LISA EILEEN COX EDUCATION

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LISA EILEEN COX

Curriculum Vitae

OFFICE:

The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences P.O. Box 195, Jimmie Leeds Road

Pomona, NJ 08240-0195

Phone: (609) 652-4310 E-mail: Lisa.Cox@Stockton.edu

Fax: (609) 626-5559

EDUCATION

1991-1997 Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA

Ph.D., Social Work & Social Policy School of Social Work

 Major concentration: Clinical Social Work Practice

Master of Social Work (MSW) School of Social Work

 Major concentration: Health Social Work / Clinical Practice

Graduate Certificate in Aging Studies School of Allied Health (Gerontology)

1978-1982 Bridgewater College Bridgewater, VA

Bachelor of Arts, History and Political Science Double Major, B.A. in Spanish

LICENSURE

1999-present New Jersey, Board of Social Work License (L.C.S.W. #, SC 50032)

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AWARDS & HONORS

2006 Phi Alpha Honor Society East Tennessee State University

Member, Theta Upsilon

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Selected and recognized as an honorary member by the Stockton College social work club

2005 Hartford Foundation CDI CSWE/Washington, DC

Curriculum Development Institute Participant

o Three year project geared to infusing Gerontology content across the social work curriculum

2004 Institute for Geriatric Social Work Boston University

Training Incentive Program award

o Implemented focus groups and training under a program entitled ―Feature Films for Fun-Loving Seniors‖

2003 Centro Panamericano de Idiomas Heredia, Costa Rica

Certificate of Achievement

o Completed a 3-week (68 hours) Special Seminar for Social Sciences

2003 The Richard Stockton College of NJ Pomona, NJ

Mini-Grant Recipient, Participant in Summer 2003 QUAD Program

Research & Professional Development New Directions Mini-Grant

o Gerontology Program Faculty Retreat (Held March 2003)

2002 Project on Death in America Grant Brockport, NY

Faculty Scholar Award

o Participated in Family Unit VI Camp for HIV-affected families, August 28th to September 1, 2002 at Paul Newman’s and Chuck Wood’s Double “H” Ranch in Lake Luzerne, NY.

Research & Professional Development Mini Grant

o Content Analysis of Social Work Field Work Evaluations

Research & Professional Development New Directions Mini Grant

o Learning About Group Work: An Experiential Approach

2001-2002 The Richard Stockton College of NJ Pomona, NJ

Distinguished Faculty Fellowship for Research in College Teaching o Social Work Spanish Immersion Seminar

2001-2002 The Richard Stockton College of NJ Pomona, NJ

Research & Professional Development Grant

o Social Work Spanish Immersion Seminar (Joint Faculty Proposal with Dr. Diane Falk) (Declined once received notification of Distinguished Faculty Fellowship)

Research & Professional Development New Directions Mini Grant o Neurobiology for the Non-Scientist

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Research & Professional Development New Directions Mini Grant o Cultural Diversity Issues in Research Methods

o Lecturer, Dr. Asha Solanky (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)

2000 Who’s Who of American Women

1999 National Institutes of Health Service Award Bethesda, MD

Excellence in Pioneering Social Work Award

o For service rendered to the Richmond AIDS Consortium clinical trials unit of the NIH funded Terry Beirn Community Programs for Clinical Research on AIDS (CPCRA)

1994 National Institutes of Health, NIAID Bethesda, MD

Award for Service to the CPCRA Publications and Presentations Committee

1982 Lambda Society Bridgewater, VA

Honor Society induction at undergraduate level

TEACHING / PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2005-2007 The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey Pomona, NJ

Coordinator/Chair of the Social Work Program

o Spearheaded 3-year Gerontology infusion CDI project o Directed nationwide search for 3 new tenure track positions o Received approval to deliver our program at county college o Organized/Facilitated 2 major all faculty retreats

o Served on Assessment Committee

2003-present The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey Pomona, NJ

Associate Professor of Social Work (Tenured and Promoted December 2003)

1999-2003 The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey Pomona, NJ

Assistant Professor of Social Work  Teaching

o Social Work Program courses

 Senior Seminar in Social Work I & II (capstone course)

 Generalist Social Work Practice Theory and Methods I

 Generalist Social Work Practice Theory and Methods II

 Social Work Junior Practicum / Fieldwork

 Research Methods and Social Work

 Costa Rica Life & Culture (elective) o Gerontology Program courses

 Aging and the Family

 Aging and Spirituality o General Studies courses

 HIV/AIDS: The Epidemic (service learning course)

 Spanish Immersion Seminar (service learning course) o Independent Studies

 Advanced Research Topics

 Health and Mental Health Topics (e.g. HIV, Spirituality)

 Social Work Practice Topics

 Specialized Gerontology Topics

 Costa Rica Life & Culture  Service (College and Community) Teaching  Research

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1997-1999 Virginia Commonwealth University/Medical College of Virginia Richmond, VA

Research Associate NIH funded Richmond AIDS Consortium Clinical Trials Program

Joint Faculty Appointment:

MCV School of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)

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Program Development

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Group Work

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Coordinated constituent Community Advisory Board

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Community Building

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Clinical social work practice (psychotherapy) with HIV-infected population

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Provided crisis intervention and case-management

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Supervised MSW students

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Supervised two community outreach workers

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Developed, reviewed and implemented NIH study protocols

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Designed studies and wrote articles about adherence

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Prepared/submitted grant proposals to agencies & foundations

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Grant Reviewer

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Produced an AIDS educational video (We Journey Together)

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Participated in national and international meetings, HIV related seminars, and conferences

VCU School of Social Work (MSW Program)

o Taught MSW courses at Foundation and Concentration levels

 Human Behavior in the Social Environment, Advanced Clinical course

 Research Methods course

 HIV/AIDS, Advanced Clinical Elective course o Attended faculty meetings

o Participated in curriculum review committee meetings o Guest Lecturer

 SLW 724: Social Work Practice in Medical Settings

 SLW 726: Issues in Health Care & Health SW

 SLW 751: Social Work Practice and AIDS

 SLW 332: Social Work Practice: Fundamentals o Served as an Agency Field Supervisor to MSW students

 Reviewed process recordings

 Completed semester evaluations

 Participated in Field liaison evaluation sessions

1990-1997 VCU/MCV Richmond AIDS Consortium Program Richmond, VA

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Served as the community liaison from the NIH federally funded Terry Beirn Community Programs for Clinical Research on AIDS (CPCRA), Richmond AIDS Consortium program (as research unit under the auspice of Virginia Commonwealth University/Medical College of Virginia’s Division of Infectious Diseases) to multiple community agencies, physicians, and teaching and community hospital personnel. Fulfilled responsibilities as listed above under MCV School of Medicine section.

