Category: Lead Story

HBRT’s Diana Ling and Anna Mangum and partners from the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) exhibited their work on two Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-funded projects at the 2024 NASW National Conference in Washington, D.C., June 19-22. Materials shared from HBRT’s $1.3 million award to address substance-exposed pregnancy include a badge card to…

HBRT’s Dr. Mary Velasquez, Dr. Kirk von Sternberg, Anna Mangum and Diana Ling attended the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Partners Meeting at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, where they presented their work with the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) on the CDC grant, “Engaging Social Workers in Preventing Alcohol-…

HBRT Director Mary Velasquez attended a performance of local band, “The Defribillators,” with members Dr. Lloyd Berg and Dr. Thomas Caven. Dr. Berg is an HBRT-affliliated faculty member working on projects including our Centers for Disease Control-funded initiative to promote confidence in COVID-19 vaccines. Dr. Caven is chief medical officer and medical director at Seton Health…

The Health Behavior Research and Training Institute (HBRT) at The University of Texas at Austin has been awarded $1.3 million by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to engage social workers in the prevention of alcohol and other substance use during pregnancy. Under the leadership of Drs. Mary Velasquez and Kirk von Sternberg,…