Patricia Findley
Patricia A. Findley, Dr.PH, MSW, LCSW (MSW ’89), serves as the Dean and Professor of the School of Social Work at Loyola University Chicago. Her research interests include chronic illness, physical disability, interprofessional health education, disaster preparedness and response, and cancer survivorship. She recently completed an evaluation project of the Inclusive Healthy Communities for the Bloustein School (Rutgers) with funding from the NJ Department of Health. Past projects included examining the Illinois Medicaid Traumatic Brain Injury Waiver through an NIH K-Award grant and validation of the Medical Listings and program reform of the Social Security Disability Determination Process through a collaborative agreement with the Social Security Administration. With funding from USAID, Findley has collaborated with American, Israeli, and Palestinian colleagues on educating students and mental health professionals on disaster preparedness and response. She has been a co-investigator on several Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) grants focused on interprofessional health education She has a long clinical history of working with those with disabilities in medical rehabilitation settings, and co-authored a book, The Cancer Survivor Handbook: The Essential Guide to Cancer Survivorship.
Her research appears in peer-reviewed rehabilitation, public health, and medical journals including Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Women's Health Issues, Preventive Medicine, and Journal of General Internal Medicine. She serves the senior associate and managing editor for the Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation.
She earned her BA in Human Services from the National College of Education, her MSW from Loyola University Chicago,and her DrPH from the School of Public Health at the University of Illinois Chicago.
Patricia A. Findley, Dr.PH, MSW, LCSW (MSW ’89), serves as the Dean and Professor of the School of Social Work at Loyola University Chicago. Her research interests include chronic illness, physical disability, interprofessional health education, disaster preparedness and response, and cancer survivorship. She recently completed an evaluation project of the Inclusive Healthy Communities for the Bloustein School (Rutgers) with funding from the NJ Department of Health. Past projects included examining the Illinois Medicaid Traumatic Brain Injury Waiver through an NIH K-Award grant and validation of the Medical Listings and program reform of the Social Security Disability Determination Process through a collaborative agreement with the Social Security Administration. With funding from USAID, Findley has collaborated with American, Israeli, and Palestinian colleagues on educating students and mental health professionals on disaster preparedness and response. She has been a co-investigator on several Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) grants focused on interprofessional health education She has a long clinical history of working with those with disabilities in medical rehabilitation settings, and co-authored a book, The Cancer Survivor Handbook: The Essential Guide to Cancer Survivorship.
Her research appears in peer-reviewed rehabilitation, public health, and medical journals including Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Women's Health Issues, Preventive Medicine, and Journal of General Internal Medicine. She serves the senior associate and managing editor for the Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation.
She earned her BA in Human Services from the National College of Education, her MSW from Loyola University Chicago,and her DrPH from the School of Public Health at the University of Illinois Chicago.