1988-1990 VCU/MCV Department of Social Work (Neurology Unit) Richmond, VA

Clinical Social Worker

o Provided social work services for a 30-bed adult neurology unit at a large urban teaching hospital

o Provided intensive discharge planning and back-up coverage for other medical/surgical social workers

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o Charted medical records & kept case documentation o Participated in grand rounds

o Participated in departmental and multidisciplinary team meetings o Collaborated with community collaterals

o Developed a unit handbook for attending physicians, residents, medical students & staff o Conducted in-service trainings for Neurology residents

o Conducted Medicaid screenings and assisted with disability applications o Completed comprehensive biopsychosocial assessments

o Provided patient and family education

1987-1988 Richmond Memorial Hospital Social Work Department Richmond, VA

Health Social Worker

o Provided counseling, advocacy, and brokerage services to a wide variety of clients on Neurology and Oncology units at this non-profit community hospital

o Conducted assessments and assisted with discharge planning o Collaborated with community agencies and organizations

o Conducted pre-admission screenings for nursing and adult home placements o Participated in staff development and in-service trainings

o Facilitated I Can Cope support groups for cancer patients and their families o Participated in walking rounds with chief attending physician

1986-1987 Beth Shalom Nursing Home Richmond, VA

2nd year MSW Internship

o Conducted home visits o Completed resident intakes o Updated Medicaid forms

o Facilitated Resident and Family Councils o Participated in treatment team meetings

o Conducted a Reminiscence Therapy group for Holocaust survivors

Summer 1986 Henrico County Mental Health Lakeside House Program Richmond, VA

1st year MSW Block Internship

o Co-supervised psychosocial clubhouse program work unit

o Participated in treatment planning meetings and family education meetings o Completed ongoing client assessments

o Assisted with intakes done at state and local psychiatric facilities o Co-facilitated family support groups

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

2003-present Baccalaureate Program Directors in Social Work Washington, D.C.

o Gerontology Committee, 2004-present

1987-present National Association of Social Workers Washington, D.C. (Membership # 884058199)

National Positions:

o Delegate (NJ) to National Delegate Assembly, 2002

o Chair, Health Committee—Specialty Practice Section 2004-2006 o Editor, SPS Health Section Connection 2005-2006

o Alternate Delegate (NJ) to National Delegate Assembly, 2007-08

1999-present National Association of Social Workers Hamilton, NJ New Jersey Chapter

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State Positions:

o Invited Member, NASW-NJ By-laws Task Force (Sept. 2006-April 2007) o Member, Board of Directors (2000-2004)

o Unit Chairperson for Atlantic, Cape May & Cumberland counties (2000-2004)

1994-present Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) Washington, D.C.

o Member

1987-1999 Virginia Organization of Health Care Social Workers Richmond, VA

o Member

o Chair, VOHCSW Legislative Committee (1991)

SERVICE: College & Community

1999-present The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey Pomona, NJ

 Committee Member, General Education Studies Task Force of Faculty Assembly, January 2005-2007

 Mentor, to Visiting social work assistant professor (2007-2008)

 Appointed Research Chair, SCOSA—Stockton College’s Center on Successful Aging, 2007

 Invited Member, NASW-NJ By-laws Task Force (Fall 2006-Spring 2007)

 Search Committee, Professional Development and Continuing Education, Fall 2006

 Editor, SPS Health Section Connection periodical for NASW Press, Fall 2005-Spring 2006

 Member, College Wide Personal Committee (CPC now called Faculty Review Committee) 2006-07

 Invited Speaker, Stockton’s AIDS Walk (Co-sponsored Sorority Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., October 2, 2005

 Advisor, Social Work Club, 2005-2006

 Member, Stockton Oratorio Society

 Mentor, to new Stockton Psychology Program faculty member, 2005

 Search Committee member, Professional Development and Continuing Education search, Sept.-Dec. 2005

 Alternate Member, College Wide Personnel Committee (CPC), 2004-2005

 Member, United Way Needs Assessment Task Force, 2004-2005

 Co-facilitator/Coordinator, of Civic Engagement ―Curriculum‖ dialogue, April 16,2004

 Liaison,to nationally networked ―Influencing State Policy‖ group, and editor of student who won the ISP

essay contest (published in ISP Newsletter, vol. 8 No. 1, Spring 2004 edition, page 7.

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 Mentor, to new Stockton Economics Program faculty member, 2004

 Facilitator, Organized a feature film series and set of focus groups at the Seashore Gardens Living Center, in Galloway, NJ (October 11, 13, & 17, 2004)

 Co-Facilitator, ―Journey Toward Democracy‖ Civic Engagement Curriculum dialogue, 2003-2004

 Facilitator, ULTRA program entitled ―Careers in Social Work‖ featuring Stockton College Social Work

alumni

 Panelist, Community Scholar’s Forum on Studying Abroad; Held February 12, 2004 in West Quad 103 at

Stockton College, Facilitated by Dr. Janice Joseph, Coordinator of Stockton’s Study Abroad Program

 Mentor, for Stockton Spanish major who competed for a ―Distinguished Student Fellowship‖

(Fall 2003)

 Invited Guest, to honor an older adult student from my Aging and Spirituality class, GRANGE meeting,

Cologne, NJ (April 26, 2003)

 Member of and SFT representative to the Research and Professional Development Proposal Review

committee, 2003 cycle

 Member, South Jersey Institute and Archives Initiative (spearheaded by Dr. Rob Gregg), 2003

 Field Instructor, for senior social work student’s internship with local NASW unit, 2002-2003

 SOBL Dean Search Committee member from the Social Work Program, 2002-2003

 Faculty Member, Caribbean and Latin American Studies Minor, 2003-present

 Faculty Participant, Spring 2003 QUAD Institute

 Contributor, to Stockton College’s 2003 Yearbook—supplied photos of Social Work club event

 Contributing member to the Social Work Program’s Self-Study and Site visit / Re-accreditation process

with the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) site visit team: completed the Library Holdings report, conducted a qualitative study / content analysis on 7 years worth of field work student evaluations, updated the field work manual and fieldwork forms, 2001-2002

 Participant, Gerontology Program re-accreditation site visit, June 2002

 Participant, Social Work Program re-accreditation site visit, September/October 2002

 Liaison, to Feb. 12, 2002 Fourth Annual luncheon for Directors of BSW programs at Fordham University,

NY. This session clarified requirements for letters from BSW programs recommending applicants for advanced standing to Fordham’s MSW program.

 Member, Middle States Institutional Self-Study Public Service and Community Outreach (Engagement)

Committee, 2001-2002

 Mentor, to newest Stockton Social Work Program faculty member, 2001-present

 Certified Member, Stockton College Institutional Review Board (Ethics Committee), 2000-present

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 Presenter, Stockton Day of Scholarship, April 2001, 2003, 2004

 Member, Stockton Oratorio Society, 1999-present

 Stockton representative, NJ Virtual Reality/Technology in the Classroom Workshops, 2000

 Member, Stockton College Gerontology Program faculty, 1999-present

 Preceptor, Social Work students and multiple transfer students, 1999-present

 Volunteer on-call Counselor, After the 9/11 attack and subsequent reflective session (Sept. 2001)

 Volunteer, co-hosted Gerontology program’s benefit screening of ―Surfing for Life‖ (April 2001)

 Volunteer, 4th hole marshal for the Annual LPGA Golf Tournament, held at the Seaview Country Club, that

awards scholarship money to Stockton College students, 2000-2004

 SOBL representative, several Stockton College Open Houses for prospective students

 Sponsor, Student Presenter, NJ Society on Aging Conference, November 2001

 Focus group participant, for RSC General Studies Committee’s 5 year self-study review, January 16, 2001

 Moderator, of the session entitled ―Disparities in Access to Health Care‖ at the RSC sponsored 2000

Conference on Multicultural Health as public Policy—Achieving Our 2010 Goals, September 16, 2001

 Participant, Social Work Program Faculty Meetings

 Participant, SOBL Divisional Meetings

 Member, Search Committees for new Social Work faculty member, 2000-2001

 Participant, RSC Ethics committee meeting coordinated by Dr. Rodger Jackson 1999-2000

1999-present National, State, & Local South Jersey Community: Beyond the college

 Convener, Workshop Session #332 ―Marketing Social Work: Meanings, Signs, and Entrepreneurship.‖

Held at the 22nd Annual Baccalaureate Program Director’s Conference in Detroit, MI, February 29, 2006

 Policy Representative, from Stockton College to AGHE (Association for Gerontologists in Higher

Education): received periodic policy alerts, share them in-house, and act upon them. 2005-present

 Member, BPD Gerontology Committee (2004-2007)

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Chair & Editor, NASW’s Specialty Practice Section’s Health Committee, 2005-2006

