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MSW Student Awarded National Interdisciplinary Minority Fellowship
by Laurie Anderson
Victoria Casey, an MSW student in the Substance Use Counseling Certificate Program, was selected for the American Psychological Association’s Interdisciplinary Minority Fellowship Program (IMFP).
Funded by the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the nationally competitive program trains “graduate students who commit to significantly improving the quality of care provided to ethnic and racial minorities who have a mental or co-occurring mental and substance use disorder.”
As a Fellow, Casey will receive a one-year stipend, attend a summer institute for interdisciplinary training provided by APA in Washington DC, and will have opportunities to network with other Fellows from across the US.
“With my MSW, I hope to find ways of breaking cycles of residential instability, mental illness, poverty, and addiction among homeless clients,” said Casey. “My long-term career goal is to provide scientifically informed clinical services to disadvantaged individuals, expand research knowledge and application of culturally responsive interventions, and provide evidence-based mental health and substance use prevention as a clinical psychologist.”
Casey, a housing case manager, is in her second year of the three year extended-time MSW program at the Gwinnett Campus.
Victoria Casey was selected for the American Psychological Association's Interdisciplinary Minority Fellowship Program (IMFP).
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