategist for the Senior Caregivers Partners Grant through the Los Angeles City Department of Aging
September 2002–June 2003
Portals Mental Health Services and Rehabilitation; Los Angeles, CA Clinical Social Work Intern
Provided weekly mental health counseling for adults with co-occurring mental health and substance abuse disorders
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Spring 2011 Adjunct Faculty; UNC Chapel Hill School of Social Work
MSW, Advanced Policy 836: Health Access and Disparities Policy MSW, Foundation Research 510: Foundations for Evidence-Based Practice
Fall 2010 Adjunct Faculty; UNC Chapel Hill School of Social Work
MSW, Foundation Policy 530: Foundations of Social Welfare & Social Work
Spring 2010 Adjunct Faculty; UNC Chapel Hill School of Social Work
MSW, Advanced Policy 836: Health Access and Disparities Policy Spring 2009 Adjunct Faculty; Boston University School of Social Work
MSW, Foundation Research Methods 743: Introduction to Social Work Researchand Methods
Spring 2008 Adjunct Faculty; Boston University School of Social Work MSW, Advanced Research Methods 744: Social Work Research II Fall 2008 Co-Instructor; Boston University School of Social Work
MSW, Introductory Social Welfare Policy 700: Scope, Conceptions and History of American Social Welfare
Summer 2008 Adjunct Faculty; Boston University School of Social Work MSW, Advanced Research Methods 744: Social Work Research II Spring 2006 Teaching Assistant; Boston University School of Social Work
MSW, Advanced Research Methods 744: Social Work Research II Lead Teacher: Dr. Judith Gonyea
Fall 2005—Spring 2008 Research Department Tutor; Boston University School of Social Work
Provided statistical and methodological assistance to MSW students enrolled in Research I, II and independent studies
PUBLICATIONS
Zerden, L.D., López, L.M., & Lundgren, L.M. (2010). Needle sharing among Puerto
Rican injection drug users in Puerto Rico and Massachusetts: Place of birth and residence matter. Substance Use and Misuse, 45(10), 1605-1622.
Gonyea, J., Paris, R., & Zerden, L.D. (2008). Adult daughters and aging
mothers: The role of guilt in the experience of caregiver burden. Aging & Mental Health, 12(5), 559-567.
López, L., Zerden, L.D., Fitzgerald, T., & Lundgren, L. (2008). Puerto Rican injection drug users: Prevention implications in Massachusetts and Puerto Rico. Evaluation and Program Planning, 31(1), 64-73.
Hahm, H., Lee, J., Zerden, L.D., Ozonoff, A., Amodeo, M., & Adkins, C. (2008). Longitudinal effects of perceived maternal approval on sexual behaviors of Asian and Pacific Islander (API) young adults. Journal of Youth & Adolescence, 37, 74-84.
Delgado, M., & Zerden, L.D. (2007). Latino cultural assets and substance abuse services:
Opportunity knocks. Special Edition Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work, 16(3/4), 135-142.
Delgado, M., & Zerden, L.D. (2007). Latino cultural assets and substance abuse services:
Opportunity knocks. Reprinted in D. DeAnda (Ed.). Culturally diverse populations: Reflections from pioneers in education and research. New York: Haworth Press.
Zerden L.D., Zerden M., & Billingsworth K. (2006) Caring for home based care workers:
Understanding the needs, fears and motivations of frontline care workers in South Africa. Journal of Southern African HIV Medicine, 24, 38-45.
PUBLICATIONS IN PRESS
Zerden, L.D., López, L.M., & Lundgren, L. (in press). HIV Prevention with Puerto Rican Injection Drug Users. In K. C. Organista (Eds.), HIV Prevention with Latinos: Theory, Research, and Practice of book (pages of chapter). New York: Oxford University Press.
Lundgren, L., Krull, I., Zerden, L.D., & McCarty, D. (in press). Community-based addiction treatment staff attitudes about the usefulness of evidence-based addiction treatment and CBO organizational linkages to research institutions. Evaluation and Program Planning. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Scheyett, A., Fogel, C., Zerden, L.D., Whyms, V., & White, B. (2011). They Just Don’t Care: Justice- Involved Women, HIV Prevention, and the death of hope. Society for Social Work Research National Conference. Tampa, FL.
Krull, I., Lundgren, L., Zerden, L.D, & Amodeo, M. (2010). Community based addiction treatment director and staff attitudes about evidence based treatment and organizational linkages to research institutions. Oral Presentation. Addiction Health Services Research National Conference, Lexington, KY.