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Appointed Member, NASW’s Specialty Practice Section’s Health Committee, 2004-2005

 Member, Influencing State Policy National Network of Social Work Educators, 2004-2005

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 Reviewer, Educator of the Year Nomination’s Committee for TSA-NJ, Inc., Spring 2004

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Moderator, Annual NASW-NJ Conference at Bally’s, Atlantic City, April 26-27, 2004, moderated two

workshop sessions; and, participated in an evening roundtable discussion event called ―Meet Your NASW‖

 Data collector, Assisted Case Western Reserve social work doctoral student Valerie Radu, collect data in

her study designed to explore social work student’s perceptions of gerontology, 2004

 Invited Member, Cumberland County College Advisory Board, 2004

 Faculty representative, Fordham University’s Social Work Director’s meeting, 3/26/04

 NIMH Scientific Review Technical Panel Member, Summer: July 2003, Presented and Reviewed multiple

NIMH Phase II proposals (Small Business Innovative Research—SBIR) on Topics 031 and 033 o Topic 031: Mental Health Science Education materials for Social Work Faculty at Doctoral,

Masters, and Baccalaureate programs

o Topic 033: Minor Offenders with Severe Mental Illness: Development of an Educational Module to Foster Collaboration between Mental Health and Criminal Justice

 Consultant, on a National Hemophilia Foundation (NHF) Social Work Excellence Fellowship, to conduct

research on adherence with prophylaxis with children who have bleeding disorders 1999-2003.

 Executive Board Member, HIV Care Consortium of Atlantic & Cape May counties, 2001-2004

 Consultant, HIV Care Consortium’s Needs Assessment and Priorities (NAP) committee, analyzed

epidemiologic data and wrote a report about new trends in two county areas. Data and report were used by NAP members to present at a July 2003 quarterly meeting and to report to NJ State Health Department officials.

 Manuscript Peer Reviewer, for the journal entitled Families in Society, 1999-present

 Board of Directors Member, NASW-NJ Chapter, 2001-2004

 NASW-NJ Unit Chair, Coordinate CEU activities and membership meetings in the counties of Atlantic,

Cape May and Cumberland, 2001- 2004

 Member, HIV Care Consortium, 1999-2004

 Planner & Contributor, Noyes Museum of Art: Installation of HIV/AIDS Exhibit called ―Storm‖

2001-2002

 Counselor & Visiting Scholar, Family Unit VI Camp for HIV-infected kids and their parents (Lake Lucerne, NY held at Paul Newman’s Double ―H‖ Ranch)

 Manuscript Peer Reviewer, for the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, 2002

 Member, AIDS Task Force coordinated by the Catholic Diocese (spearheaded by Sister Ruth). Participated

in a 3-session focus group about AIDS Ministry in the Diocese of Camden. This group was convened to meet prevention, education and service needs for HIV-infected people of color. A student from my GIS 3628: HIV/AIDS class also attended these meetings held at Saint Pius X Retreat House in Blackwood, NJ, 2001

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 Stockton social work program liaison, connected with local Galloway Long-term care facilities (Alterra (now called Sunrise): Clare Bridge & Wynwood; Generations, Seashore Gardens) to make linkages and discern possibilities for future BSW/Geri student field placements. Collaborated with Stockton SW field coordinator and Gerontology coordinator about same.

 Consultant, to Bay Parrish of Maurice River Township, Cumberland County, to conduct a needs

assessment concerning psychosocial needs in 5 area churches

1991-2004 National Institutes of Health/NIAID Bethesda, MD

Compliance 012 Protocol Team Member

 Designed and Implemented a nested applied research study into 2 treatment protocols  Writing team member

Community Service Prior To Stockton College

1991-1999 HRSA funded Mid-Atlantic AIDS Education & Training Center Richmond, VA

Member, Advisory Board

 Provided workshops and training  Consultation

 Advocacy

 Grant writing and reviewing

1998 NIH Community Programs for Clinical Research on AIDS Bethesda, MD

Member, Community Constituency Group

Community Advisory Board Evaluation Task Force

Education & Training Task Force: Workshop on ―Community Advisory Boards‖ for staff liaisons at 18 national AIDS clinical trial units.

1995-1999 NIH/DAIDS (Division of AIDS) Bethesda, MD

Member, Research Implementation Committee of the Terry Beirn Community Programs for Clinical Research on AIDS (CPCRA)

1992 NIH/CPCRA Bethesda, MD

Communications Task Force

1991-1994 NIH/CPCRA Bethesda, MD

Member, Publications and Presentations Committee

Chair, CPCRA Community Outreach Subgroup Co-chair, CPCRA Social Work Subgroup

Member, Women, Children, Injecting Drug User’s, People of Color and Adolescents Advocacy Group

Clinical Supervisor

 Provided LCSW supervision to MSW case-managers who were responsible for assessing and admitting HIV-infected clients into a federally funded (HUD) HIV/AIDS Guest House.

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1998 Ryan White Care Act (Title II) Richmond, VA

Chair, Program Development committee

 Facilitated the completion of the 1998-1999 work plan

Member, Patient Advocacy Group for the VCU/MCV Infectious Disease clinic

1996 Jewish Community Center Educational Series Richmond, VA

Panelist, ―Awakening the Jewish Heart‖ educational event on HIV/AIDS policy issues

1992-1999 VCU Mid-Atlantic Education and Training Center Richmond, VA

Member

 VCU HIV/AIDS Center Steering Committee  VCU Clinical Care Working Group

1991-1999 Ryan White HIV Care Consortium (Title II, Central VA) Richmond, VA

Member

 Attended quarterly meetings  Participated in site visits

1991-1997 Richmond AIDS Consortium Richmond, VA

Editor, monthly newsletter to community physicians and clinics participating in the NIH CPCRA research

1991-1999 Science Museum of Virginia Richmond, VA

Community Education Coordinator, Treatments for Life: Living with HIV/AIDS

 Developed, publicized, and evaluated quarterly HIV treatment education program

1991-1998 Virginia General Assembly Richmond, VA

Participant, AIDS Lobby Day

 Advocated and helped coordinate yearly Lobby Day for agency staff involved with HIV-work

1991-1999 Virginia Bureau of STD/AIDS Richmond, VA

Certified Regional AIDS Trainer

 Orientations of peer HIV prevention/education trainers

 Attended monthly planning meetings at the Virginia League of Planned Parenthood

1990-1999 Richmond AIDS Consortium (RAC) Richmond, VA

Founder and facilitator, Community Advisory Board of RAC  Oriented new members

 Updated by-laws

 Coordinated yearly retreats  Managed the CAB budget

 Coordinated monthly meetings and quarterly community education forums

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

2007 CSWE GERO-ED Center CDI Charleston, SC

Participant, Geriatric Social Work Initiative (Year 3), Hartford Foundation funded  February 2007 meeting in Charleston, SC at CSWE APM conference

2006 GERO-ED Center Curriculum Development Institute NY

Participant, Geriatric Social Work Initiative (Year Two), Funded by Hartford Foundation  June 1-2, 2006 meeting at Yeshiva University, Wurzweiller School of Social Work

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2005 34th SANJ Annual Conference Iselin, NJ

Participant, (Nov 17) Attended Breakout Sessions on:

 ―Spiritual Passages: Embracing Life’s Sacred Journey‖ / Dr. Drew Leder  ―Time Management: Why do we clutter‖ / Lynn Biot-Gordon, LCSW

2005 NASW-NJ Local Unit Meeting EHT, NJ

Attendee, Ethics Presentation (1 CEU) held at Family Service Assoc., Oct. 25th

2005 GERO-ED Center Curriculum Development Institute Boston, MA

Participant, Geriatric Social Work Initiative, Funded by The John A. Hartford Foundation  June 17-18, 2005 meeting on the Simmons College campus in Boston, MA  CEU credit obtained

 Networking and planning on how to infuse gerontology content into social work courses

2005 51st Annual Program Meeting of the CSWE

Participant, Planning Session of the national ―Influencing State Policy‖ group, Feb. 26-March 1

2005, 2004, 2003 Centro Panamericano de Idiomas, Heredia, Costa Rica

Study Tour Co- Organizer and Participant

 3 week language school and immersion experience

 Service learning projects and workshops with lecturers (Alajuela Hospital, University of Costa Rica, PANI—family and child welfare division of Costa Rica)

2005 CSWE Annual Program Meeting New York City, NY

Participant Feb. 26th-March 1st

2004 Baccalaureate Program Director’s Meeting Detroit, MI

Convener Nov. 3rd-7th

2004 Institute on Gerontologic Social Work Atlantic City, NJ

Presenter/Facilitator Carnegie Library venue, October 27th

Workshop co-sponsored by Stockton SOWK and PDCE programs

2004 Society on Aging of New Jersey Jamesburg, NJ

Conference Participant, Accompanied Gerontology students & faculty o Workshops attended (4.0 CEU, Nov.)

