Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Meet Our Students - Audry Motlagh (May '15)



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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