Lundgren, L., Amodeo, M., Chasler, D., Zerden, L.D., Horowitz, A., Gowler, R., Cohen, S., Keller, S. (2009). Implementation of evidence-based substance abuse treatment by community-based organizations: Preliminary results from a national study. Oral Presentation. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
Injection Drug Users: Acculturation Matters. Oral Presentation. CDC National HIV
Prevention Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Merighi, J., Chassler, D., Horowitz, A., Zerden, L.D. Gowler, R., Inniss, H., & Lundgren, L. (2009). Sexual Identity and Having a Health Care Provider Among Men Who Have Sex With Men. Poster Presentation. CDC National HIV Prevention Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Zerden, L.D., López, L., & Lundgren, L. (2008, November). Needle sharing, HIV, and acculturation among Puerto Ricans in a dual city study. Oral Presentation. Annual meeting of the Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse, Washington DC. López, L., Zerden, L.D., Fitzgerald, T. & Lundgren, L. (2008). Puerto Rican injection drug
users: Prevention implications in Massachusetts and Puerto Rico. Poster Presentation. Addiction Health Services Research National Conference, Boston, MA.
López, L., Zerden, L.D., Fitzgerald, T., & Lundgren, L. (2008). Puerto Rican injection drug users in Massachusetts and Puerto Rico: HIV, HCV, and other STDs. Poster Presentation. College on Problems of Drug Dependence Annual Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Hahm, H.C., Zerden, L.D., & Lee, A. (2007). The longitudinal effects of adolescent co-morbidity on HIV/STIs. Poster Presentation. Annual meeting of theAmerican Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.
Purington, T., Kuilan, N., Fitzgerald, T., Lundgren, L., Witas, J., & Zerden, L.D. (2007). La Voz:HIV prevention & substance abuse treatment for Latino injection drug users in Springfield, Massachusetts. Oral and Poster Presentation. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Grantees Meeting, Washington, D.C.
Gonyea, J., Paris, R., & Zerden, L.D. (2007). Adult daughters and aging mothers: The experience of guilt and caregiver burden. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, San Francisco, CA.
López, L., Zerden, L.D., Fitzgerald, T., & Lundgren, L. (2007). Differences in HIV risk behaviors and health status between Puerto Rican injection drug users residing on the Island and the United States Mainland. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.
Hahm, H.C. & Zerden, L.D. (2007). Longitudinal predictors of HIV and sexually transmitted
infections (STIs): Gender, depression & substance use. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, Washington, DC.
Zerden, L.D. (2006). South African home-based care workers: Attitudes on HIV and voluntary testing. Poster presented at the annual program meeting of theCouncil on Social Work Education, Chicago, IL.
Zerden, L.D. (2006). Transporting U.S. care work theories to South Africa. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society, Boston, MA.
PRESENTATIONS AT COLLOQUIA:
Lundgren, L., Zerden, L.D. (2009) Theoretical framework and empirical evidence on the relationship between organizational capacity and implementation of evidence based substance abuse treatment by community based organizations. Results from an ongoing study presented to the School of Social Services Administration, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
Zerden, L.D. (2009). Needle sharing of Puerto Rican injection drug users in a dual site study: Location matters. Paper presented at the Boston University Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Sociology and Social Work Colloquium, Boston, MA.
Zerden, L.D. (2005). Examining South African home based care workers attitudes on
HIV/AIDS, voluntary counseling and testing, and AIDS orphans. Paper presented at the Boston University Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Sociology and Social Work Colloquium, Boston, MA.
AWARDS AND HONORS
2009 New Scholars Conference Scholarship from theNational Center for HIV, STD,and TB Prevention and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Atlanta GA
2008—2009 Boston University School of Social Work DissertationWriting Fellowship 2006—2008 Boston University Women Graduates’ Club, CompetitiveScholarship 2004—2006 Boston University, Graduate School Competitive Tuition Award PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP AND SERVICE
2011—Present Social Work Student Organization, Faculty Representative 2009—Present North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition, Board Member 2009—Present Triangle Medical Spouse Association, Board Member
2006—2009 Boston University Graduate Student Organization Social Work Department Representative
2005— Present Council on Social Work Education 2006— 2009 National Association of Social Workers 2004—2005 Greater Boston Food Bank, Volunteer