2003 The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey Pomona, NJ

Participant in QUAD Institute (Attended 3 sessions, presented final project)

2003 Winthrop University Field Work Institute Rock Hill, SC

Presenter and attendee

o Attended workshops on: field instruction & safety and social work practice

2004 NASW-NJ Workshops

Coordinator and Attendee

 Social Work Spanish Immersion Seminar in Costa Rica (September 2003) 2 non-clinical CEUs  Body Beautiful: Eating Disorders Rampant Part I (Jan. 28, 2004) 3 clinical CEUs

 Not Thin Enough: Eating Disorders Rampant Part II (Feb. 27, 2004) 3 clinical CEUs  Helping Family Members Cope with Chronic Illness (March 12, 2004) 3 non-clinical CEUs  The Eden Alternative at Generations (June 23, 2004) 1 non-clinical CEU

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2004 NASW-NJ Annual Conference in Atlantic City

Moderator & Workshop Participant (April 26th – 27th )

o Sunday 4/26: Moderated a 4 hour workshop, ―Challenges of Adopted Children)

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Monday 4.27: Moderated a 2 hour workshop, Suicide Risk Reduction: The Potential Contribution of Medication‖

2003 NASW-NJ Workshops, held at The Richard Stockton College of NJ

Coordinator and Attendee

o Incorporating Spirituality in Social Work Practice (January 29, 2003) 4 clinical CEUs

o Managing Child and Adolescent Behavior Problems Workshop (March 3, 2003) 4 clinical CEUs o Tourette Syndrome: A Seminar for Educational Professionals (April 2003)

o May 25, 2003 article on this event was written by Diane D’Amico (Education Writer, 609/272-7241) and published in the Atlantic City Press

2003 NASW-NJ Annual Conference in Atlantic City

Presenter and Workshop Participant (April 27th – 29th )

o Sunday 4/27: Gave a 4 hour presentation on ―Demystifying Tourette Syndrome‖

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Workshops attended:

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Keynote: Terrence Real, LICSW (expert on covert depression in men)

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Relational Recovery Therapy: Reconnecting Men and Women

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Constructive Criticism: Its Role in Supervision of Social Work Practice

2003 The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey Pomona, NJ

Workshop attendee, for ―A Dialogue with the Commissioner of Human Services for the state of NJ‖ – {Panel presentation on: Strengthening families: The role of government, community and human service professionals} April 17th

2002 Society on Aging of New Jersey Jamesburg, NJ

Conference Participant, Accompanied students and Gerontology program coordinator o Conference Title: ―Empowerment: Ourselves, Our Elders, Our Communities‖ o Workshops attended (4.0 CEU, Nov. 6th):

o Keynote: Tools of Empowerment

o People who push your buttons: Coping strategies o Empowerment through Creativity

2002 Penn State Gerontology Center at University Park State College, PA

Participant at conference on ―Religious Influences on Health and Well-being in the Elderly.‖ (October 7th and 8th )

2002 Syracuse University, Center for Policy Research Syracuse, NY

Invited Participant, Summer Institute on Policy and Gerontological Research  Received current policy information on older adults

 Completed a 3-week module on long-term care and worked on refining a syllabus for a course on ―Aging and Spirituality‖

2002 Understanding & Serving Deaf & Hard of Hearing

Citizens Conference at Cumberland County College Vineland, NJ

Conference Participant (June 18th, 8:30a.m.---3:00 p.m.)

C0-sponsored by State of NJ Division of Youth & Family Services

2002 NASW-NJ Annual Conference Atlantic City, NJ

Facilitated Luncheon Meeting of the South Jersey Unit (April 28th – 30th) Conference participant. Attended workshops on:

 Working Effectively with Couples – 2 clinical credits

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 Avoid Burnout through Breathing Techniques – 2 clinical credits

 12 Vital Ties that Open your Heart, Lengthen your life, and Deepen Your Soul – 1 clinical credit  Plenary: Attention Deficit Disorder Issues by author/psychiatrist Edward H. Hallowell, M.D.

2002 ISCT Workshop, Stockton College Pomona, NJ

Workshop attendee, Teaching Today’s College Students (April)

2001 Association for Gerontologists in Higher Education (AGHE) San Jose, CA

Conference Participant (Fairmont Hotel, February 22nd -25th)

 Spirituality and Aging session

 Working with Japanese American Older Adults

 Keynote: Issues of Time and Staffing in Long-term Care

2001 ISCT Workshop, Stockton College Pomona, NJ

Workshop attendee, General Studies: All the Reasons (August 29th)

Workshop attendee, The Assessment of Learning (January 12th)

2001-present Stockton College Technology Boot Camp sessions Pomona, NJ

Participant, Sessions on: Using Electronic Classrooms, Web Caucus, Front Page, etc.

2000 Society on Aging of New Jersey Conference Monroe Township, NJ

Attendee, Ethics for End-of-Life Care: Innovations and Unfinished Agendas Workshops attended (Nov. 16th at Forsgate Country club):

 Facing the Patient, Facing Ourselves: Culture and End-of-Life Ethics  NJ Innovations in Ethics and Palliative Care

 Facing the End of Life: Of What Value is Spirituality?

2000 AHEC “HIV Treatment and Care Symposium” Atlantic City

Participant, 9th Annual Symposium. Attended:  Plenary session on Hepatitis C and HIV  Community acquired pneumonia and HIV

 Working with culturally diverse HIV-infected clients  Intensive session on Hepatitis C

(October 25th)

2000 Annual Conference on Rural Health & Mental Health Presque Isle, ME

Presenter, Workshop/Poster Session on Assisted Living Attendee, Workshop session topics included:

 Working with the suicidal adolescent

 Delivering Innovative Programs to Older Adults  Counseling Domestic Violence victims

1999 ISCT, Inaugural Group at Stockton College Pomona, NJ

New Faculty Member Participant, Fall semester

 Discussed and learned about innovative pedagogical techniques

 Examined how to rigorously and scientifically study aspects of college teaching

Jr. Faculty Member, Writer’s Group (School of Social Work)

 Attended monthly meetings to discuss and plan scholarly writing projects Participant, VCU Office of Faculty Affairs Workshops and Seminars

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 Attended meetings to acquire and enhance good skills and techniques in: effective teaching, presenting, publishing, and grant writing

o Attended session entitled ―Professors are from Mars and Students are from Venus‖

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

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GRANT-RELATED RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

2004 Recipient of a $1,000 Training Incentive Program award from Boston University’s

Institute for Geriatric Social Work to coordinate a program called ―Feature Films for Fun-Loving Seniors‖--focus groups for older adults and training for area counseling and education

professionals.

