Doctoral student Matthew “Jake” Samora’s research connects communities to save lives and transforms health outcomes. As research staff member at the Addiction Research Institute, Jake Samora contributed to the development of TxCOPE (Texans Connecting Overdose Prevention Efforts), an innovative digital platform designed to improve data collection on overdose incidents throughout… read more
Recent Major Gifts
Center for Societal Impact Named for Moritz Family The Steve Hicks School of Social Work at The University of Texas at Austin renamed its newest research and scholarly center as the Moritz Center for Societal Impact, thanks to a significant gift from Leslie B. and John David Moritz. The funding will… read more
Research Highlights
Moritz Center for Societal Impact moritzcenter.utexas.edu Elisa Borah, Ph.D., MSW Director $5 Million Gift Spurs Community Investments A significant gift helped launch the Good Neighbors Program and the Projects for Societal Impact two sets of programs which funded community-driven projects and community-partnered research. Institute for Military and Veteran Family Wellness imvfw.utexas.edu… read more
