Diana Ball
From: Fort Wayne, IN
Started UL Kent doctoral program: Fall, 2022
Area(s) of research interest: Healthcare stigma among People who inject drugs
Mentor: Dr. Emma Sterrett-Hong
Current position: Therapist & Owner, Steadfast Counseling, LLC
Peer Reviewed Publications:
Harris, L.M., Silverstein, S., Crawford, T.N., Kerr, J.C. & Ball, D. (2021) Exploring the impacts of alcohol and other drug use on older African American adults in Kentucky living with HIV: A Constructivist Grounded Theory Study. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care. DOI: 10.1097/JNC.0000000000000319
Hall, M.T. , D. Ball, D., Sears, J., Higgins, G. E., Logan, T K & Golder, S. (2018) Past-year nonmedical use of prescription drugs among women on probation and parole: A cross-sectional study, Substance Abuse, DOI: 10.1080/08897077.2018.1442382
Ball, D., Edinger, M. (2017) Medical case management: An ideal place for social workers. In Henrickson, M., Chipanta, D., Lynch, V., Muñoz Sanchez, H., Nadkarni, V., Semigina, T., & Sewpaul, V. (Eds.). Getting to zero: Global social work responds to HIV. Geneva: UNAIDS and IASSW. (ISBN 978-0-9941415-4-5)
Academic Presentations:
Harris, L.M., Silverstein, S., Crawford, T.N., Kerr, J.C. & Ball, D. (2021). Exploring the Impact of Alcohol and Other Drug Use on HIV Care Among African American Older Adults Living with HIV/AIDS. The Gerontological Society of America’s 2021 Annual Scientific Meeting, Phoenix, AZ. November 11, 2021.
“Clinical Coordinators: Key Team Members for the Integration of Buprenorphine in HIV Primary Care” in Responding to Delivery Challenges for Individuals with Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders: Implementing and Evaluating Evidence Based Treatment in Diverse Settings. Nov 10, 2020 Academy Health Mental Health and Substance Use Research Interest Group/
“Social Workers Responding to the Opioid Epidemic through a Team Approach in HIV Primary Care Settings” National Conference on Social Work in HIV/AIDS, 05/2018
“Trauma-informed HIV Care” Kentucky AIDS Education Training Center, Lexington, KY 01/2017
“Trauma and ART Adherence” Kentucky HIV/AIDS Conference, Louisville, KY, 10/2016
“ART Adherence and Trauma” at Boston College of Social Work HIV/AIDS & Social Work Conference, Minneapolis, MN, 05/2016
“Embracing the ACA: in theory and practice” Boston College of Social Work HIV/AIDS & Social Work Conference, New Orleans LA, 05/2015
“Nelly, a social work perspective on the intersection between HIV and mental illness” Kentucky AIDS Education Training Center, Lexington KY 03/2015
MSW: MSW, University of Kentucky, Lexington KY.