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About Suzanne Marmo

Suzanne Marmo, Ph.D., LCSW, APHSW-C is an Assistant Professor of Social Work at Sacred Heart University. She has been a licensed social worker since 2001 and a Certified Advanced Palliative and Hospice Social Worker since 2019. Professor Marmo's clinical expertise includes medical and oncology social work, hospice, palliative care and working with older adults. Professor Marmo's research interests include palliative and hospice social work, the role of social work in health care organizations, social justice and inequities in palliative care and health care systems.

Positions

August 2023 - Present Associate Professor Family Therapy and Social Work, Fairfield University ‐ SEHD Marriage & Family Therapy Department
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August 2017 - August 2023 Assistant Professor Social Work, Sacred Heart University ‐ School of Social Work
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2015 - 2017 Student Affairs Coordinator, Adelphi University ‐ School of Social Work
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2014 - 2017 Adjunct Professor, Adelphi University ‐ School of Social Work
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2011 - 2017 Adjunct Professor, Fordham University ‐ Graduate School of Social Service
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2001 - 2017 Medical Social Worker, John T Mather Memorial Hospital
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2013 Adjunct Professor, Yeshiva University ‐ Wurzeiler School of Social Work
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2013 Adjunct Professor, Molloy University
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1996 - 2001 Teaching Hospital Social Worker II, University Hospital at Stony Brook
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1995 - 1996 Hospice Social Worker, Hospice Care Network
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Curriculum Vitae

Disciplines

Research Interests

Grants

2018 - 2019 Visitation Practices in Magnet and Pathway to Excellence Facilities with Adult Intensive Care Units
The Helene Fuld Health Trust National Institute for Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing & Healthcare,
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Honors and Awards

  • Faculty Recognition Award for Outstanding Research (article), Sacred Heart University, August 2019
  • Editor's Choice honorable mention best article award for 2018 Journal of Social Work in End-of-life & Palliative Care, March 2019.
  • Most Outstanding Research Poster Award Social Work Hospice and Palliative Care Network General Assembly. March 2019.
  • Outstanding Post-Graduate Student Paper | State Society on Aging of New York (SSA) | October 2014
  • 2022 ACT Award for “Open Education Applied Social Work Research Textbook”
  • 2022 SHU Excellence in Scholarly or Creative Writing

Courses

  • Social Welfare Policy 2
  • Honors Capstone Seminar
  • Mixed Methods (College of Education EdD program)
  • Assessment of Integrated Systems
  • Loss & Life Transition
  • Methods of Social Work Research
  • Research Practicum
  • Senior Practicum & Seminar
  • Human behavior in the Social Environment I
  • Human Diversity and Social Justice

Education

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2016 Ph.D., Fordham University ‐ Graduate School of Social Service
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1995 M.S.W., State University of New York at Stony Brook ‐ School of Social Welfare
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1991 B.A., State University of New York at Stony Brook ‐ Philosophy
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Links

Contact Information

SEHD Marriage & Family Therapy Department
Canisius Hall CNS 215, x2528

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Articles (14)

Contributions to Books (3)

Interviews (1)

Presentation (1)

Dissertation (1)