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Petraeus leads a surge across campus
By Merrill Balassone
Retired Gen. David Petraeus officially became “Professor Petraeus” to USC students last week — lecturing on energy and the U.S. economy, meeting with student veterans and cheering the football team to a win in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
Petraeus, whose current interests include how energy, information technology, life sciences and manufacturing revolutions will spur the North American economy, was impressed with the latest Trojan technology — robotic fingers that give machines a humanlike touch and the testimony of Holocaust survivors brought to life through 3-D technology.
Petraeus, who constructed the counterinsurgency doctrine that stabilized Iraq under U.S. and allied […]
Carl Castro
Director, Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans & Military Families
Associate Professor, USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work
Carl Castro, PhD, joined the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work faculty in 2013 after serving 33 years in the Army, where he obtained the rank of colonel, as the research director for the USC Center […]
Anthony Hassan
Founding Director, Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans & Military Families
Clinical Professor, USC School of Social Work
Anthony Hassan, EdD, LCSW, was appointed clinical associate professor at the USC School of Social work in 2009, serving as the inaugural director of the Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans & Military Families until 2015.
A […]
LA Dodgers Veteran of the Game – Sept. 13, 2013
On Friday, Sept. 13, 2013, Anthony Hassan, director of USC CIR, was recognized as the LA Dodgers Veteran of the Game.
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Los Angeles County Veterans Study
Los Angeles County Veterans Study
The USC Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans & Military Families developed the first comprehensive study assessing the opportunities and challenges in serving the region’s military community.
The survey of more than 1,350 veterans, along with follow-up focus groups with 72 veterans, has yielded valuable data that will allow government and […]
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Military Behavioral Health Journal
Military Behavioral Health: An International Journal of Research and Community Study is the flagship academic journal aggregating current knowledge about the biopsychosocial health and well-being of service members, veterans and military families.
The bi-annual journal, which is housed at the school’s USC Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans and Military Families (CIR) […]
MCSA
Military Clinical Skill Assessment
The computer-administered Military Clinical Skill Assessment (MCSA) asks clinicians to respond to 14 video clips of a veteran interacting with a therapist to evaluate and ultimately enhance their military-relevant clinical practice skills. The tool scores responses in the domains of rapport building, appropriate communication and cultural awareness, unique issues relevant to military […]