Audry Motlagh, BS
is pursuing an MSW, Clinical Concentration and MPH, Health Promotion and
Behavior Concentration, and a Certificate in Non-Profit Management, with
expected graduation in May 2015. Ms.
Motlagh earned a BS in Psychology with a minor in Child and Family Development
from the University of Georgia in 2011.
Ms. Motlagh is interested in medical clinical social work, human
sexuality, and veteran health care
research. Upon graduation, she hopes to find a position in a health care
clinic or hospital. This summer, she begins her field placement at Mercy Health Center in Athens,
Georgia, where she will integrate clinical social work and public health skills
to reduce the usage of the Emergency Room for primary health care by Mercy
patients. Ms. Motlagh will also be evaluating Mercy patient’s needs for mental
health counseling to integrate them into the new Advantage Behavioral Health
Partnership within Mercy.
Through the UGA School of Social Work, Ms. Motlagh was
awarded the Tisha Abolt Graduate Assistantship, which was established as a
living legacy to Tisha Abolt, daughter of Chatham County Administrator Russ
Abolt and his wife, Diane. The Graduate Assistantship provides tuition and a
monthly stipend for a Savannah-area graduate student in UGA’s School of Social
Work. Ms. Motlagh presented the findings
of her work, supervised by Drs. Michelle Carney (Social Work) and Matthew Smith
(Public Health), at the 2014 Georgia Public Health Association Meeting in
Atlanta.
She currently works as a Community Support Worker at
the Social Empowerment Center,
where she works with therapists to provide education and behavioral tools to be
utilized with different family demographics. Ms. Motlagh also provides brief
services within Social Empowerment Center as a Parent Aid.
Ms. Motlagh would like to acknowledge the immense support
system and mentors she has been ever so gracious to work with and influenced by.
Without these key players in her life she would not be able to learn,
accomplish, and succeed in her life and career.
Learn more about Ms. Motlagh by visiting her LinkedIn profile.
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