Federal Agency Features Professor’s Research on Depression

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• USC School of Social Work professor Kathleen Ell

By: Eric Lindberg

February 8, 2012 1:42 PM

A federal agency that highlights groundbreaking health care research has featured USC School of Social Work professor Kathleen Ell’s innovative efforts to improve depression treatment among low-income Hispanics with diabetes.

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