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MSW student launches new career as Air Force officer

By |February 21st, 2014|

by Claudia Bustamante

For six years, Joshua Borer saw first-hand the kind of care people in the military needed.

“Over my time as a medic, I would meet up with people who needed mental health and wouldn’t be able to get it,” said Borer, who spent six years in the Army Reserves. “It was partly because of stigma and partly because of long wait times.”

That experience influenced Borer’s career path.

Now, Borer is not only pursuing a Master of Social Work at the USC School of Social Work, but he is doing it as a second lieutenant with the U.S. Air Force.

Last month, […]

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CIR director travels to Washington, D.C. to promote research, programs

By |February 18th, 2014|

by Adam Renteria and Ailin Dayani

A contingent from the University of Southern California, including Anthony Hassan, director of the Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans & Military Families, held a series of meetings in Washington, D.C. earlier this month to discuss existing and planned USC activities in support of service members, veterans, and their families.

CIR’s mission is to strengthen the support network of veterans and military families through education and training, innovation, research and partnerships, and Hassan’s Feb. 3-7 trip helped cement that role.

He met with officials from Congress, including Rep. Steve Daines of Montana and staff for California […]

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VIDEO: Addressing Family Violence in Military Families

By |February 12th, 2014|

On Thursday, Feb. 6, the Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans & Military Families hosted a discussion with David Lloyd, former director of Family Advocacy Program, on military family violence.

As director, Lloyd developed Department of Defense policy and conducted oversight of the military services’ prevention and treatment of child/spouse abuse programs. Prior, he served as director of the National Center of Child Abuse and Neglect, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Video of Lloyd’s discussion Addressing Family Violence in Military Families can be accessed here.

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CIR director appointed to Los Angeles’ veteran advisory council

By |February 6th, 2014|

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti today announced the appointment of Anthony Hassan, director of the USC Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans & Military Families, to a new council that will advise the mayor’s administration on issues affecting the city’s military community.

The Military Veteran Advisory Council is an initiative of the recently launched Mayor’s Office of Veterans Affairs, created to address the needs of veterans in Los Angeles, home to the highest concentration of veterans in the country. The office is working to coordinate resources with a variety of stakeholders to support veterans in Los Angeles and seek strategies to […]

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The Home Front: Issue 3 | January 2014

By |January 30th, 2014|

The January edition of The Home Front is available online. CIR’s monthly newsletter highlights the center’s work, along with the latest military social work research and news from the USC School of Social Work. This issue includes:
– Full coverage of Canadian Senator and retired Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire’s visit to the University of Southern California, including photos from his visit to CIR and a video of his colloquium on post-traumatic stress disorder and families.
– Spotlight on a promising USC student veteran who received a Gary Sinise Foundation scholarship to pursue his Master of Social Work.
– Video testimonial of the benefits of […]

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Roméo Dallaire talks about terminal effects of PTSD

By |January 29th, 2014|

by Claudia Bustamante

When Roméo Dallaire was young, his family lived in hell.

Back then, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was not common knowledge. What Dallaire’s family did know, however, was that his father—an officer with the Canadian Army—had become an alcoholic, and “it was never predictable what we would find when we got home.”

Peace would only come on the nights his father could chat with his Army buddies.

“That night he would be serene—because he had had his therapy,” said Dallaire, a Canadian senator and retired Lieutenant-General with the Canadian Army.

Speaking to more than 100 people at the University of Southern California, Dallaire […]

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Gallery: Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire visits USC CIR

By |January 27th, 2014|

On Tuesday, Jan. 21, LGen Dallaire visited CIR, where he received an overview of the center’s work and saw first-hand the technology we’re using to help transitioning veterans. On Wednesday, Jan. 22, Dallaire held a colloquium at USC to discuss the impacts that PTSD can have on military families.

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Combat & Family: A Colloquium with Lieutenant-General Romeo Dallaire (Ret.)

By |January 27th, 2014|

On Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014, the USC Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans & Military Families hosted a colloquium with Canadian Senator and retired Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire. Dallaire spoke about post-traumatic stress and the impact it can have beyond the individual, particularly on military families.

Dallaire commanded the United Nations forces in Rwanda, where he saw the country descend into chaos and genocide that claimed more than 800,000 lives. Since his retirement, he has become an outspoken advocate for mental health awareness and treatment, especially in the military community.

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MSW student veteran finds new passion with military families

By |January 21st, 2014|

The Gary Sinise Foundation provides scholarships to promising student veterans pursuing a USC Master of Social Work. One of this year’s recipients is U.S. Army veteran Brian Kane, who was medically discharged after breaking his back. The transition home wasn’t the smoothest, but now Kane, who attends the San Diego Academic Center and does his field internship with the Building Capacity in Military-Connected Schools project at Fallbrook High School, has found a new passion.

“I want to give back what it took me a long time to gain. … I want to help military children and their families. When I have […]

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CIR hosts military social work session during annual conference

By |January 18th, 2014|

For the fourth consecutive year, CIR convened a special interest group on military social work during the annual conference of the Society for Social Work and Research in San Antonio.

On Jan. 18, Dr. Alan Peterson with the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio delivered the presentation, “Cracking the Code: Keys for Successful Military Research Collaboration.”

Peterson, a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel, is professor and chief of the Division of Behavioral Medicine, and deputy chair for military collaboration. He also serves as the director of STRONG STAR, a research consortium funded by the U.S. Departments of Defense […]

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