1999-2004 Consultant& Manuscript Writer, National Hemophilia Foundation (NHF) Social Work Excellence Fellowship.

Provided consultation services to Principal Investigator Karyn Walsh, former Project Director of the VCU/MCV Hemophilia Treatment Center, in Richmond, VA and current coordinator of Bereavement programs at NASW main office in Washington, D.C. Our research is a multi-center study focusing on ―Factors Related to Adherence with Prophylactic Treatments In Children With Bleeding Disorders.‖ Data collection was completed over 6 months and the data analysis and writing stages began in July 2002. Data collection occurred at five major Hemophilia Treatment Centers (HTCs) including: Virginia Commonwealth University, Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C., Johns Hopkins, the University of Virginia, and Kings Daughters in Norfolk, VA.

1991-2004 Writing and Protocol Team Member, National Institutes of Allergy and Infections Disease’s Terry Beirn Community Programs for Clinical Research on AIDS (CPCRA) Compliance 012 Study. This social and behavioral-related study was nested in two AIDS clinical trials (PCP prophylaxis and NuCombo treatment study) beginning in 1991. Data for the main clinical trials have been published in leading medical journals. C. Lynn Besch, M.D. (Tulane, Division of Infectious Diseases) is the Principal Investigator and lead writer of our manuscript that will be submitted to the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. Our article is entitled Predictors of medication adherence in a PCP prophylaxis trial from the Terry Beirn Community Programs for Clinical Research (CPCRA) on AIDS. Data for this manuscript have been closely scrutinized by biostatisticians at the University of Minnesota, who are also on the writing team and contracted employees by the NIH funded CPCRA initiative.

2003 Recipient of a $400.00 Research and Professional Development New Directions Mini Grant to coordinate a Gerontology Faculty Member program retreat, held in March.

2000-present Co-investigator and Co-author of a study entitled Perceptions of communication and respect from co-workers: A comparison of employees with and without prior long-term care work experience. Dr. Ameda Manetta (Winthrop University, Rockhill, SC) and I have collected data from personnel who work in assisted living facilities in NJ and SC. The survey questionnaire was developed in spring 2000. Data were collected and analyzed in 2001. A manuscript is under review at the Journal of Applied Gerontology.

Summer 2003, Editor Jim Mitchell at East Carolina University, advised that the article had been sent to reviewers in July.

2002 Recipient of a $600.00 Research and Professional Development Mini Grant entitled ―A Content Analysis of Social Work Student Field Work Evaluations.‖ This award provided funds to pay two social work students (who were involved in an Advanced

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Research Independent Study with me) to code and input data into an Excel spreadsheet

which was later merged into a SPSS data file for analysis? A report was generated from these data and included in the social work program’s Fall 2002 self-study material for our site visit re-accreditation reviewers from the Council of Social Work Education.

2001 Recipient of a $5,000.00 Distinguished Faculty Fellowship (Research in College Teaching) from The Richard Stockton College of NJ to experience and design a Social Work Spanish Immersion Seminar with Dr. Diane Falk. Traveled to Costa Rica (May 12, 2001 to June 19, 2001) and completed a home-stay experience and a 4-week language course in schools located in Heredia, Monteverde, and Playa Flamingo. The course was offered though the Centro Panamericano de Idiomas (CPI).

2001 Recipient of a $400.00 Research and Professional Development New Directions Mini Grant entitled ―Learning about Group Work: An Experiential Approach.‖ This award provided payment for an outside skilled social work group leader and practitioner to provide an intensive 5-week group work experience in my Spring 2002 semester Practicum II (Group Work) course.

2001 Recipient of a $250.00 Research and Professional Development New Directions Mini Grant entitled Neurobiology for the Non-Scientist: Psyche, Synapse and Addictions. Funds paid for Dr. Harriete Johnson (Professor of Research and Social Work at the University of Connecticut) to present to both social work majors and the Stockton College Biology Program faculty and students in January 2001. Dr. Ralph Werner wrote a letter of support for this venture.

2001 Recipient of a $2900.00 Research and Professional Development grant (Joint Faculty Proposal with Dr. Diane Falk) to develop a Spanish Immersion course for social workers. This award was declined because we were awarded the Distinguished Faculty

Fellowship.

2000 Recipient of a $250.00 Research and Professional Development New Directions Mini Grant to compensate Dr. Asha Solanky (Clinical Director of Psychiatric Services from Virginia Commonwealth University’s Medical College of Virginia Department of Psychiatry to present to both my Practicum II class and Research Methods and Social Work class on Cultural Diversity Issues in Research and Practice.

Grant Proposal Writing, Management & Implementation

Roche Pharmaceuticals, Inc.: Unrestricted educational grant of $3,000. Managed funds to conduct a public forum on HIV community-based treatments. Funded July 1998.

Agouron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.: Unrestricted educational grant of $500.00. Conducted a free public education seminar on HIV treatment strategies. Funded April 1998.

Virginia Health Care Foundation: A proposal to fund an initiative, entitled FABE (Fighting AIDS By Educating) designed to use focus group intervention strategies to increase health and mental health awareness and access to primary care and AIDS clinical trials research with medically underserved people residing in low income housing projects. February 1998.

Roche Labs. Inc.: Unrestricted educational grant of $2,000.00. Managed funds to conduct a public forum on HIV research studies and print a resource guide entitled Surviving HIV. Funded Fall 1997.

Abbott Laboratories: Unrestricted educational grant of $2,500.00. Managed funds to cover expenses incurred to market, conduct, and evaluate public educational forums on HIV/AIDS treatment issues. Funded Spring 1996.

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Ryan White Title II: Prepared and submitted a grant proposal for Client Emergency service funds to assist clients obtain needed medications, medical supplies, nutritional supplements; and to cover the cost of health care visits. Funded June 1996 for $3,000.00.

National Institutes of Health: Assisted the Richmond AIDS Consortium unit’s Principal Investigator, Thomas M. Kerkering, M.D., in the preparation and submission of competitive renewal RO1 grant applications to the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Division of AIDS, for funds to continue membership in the federally funded Terry Beirn Community Programs for Clinical Research on AIDS (CPCRA) initiative. In 1995, refunded for another 5 years for $2.2 million.

Grant Reviewer / Evaluator

National Institutes of Mental Health: 10 Sep 2004, Reviewer, SBIR (Phase III proposals), Rockville, MD. National Institutes of Mental Health: Summer 2003, Scientific Review Technical Panel member, reviewed and presented grant proposals for SBIR—Small Business and Innovations in Research grant cycle.

National Institutes of Health: 1991-1992, Scientific Review Panel: Behavioral Science Review Section, reviewed grant applications for scientific merit and clinical relevance.

The Community Foundation: 1990-1994, on behalf of the Greater Richmond Community Foundation AIDS Partnership Fund, reviewed grant applications from community agencies and AIDS service organizations and made recommendations for funding. Participated in qualitative evaluation follow-up interview sessions.

State of Virginia, Division of STD/AIDS: 1993-1994, reviewed grant proposals from statewide AIDS Service Organizations and made recommendations for funding and inclusion of outcomes research.

Additional Grant Consultation

HIV Care Consortium of Atlantic and Cape May Counties: 2003, analyzed needs assessment data and wrote a report for the Needs Assessment and Priorities committee to use for a major community presentation.

National Hemophilia Foundation Social Work Excellence Fellowship: 1999-2004, serve as a paid consultant to VCU Principal Investigator on a research study investigating adherence with prophylaxis issues in children with bleeding disorders.

Ryan White Title II: 1997-1998, served as a peer reviewer. Guided by regulations, conducted site visits to agencies of sub-awardees, and evaluated requisite documentation related to the direct services being provided to their HIV infected clients.

Science Museum of Virginia: 1993, served as a consultant on the Focus on AIDS community education forum project, sponsored by and held at the Science Museum of Virginia. This 8 week series was funded by The Community Foundation; it was developed from the ―Mini Med School‖ model and was targeted to educate school age children and their teachers and parents about HIV disease.

Richmond AIDS Ministry: 1990-1991, served as a consultant on the planning committee that submitted a proposal to the agency of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to seek monies for an AIDS Hospice program.

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Additional Research Experience

1999-present Manuscript reviewer for the journal entitled Families in Society. Reviewed 4 manuscripts during Fall 2006-Fall 2007 cycle. Reviewed 3 manuscripts and one book during the Fall 1999- Summer 2000 period. Reviewed other manuscripts, since August 2001, on topics ranging from health social work and gerontology to HIV/AIDS and spirituality. Also completed and submitted a second book review on ―Defiance in Families‖ in the winter of 2002.

2002-present Manuscript reviewer for the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. Reviewed manuscript that cited my 1998 publication on community advisory boards in AIDS clinical trials research.

2002-present Assisted with survey questionnaire development for a needs assessment that students used in their fieldwork—Sister Jean’s Kitchen (under the auspice of Brigantine Church)

2001 Assisted with data collection on a survey regarding children’s behaviors. The purpose of this study was to develop a psychological measurement instrument to better assess the needs of children and adolescents. Collaborated with Dr. A. Suzanne Boyd at Vanderbilt University’s Center for Mental Health Policy, in Nashville, TN (Summer/Fall)

2001 Children’s Initiative of NJ Project: Cape Counseling Services. Student Applied

Research Project supervision in conjunction with Social Work Field Coordinator, Barry Keefe, and 3 agency field supervisors in Cape May County. Examined existing agency data to learn about issues of school performance and delinquency in families receiving CART services. (Spring semester)

2000 Conducted a Community/Congregational Needs Assessment in 5 churches in Maurice River Township, Cumberland County, NJ. The analyzed data have been used by the Bay Parish committee to justify the need for church sponsored community education forums. To date, the Bay Parish has provided programs on stress management, financial

management and living wills. (Note letter from Rev. Hess in appendix of file)

2000 Ongoing collaboration with Dr. Manetta (Assistant Professor of Social Work at Winthrop University, Rockhill, SC). She and I, along with our students, have replicated a study about levels of respect and communication among staff who work in Assisted Living settings. Data have been partially analyzed and one article has been written and submitted to a journal.

1999 In November, completed and submitted NASW Survey on Author’s Experience in publishing in

NASW journals during 1998. (Lead researcher/author, Dr. Bruce Thyer—formerly at the University of Georgia and now Dean at Florida State University has

published an article from this research in a leading social work journal.

1990-August 1999 (Previous Research Experience at Virginia Commonwealth University/RAC)

Multicenter Experimental Research

NIH Sponsored CPCRA Clinical Trial Protocols Participated In (Enrolled and Counseled HIV-infected patients in the following studies)

Prophylaxis of Toxoplasmosis ddI vs. ddC

Prophylaxis of PCP (Sulfa Tolerant & Sulfa Intolerant) NuCombo Study (ddI, ddC, AZT)

Compliance 012 Study MAC Prophylaxis 1 TB Registry

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Observational Fungal Study

GP-160 HIV Vaccine Study (Civilian site of Walter Reed Army Hospital study) CMV Prophylaxis with Oral Gancyclovir

MAC Prophylaxis 2 MAC Treatment Nelfinavir vs. Ritonavir

BIS-POM PMEA (Adefovir dipovoxil) Genotypic Antiretroviral Resistance Testing

CR-MAC (Disseminated Mycobacterium avium Complex disease) IL-2

FIRST PIP

Industry/Pharmaceutical Sponsored Studies Participated In

Nevirapine Delavirdine Lamivudine Cryptococcal Meningitis Quantitative Dissertation (Completed December 1997)

Ex post facto quantitative research to discern the relative influence of social support and other mediating variables on the medication compliance of 179 HIV-infected study participants enrolled in a combination therapy treatment study.

Cancer patients’ perceptions of their physicians level of empathy (Fall 1994-Spring 1995)

Semester project for a Directed Research class that involved completing a pilot study and writing a RO1 grant proposal to measure patient compliance with keeping appointments and taking medications. Results were submitted to the Agency of Health Care Policy and Research.

Qualitative / Constructivist

Constructivist analysis of the experience of clinical trial study participants in and AIDS vaccine study (Spring 1995) Directed Research project that used constructivism (grounded theory) to explore what it meant for people to participate in a longitudinal AIDS vaccine study.

SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles

Cox, L.E., Falk, D., & Colon, M. (2006). Spanish language and cultural immersion for social work students. Journal of Baccalaureate Social Work, 11(2), 61-77.

Cox, L.E. (2005). What health care social workers should know about adherence issues. Health Section Connection, (Summer edition). Washington D.C.: NASW Press, pages 1 & 10-11.

Cox, L. E. (2005). Full circle: Spiritual therapy for the elderly (Book Review), The Journal of End-of-Life and Palliative Care, 1(4), 97-101.

Cox, L. (Summer 2004). College students take theory to the streets near Atlantic City New Jersey. Generator: Journal for Service-Learning and Youth Leadership, 22(3), 39.

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Cox, L.E. (Sept/Oct 2003). Book Review: Defiance in the family: Finding hope in therapy. Families in Society, 84(2), 297-299.

Walsh, K., & Cox, L.E., Massey, G., Kuhn, J., Johnson, R., Farmer, J., & Blythe, M. (July/August 2003). Children & prophylactic therapy: Findings to help families and providers. Hemaware, 8(4), 24-28.

Cox, L.E. (2002). Social support, medication compliance and HIV/AIDS. Social Work in Health Care, 35(1/2), 425-460.

Cox, L.E., & Burdick, D. (Sept/Oct 2001). Integrating research projects into field work experiences: Enhanced training for undergraduate geriatric social work students. Educational Gerontology, 27(7), 597-608.

Cox, L.E. (Sept/Oct 2000). Book Review: Comments on Elder abuse and neglect in residential care settings. Families in Society, 81(5), 547-548.

Cox, L.E., Rouff, J., Markowitz, M., Svendsen, K., & Abrams, D. (1998). Community advisory boards: Their roles in AIDS clinical trials. Health and Social Work, 23(4), 290-297.

Cox, L.E. & Kerkering, T.M. (1993). Grievance procedures: Assurance for the HIV infected study participant. AIDS Patient Care Journal, 7(1), (February) 20-21.

Electronic Professional (Journal) Publications

Cox, L. (accepted August 24, 2007). Diabetes: Knowledge and Interventions, NASW-DC Specialty Practice Section Consumer Web site. (www.HelpStartsHere.org is an award-winning consumer Web site that receives more than 90,000 visits per month.)

Textbook Reviews

Acknowledgements (Preface page xvi). Reviewed The Social Work Skills Workbook 95th edition) per request of author Barry Cournoyer. April 2, 2007.

Acknowledgements (Introduction, p. 1) Reviewed Applied Social Research: A Tool for the Human Services (7th edition) textbook, per invitation of Brooks/Cole and Thomson/Wadsworth publisher. (Spring 2007)

Peer Reviewed Invited Book Chapter

Cox, L. (2002). Social support, medication compliance and HIV/AIDS. Social Work Health and Mental Health-Practice, Research and Programs. Guest editors: Alun C. Jackson, and Steven. P. Segal) The Haworth Social Work Practice Press, NY: The Haworth Press, Inc..

Peer Reviewed (Other) Publications In Print (e.g. collection of course outlines)

Cox, L.E. (June, 2002). Syllabus: Aging and the Family. Washington, D.C.: NASW Press and SAGE-SW (Strengthening Aging and Gerontology Content in Social Work Education).

