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Summit with Gary Sinise Foundation focuses on wounded warriors, caregivers

Because of medical advances, this generation of post-9/11 veterans is now surviving injuries once considered fatal and returning to communities that may be ill-prepared to care for them.

A recent summit convened by the Gary Sinise Foundation and the USC School of Social Work’s Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans and Military Families brought together a diverse set of experts in physical, psychological and community needs to discuss the challenges faced by severely wounded warriors and their caregivers.

Held at the University of Southern California, about 60 attendees at the “Closing the Gap” summit aimed to identify gaps in care and […]

By |March 10th, 2014|Events, News|0 Comments

Students visit Marine Corps Combat Center

by Kasey Peacock

Students, staff and alumni from the University of Southern California and University of California, Los Angeles, recently toured the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, Calif.

Tour participants, most of them graduate students looking to pursue a career in social work, public health or counseling, expressed interest in touring the Combat Center as many of them hope to have a career affiliated with helping military personnel.

“My father was a Vietnam veteran, and I have always had a respect for everyone in the military,” said Jenna DiVito, an MSW candidate at the USC School of Social Work. […]

By |March 8th, 2014|News|0 Comments