One third of individuals suffering from depression do not achieve remission after multiple treatment attempts. Professor Fiona Conway and colleagues are exploring whether paying attention to certain biological processes can help make depression treatments more effective. Their study, published in the International Journal of Psychophysiology, examines how individual variations in… read more
Fall 2019
Partnering to prevent evictions
In an effort to bring social workers to the forefront of solving housing instability, the Steve Hicks School of Social Work has partnered with Main Street Renewal, a for-profit property management company, to create a pilot eviction-prevention program. Through the CARES (Client Assessment Resources Empowerment Services) program, a a team… read more
Sparking success
Only 1 – 2 % of Texas students who have been in foster care graduate with a bachelor’s degree. Spark is a new program of the Steve Hicks School’s Texas Institute for Child & Family Wellbeing that seeks to improve college graduation rates of students who’ve experience foster and kinship… read more
