Center for IPOPC Research and Practice welcomes Vincent Luong as a doctoral student and the Behar Pre-Doctoral Fellow at the UW PhD in Social Welfare Program
September 2026
Vincent Luong, an experienced oncology and palliative care social worker with decades of clinical experience at the University of Washington Medical Center, starts his full-time doctoral training at the UW School of Social Work PhD in Social Welfare Program. Specifically, Vincent will be working with Dr. Anao Zhang and advancing a scholarship profile in palliative care social work, clinical practice, and health equity.
Alice Ryan, Director of the Carol LaMare Program, was awarded the UW School of Social Work 2025-2026 academic year MSW Student Choice Teaching Award
June 2026
Anao Zhang, Center for IPOPC Research and Practice, was tapped to lead the top journal in psychosocial oncology in the world, Psycho-Oncology
January 2026