This publication contains 16 selected syllabi, case studies and other resources about aging. Such content was designed for educators to use to infuse aging content into courses/lectures.

Published Newsletter Articles

Cox, L. E. (Summer 2005). Adherence Issues for Social Workers, The Health Section Connection, Newsletter of the NASW Specialty Practice Section/Health Committee, volume 1, 1-11. .

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Cox, L. E. (Summer, 2005). Clinical Trials: A fascinating Venue. The Health Connection, newsletter of the NASW Specialty Practice Section/Health Committee, pages 3-6.

Cox, L. E. (Winter, 2005). Seashore Gardens Partners with Local College for Focus Group Study, Boardwalk Times, newsletter of the Seashore Gardens Living Center, page 7.

Cox, L. E. (Winter, 2005). Feature Films Study at SGLC. Jewish Times, page 10.

Cox, L.E. (June, 2004). Educational Resources for Health Care Social Workers. The Health Section Connection, Newsletter of the NASW Specialty Practice Section/Health Committee, volume 1, pages 10-11.

Cox, L.E. (June, 2004). Continuing Education Opportunities in South Jersey, FOCUS: NASW-NJ Chapter Newsletter, volume XIII, No. 8, pages 2, 8.

Goldsborro, A., Cox, L. (editor) (Spring 2004). Student’s Perspective on Attending the Influencing State

Policy (ISP) program. ISP Newsletter, volume 8, No. 1, page 7.

Cox, L.E. (December, 2004). Unit Happenings in Atlantic, Cape May & Cumberland Counties, FOCUS: NASW-NJ Chapter Newsletter, volume XIII, No. 6, page 11.

Cox, L.E. (May/June, Summer 2003). In The Schools of Social Work: Stockton Hosts Empowerment Civics, FOCUS: NASW-NJ Chapter Newsletter, volume XIII, No. 3, pp. 5 and 10.

Cox, L.E. (March/April, Spring 2003). Teaching Social Security, FOCUS: NASW-NJ Chapter Newsletter, volume XIII, No. 2, pp. 8 and 18.

Forbey, T., & Cox, L.E. (Spring/2003). NJ Student Shows Assemblyman the Way. Influencing State Policy Newsletter, volume 7, No. 1, p. 8.

Cox, L.E. (January/February, Winter 2003). Happenings: Board, Unit & Committee News, FOCUS: NASW-NJ Chapter Newsletter, volume XIII, No. 3, p. 6.

Cox, L.E. (November/December, Fall 2002). Learning Spanish the Costa Rican Way: NASW Members Tell Their Stories, FOCUS: NASW-NJ Chapter Newsletter, volume XIII, No. 2, pp. 8-10.

Cox, L.E. (Summer 2002). Gerontology Resources Shared, FOCUS: NASW-NJ Chapter Newsletter, volume XII, No. 6, pp. 5-6.

Dissertation

Cox, L. (1997). The relative influence of social support on the medication compliance of people with HIV infection. Dissertation, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.

Interview

Friday, June 22, 2007 with Social Work Today writer David Surface. Focused on the social worker’s role in helping people with HIV disease manage medication adherence issues. Interview content will be published and featured in a forthcoming issue of this on-line and paper periodical.

Interviews Published

Slaven, P. (June 2004). Social Worker’s Role in Medication Adherence. NASW News, volume No. , page.

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Conference Proceedings

Cox, L. E. (2006). Effectiveness of Using Films and Focus Groups with Older Adults. (Editors: Locke, B. & Majaewski, V.) West Virginia University, Division of Social Work sponsored, Proceedings from the 30th National Institute on Social Work and Human Services in Rural Areas, Shepherdstown, WV conference, pages 36-47.

Cox, L.E. (April, 2003). Demystifying Tourette Syndrome. Proceedings from the annual NASW-NJ conference, Atlantic City, NJ.

Walsh, K., Massey, G., Kuhn, J., Cox, L.E., Farmer, J., Mellicent, B., Johnson R. (Nov/Dec 2002). Children with bleeding disorders: Biopsychosocial variables related to adherence in prophylaxis, Hemaware, Published Abstracts PSY-3, p. 12.

Cox, L.E.. (November, 2002). Adherence issues in children with hemophilia. Abstract and Proceedings of the 54th Annual Meeting of the National Hemophilia Foundation, Orlando, FL.

Cox, L.E. (November 2001). Adherence strategies for health and well-being. Proceedings of the 53rd Annual Meeting of the National Hemophilia Foundation, Nashville, TN

Cox, L.E. (September 2001). How to develop, implement, evaluate and institutionalize culturally and linguistically competent services. Proceedings of the Eastern Region Diversity Sensitivity & Competency

conference, sponsored by American Cancer Society, NJ Public Health Association, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, and UMDNJ, Atlantic City, NJ.

Cox, L.E. (December 2000). Spirituality and HIV. Proceedings of the HIV Medical Update 2000 Conference, sponsored by UMDNJ, NJ AIDS Education and Training Center, Garden State Infectious Disease Associates, Kennedy Health System, Cherry Hill, NJ.

Cox, L.E. (November 2000). Applying research methods to clinical practice (for Social Workers in Hemophilia Treatment Centers). Proceedings of the 52nd Annual Meeting of the National Hemophilia Foundation), Anaheim, FL.

Cox, L.E. (June 2000). Honoring spirituality and using group work and community organization strategies to establish HIV/AIDS ministries in African American churches. Proceedings of the Annual HIV & Social Work Conference, San Diego, CA.

Cox, L.E. (June 1998). Adapting to mom’s HIV+ status: Changing responses in the family and social systems. Proceedings from NIMH conference on the role of families in preventing and adapting to HIV/AIDS, Washington, D.C.

Cox, L.E. (January 1998). Social support, medication compliance and HIV/AIDS. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Social Work in Health and Mental Health, Melbourne, Australia.

Cox, L.E., et al. (July 1996). HIV/AIDS community-based clinical trials achieve low lost-to-follow up rates. Proceedings of the Xth International AIDS Conference, (Abstract #4742), Vancouver, British Columbia.

Cox, L.E. (June 1996). The spiritual dimension: Existentialism and HIV/AIDS. Proceedings from the 8th International Social Work and AIDS Conference. Atlanta, GA.

Besch, L., Cox, L., et al. (July 1994). Determinants of levels of compliance in patients enrolled in a PCP prophylaxis protocol (CPCRA) baseline data. Proceedings from IXth International AIDS Conference, (Abstract), Yokohoma, Japan.

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Cox, L.E. (June 1993). Community advisory boards: A communication bridge in AIDS clinical trials. Proceedings of the 5th International Social Work and AIDS Conference, San Francisco, CA.

Cox, L.E. & Markowitz, M. (July 1992). AIDS clinical trial social workers in the CPCRA. Proceedings of the VIIIth International AIDS Conference, (Abstract # 3875), Amsterdam, Holland.

Cox, L.E. (June 1992). The place of mutual reciprocity: Care provider-study participant compliance in AIDS clinical trials. Proceedings of the 4th International Social Work and AIDS Conference, Washington, D.C. Cox, L.E. (July 1991). Grievance procedures in community-based AIDS trials. Proceedings of the VIIth International AIDS Conference, (Abstract), Florence, Italy.

Cox, L.E. & Markowitz, M. (July 1991). Community advisory boards in the CPCRA. Proceedings of the VIIth International AIDS Conference, (Abstract), Florence, Italy.

Cox, L.E. (June 1991). Advocating for prisoners in AIDS research. Proceedings of the 3rd International Social Work and AIDS Conference, New Orleans, LA.

