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Associate Professor, Chair, COSA Specialization
University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
COSA Chair and Associate Professor Mary Ohmer received her Ph.D. with distinction from the University of Pittsburgh, School of Social Work. Mary received her MSW and MPIA from the University of Pittsburgh, and BSW from Gannon University in Erie, PA. She has over 30 years of experience in community organizing and development, working with residents and community, social service, corporate, government and philanthropic organizations to promote community change. She has also worked internationally, presenting at conferences in Tokyo, Japan and Hong Kong, China, conducting research for an NGO in Ghana, and directing a study abroad program in Costa Rica focused on health, social justice, and sustainability. Dr. Ohmer is on the board of the Association for Community Organization and Social Action and has leadership roles for the Society for Social Work and Research in Community and Neighborhood Research. She is the Academic Co-Lead for the Policy and Place Committee for The Pittsburgh Study (UPMC, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh). Dr. Ohmer is on the Internal Advisory Council for Pitt’s Community Engagement Center Initiative, and on the COVID 19 Community Response Task Force for Pitt’s Pandemic Service Initiative. She is also the lead author a new book by Sage Publications, Measures for Community and Neighborhood Research, the first book its kind to compile and synthesize measures for community research. In addition, she was on the leadership team and a contributing author to the Council on Social Work Education’s Specialized Practice Curricular Guide for Macro Social Work Practice.
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Friday, November 11, 2022
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM