Brian K. Ahmedani

Title: Graduate Advisor, Clinical Instructor
Office Location: 233 Baker Hall
Phone: 517/432-0173
Fax: 517/353-3038
E-mail: ahmedan2@msu.edu

Education

• MSW, Michigan State University
• BA, Aquinas College

Professional Interests

• Substance abuse/drug dependence/addictions
• Mental health
• Families/youth
• International/cross-cultural analysis

Research/Grants

• Drug Dependence Epidemiology. Pre-doctoral (T-32) Research Training Fellowship, NIH/NIDA, 2008-2009
• Assessing the relationship between stigmatized attitudes and beliefs and helping behaviors among social work students. 2007-2008.
• An ecological systems theory approach to examining the impact of Information Technology (IT) use on children's cognitive, social, psychological and moral development. National Science Foundation, 2006-2008.
• Healthy Marriage & Responsible Fatherhood Initiative Evaluation. State of Michigan Department of Human Services, 2006.
• Targeted mentoring. 2005-2006.
• Entrepreneurship training program: A Ghana-United States exchange, 2005.

Teaching

• SW 474 - Substance Abuse & Human Services
• SW 811 - Social Work Perspectives in Human Development
• SW 830 - Applied SW Research: Experimental & Quasi-Experimental Designs
• SW 843 - Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis

Presentations

• Assessing stigma toward nicotine dependent clients among social workers. Poster, 70th Annual Scientific Meeting: College on Problems of Drug Dependence, San Juan, Puerto Rico. June 2008.
• Wired Kids: Information on Adolescent Technology Use for Social Workers. Paper, 31st Annual Conference: National Association of Social Workers-Michigan Chapter, East Lansing, MI. May 2008.
• Have Social Workers Abandoned Nicotine Addiction? Paper, 53rd Annual Program Meeting: Council on Social Work Education, San Francisco, CA. October 2007.

Other

• NIH/NIDA Predoctoral Training Fellow
• Ph.D Candidate; School of Social Work, Michigan State University