Virtual Publications

(2002) Costa Rica Life & Culture (course web site):

http://www.stockton.edu/~coxl/

(2002) HIV/AIDS: The Epidemic (course web site):

http://www.stockton.edu/~coxl/

(2002) Lisa Cox’s Web Page (personal / professional web site):

http://www.stockton.edu/~coxl

Research Reports

(2003) HIV CC Needs Assessment: Trends in HIV/AIDS reporting in New Jersey (2002) RSC Agency Field Supervisor’s Perceptions of BSW Field work

(2000) RSC BSW Interest in Biology and Spanish courses.

Community & College Publications

(e.g. Executive summaries, Letters to the Editor)

Cox, L. (March 2002). Letter to the Editor: Don’t Forget Social Workers. The Atlantic City Press.

Works in Progress

Cox, L. E. & Manetta, A. (under revision). Perceptions of communication and respect from coworkers: A comparison of employees with and without prior long-term care work experience. (Last submitted to Journal Human Behavior in the Social Environment)

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PROFESSIONAL SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS

2007 Addressing Ethical Dilemmas in an Era of Complex Practice Issues: HIV/AIDS as a Case Study.‖ Co-Presenter with Evelyn Tomaszewski. This 4-hour workshop granted CEU ethics credits for social workers attending the 2007 NASW-NJ Annual Conference at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, New Jersey. (May 8th)

2007 Working with Multiply Diagnosed Clients with HIV/AIDS: Promoting Medication Treatment Adherence Through Use of the ADHERE Model. Co-Presenter with Evelyn Tomaszewski and Sue Gallego, Research/Poster Session format at the 2nd International Conference on HIV Treatment Adherence, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Jersey City, New Jersey.

2007 How to Excite Faculty to Infuse Gerontology in Three Years or Less. Co-Presenter with colleagues Dr. Sharon Hines-Smith and Dr. Michael Cronin. A Table Top presentation format at the 2007 Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) GERO-ED Forum, held in Charleston, South Carolina. (February)

2007 Successful Outcomes Assessment in Field Instruction, Trainer. Field Instructor Training, Carnegie Library in Atlantic City, NJ (June)

2006 Research Methods Conundrum: How, Where & When to Teach this Feared Course. Presenter, Roundtable format (#346G in program) at the 24th Annual Conference of the Association of Baccalaureate Program Directors in Los Angeles, CA. (October 25-29)

2006 Using Bowenian Family Therapy Concepts in Families of Divorce, Co-Presenter with former student Melanie Liszeck, LCSW, MSW. Presented a two-hour workshop at the 2006 NASW-NJ Annual Conference at the Hilton in Edison, New Jersey (April)

2006 Engaging Students to Cultivate Social Policy….Inside and Outside the Classroom. The Richard Stockton

College of New Jersey Day of Scholarship, Pomona, NJ (March 1st) Co-presented with Tracy Boyer (adjunct) and Dr. Michael Cronin.

2006 Creating Social Capital for Older Americans—(a session formerly given at the Pre-White House

onference on Aging) and Promoting Technical Innovations: The Application of GIS for In-Home Services.

Chair/Moderator, CSWE Annual Program Meeting, held in Chicago, Illinois (Feb. 16-19th)

2005 Assessing Outcomes in Field Education, Trainer. Field Instructor Training (5.5 non-clinical CEU), Atlantic City, NJ (Oct. 25th)

2005 Effectiveness of Using Films and Focus Groups with Older Adults (5/8/05), Presenter. 30th Annual Institute on Social Work and Human Services in Rural Areas. National Conservation Training Center, Sheperdstown, West Virginia, July 6-9.

2005 Living with Tourette Syndrome, Presenter. TS Support Group, Voorhees, NJ

2004 Feature Films for Fun Loving Seniors, Presenter. Presented findings from the IGSW TIP

research project at a half-day CEU workshop entitled Innovative Interventions with Older Adults, October 27 (PDCE and NASW-NJ sponsored session at the Carnegie Library in Atlantic City, NJ)

2004 Simple Secrets of Healthy Women. Presenter. Gave a 2 hour lecture on Women’s Health

Issues at Faith Tabernacle Church, Port Norris, NJ (May 8th)

2004 Que Pasa? Aging Issues for Puerto Ricans and Costa Ricans. Presenter. Association for Gerontologists in Higher Education (AGHE) conference, held at the Downtown Marriot in Richmond, Virginia (February 28th)

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2003 Social Justice Through Empowering Social Work Students to Learn About Spanish Language, Culture and Immersion. Co-Presenter. Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors (BPD) conference, held at the Hilton in Reno, Nevada (October 30th)

2003 Demystifying Tourette Syndrome. Presenter. Provided a 4 hour symposium at the opening session of the NASW-NJ Annual 3-day conference, Atlantic City, NJ (April 27th)

2003 Safety Issues in Social Work Fieldwork. Presenter. Provided a 2 hour workshop, using power point slides, at Winthrop University’s Annual Field Work Institute. (April)

2002 The Expanding Role of Social Work in HIV. Presenter. Provided CEU credit bearing workshop sponsored by The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey’s Office of Life Long Learning, Pomona, NJ (May 16th)

2002 Adherence Strategies for Health and Well-Being. Invited Faculty. The 53rd Annual Meeting of The National Hemophilia Foundation. Presented at and Facilitated a 3 hour Pre-Conference Symposium, Anaheim, CA (November)

2001 How to Develop, Implement, Evaluate and Institutionalize Culturally and Linguistically Competent Services. Invited Faculty. Eastern Region Diversity, Sensitivity, & Competency Conference, Atlantic City Convention Center, Atlantic City, NJ. Co-sponsors included: the American Cancer Society, NJ Public Health Association, Stockton College, UMDNJ-Center for Continuing and Outreach Education, and the University of Medicine & Dentistry School of Public Health (September 20th)

2001 Perceptions of Management and Staff Who Work in an Assisted Living Residential Setting.

Co-presented a poster session with two RSC social work students (Faith Sykes & Mona Migliori), at the Richard Stockton College Day of Scholarship (April 12th)

2001 The Institutional Review Board: Its Role and Function. Participated in a panel presentation with RSC IRB members Rodger Jackson, Beth Olsen, Rosalind Herlands, Marcia Fiedler & Mary Lou Galantino, at the Richard Stockton College Day of Scholarship (April 12th)

2000 Spirituality and HIV. Invited Faculty. Presented at the HIV Medical Update 2000 conference, co- sponsored by the University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ), NJ AIDS

Education and Training Center, Garden State Infectious Disease Associates, Kennedy Health System, UMDNJ School of Osteopathic Medicine, Dept. of Internal Medicine, Dept. of Continuing Education, Cherry Hill, NJ (December 6th)

2000 Applying Research Methods to Clinical Practice. Invited Faculty. Presented at and facilitated a 3 hour Pre-Conference Symposium at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the National Hemophilia Foundation, Anaheim, CA (November)

2000 Perceptions of Staff and Managers Working in Assisted Living. Co-presented with BSW student Mona Migliori, at the New Jersey Society on Aging meeting. Forsgate Country Club, NJ. (This poster session won a 1st place blue ribbon and Mona received the Famighetti scholarship for which I nominated her). (November)

2000 Assisting the Elderly in a Rural Residential Care Setting. Co-presented with two RSC BSW students, at the 25th Annual Rural Life Conference on Health and Mental Health, University of Maine at Presque Isle, Presque Isle, Maine (July 2000)

2000 Honoring Spirituality and Using Group work and Community Organization Strategies to Establish HIV/AIDS Ministries in African American Churches. Presented a 90 minute Intensive Session

(highly competitive category—reserved for a limited number of presentations that contain advanced content), at the HIV & Social Work Conference, San Diego, CA. The conference was co-sponsored by Boston College and several pharmaceutical companies. (May 29th-June 3rd)