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August 2019

MELISSA CATHERINE REITMEIER, PHD, LMSW, MSW College of Social Work, University of South Carolina 1512 Pendleton Street, Columbia, SC 29201

Phone: (803) 777 - 5293. Email: mcreitme@mailbox.sc.edu

RESEARCH INTERESTS Social work and field education; team science; behavioral health (mental health and substance use) training, practice and science; health disparities; and poverty.

E D U C A T I O N 2010

2000 1993

Doctor of Philosophy in Social Work Summated Scale Construction: Development of the Inventory of Professional Competencies. Chair: Terry Wolfer, PhD University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC Master of Social Work University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC Bachelor of Arts in Psychology University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

2016-Present

Associate Clinical Professor (promoted)

University of South Carolina, College of Social Work

2012-Present

Director of Field Education

University of South Carolina, College of Social Work

2019-Present

Manager of Admissions and Recruitment

University of South Carolina, College of Social Work

2012-Present

Offsite Field Instructor

University of South Carolina, College of Social Work

2012-2019

Field Education Liaison

University of South Carolina, College of Social Work

2017-2018

MSW Faculty Advisor

University of South Carolina, College of Social Work

2012-2016

Assistant Clinical Professor

University of South Carolina, College of Social Work

2004-2012

Teaching Instructor

University of South Carolina, College of Social Work

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE EXPERIENCE

2018-Present

Center of Excellence Social Worker

Palmetto/Prisma Health and USC Medical Group Neuroscience

Huntington's Disease Society of America Center of Excellence

Grant -Based, participate in Clinic Rounds and Serve Families in SC with

Huntington's Disease

2012-Present

Director of Field Education Office

University of South Carolina, College of Social Work

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2014-2016

2000-2012 2000-2007 2002-2012 2000-2000 1998-2000 1998 1996-1998 1995-1996 1994-1995

Supervise on average nine FTE's and 23 part-time field education instructors and liaisons to implement the College's strategic goals, assist and provide case management supports to students enrolled in courses ensuring academic success. Social Worker for Parkinson's Disease Palmetto Health and USC Medical Group Neuroscience Movement Disorder Clinic Consulted, Supervised Students Director of Quality Assurance and Training Protection & Advocacy for People with Disabilities, Inc. Dialectical Behavior Therapist S.C. Center for Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Onsite Field Instructor (DBT and P&A) University of South Carolina, College of Social Work Training Coordinator Protection & Advocacy for People with Disabilities, Inc. Editorial Assistant, Ar?te University of South Carolina, College of Social Work Interim Director of Programs and Services New Day, Inc. of Spartanburg, SC Coordinator of Employment Programs New Day, Inc. of Spartanburg, SC Case Manager New Day, Inc. of Spartanburg, SC Case Worker New Day, Inc. of Spartanburg, SC

T E A C H I N G (*Graduate, **Undergraduate)

2012-Present

2012-Present

Fall 2014;2019

Fall 2018-Present Spring 2019-Present 2018 Spring-Present

2012-Present

2012-Present

Summer 2019 Spring 2019

SOWK 781 (SECTIONS 001-007)*: Field Instruction I: Generalist Social Work Practice and Seminar, USC, COSW. SOWK 783-001*: Field Instruction III: Social Work Practice with Individuals, Families, and Groups, USC, COSW. SOWK 783-025*: Interprofessional Behavioral Health Scholars Integrative Field Seminar, USC, COSW SOWK 481**: Practicum I: Field Education SOWK 482**: Practicum II: Field Education SOWK 678*: Transforming Health Care for the Future, Interprofessional Course with Multiple Instructors. 2014 -Present SOWK 782 (SECTIONS 001-007)*: Field Instruction II: Generalist Social Work Practice and Seminar, USC, COSW. 784-001*: Field Instruction IV: Social Work Practice with Individuals, Families, and Groups, USC, COSW. SOWK 399**: Independent Study: Research in Bioko Island, Africa SOWK 482**: Practicum II: Field Education

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Spring 2019 Fall 2018 Fall 2017 Summer 2017

Spring 2016

Spring 2015

2012-2016

2012-2016

Fall 2015 2005-2015 2012-2014 2010-2012 2009

2006-2009 2005

2004 2004 2004 2004

August 2019

SOWK 731*: Motivational Interviewing SOWK 483**: Practicum Seminar SOWK 764*: MSW Independent Study: Annual Indicator Survey for Bioko Island. SOWK 764*: MSW Independent Study: Integrated Team Care and Perceptions of Social Workers on Team Based Models of Practice. SOWK 764*: MSW Independent Study: Evidence Based Practices for Urge Regulation. SOWK 784-025*: Interprofessional Behavioral Health Scholars Integrative Field Seminar. USC, COSW SOWK 785*: Field Instruction III: Social Work Practice with Organizations and Communities, USC, COSW. SOWK 786*: Field Instruction IV: Social Work Practice with Organizations and Communities, USC, COSW. SOWK 411**: General Practice III: Social Work with Small Groups, USC, COSW. SOWK 718*: Systems Analysis for Social Work Practice, USC, COSW. SOWK 791*: Social Work Research Methodologies, USC, COSW. SOWK 792*: Social Work Research: Research Data Analysis, USC, COSW. SOWK 748*: Concepts of Advanced Practice with Individuals, Families, and Groups, USC, COSW. SOWK 724*: Advanced Practice with Social Work Groups, USC, COSW. SOWK 722*: Foundations of Social Work Practice with Individuals and Families, USC, COSW. SOWK 712*: Human Behavior in the Social Environment I, USC, COSW. SOWK 710*: Foundations of Practice with Groups, USC, COSW. SOWK 302**: Foundations of Social Welfare, USC, COSW. SOWK 206**: Human Sexuality/Limestone College, Columbia, SC.

CURRICULUM LEADERSHIP & DEVELOPMENT

2019-Present

Lead, SOWK 382: Introduction to Field Education

2018-Present

Lead, SOWK 481: Practicum I: Field Education

2018-Present

Lead, SOWK 482: Practicum II: Field Education

2018-Present

Lead, SOWK 483: Practicum Seminar

2012-Present

Specialization Chair, Field Seminar: SOWK 781

2012-Present

Specialization Chair, Field Seminar: SOWK 782

2012-Present

Lead, Field Practicum: SOWK 783

2012-Present

Lead, Field Practicum: SOWK 784

2016-2017

Co-Lead, Professional Self-Care: SOWK 768

2014

Lead, Neuroscience and Social Work

2014-2015

Co-Lead Adv. Standing Bridge Course

2014

Co-Lead, Health & Mental Health 777

2014

Reviewer, Health & Mental Health 778

2014

Reviewer, Health & Mental Health 779

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ACTIVE A W A R D S & C O N T R A C T S

August 2019

2019-2023

Social Work Field Expert and Instructor for Rotations

2015-2019 (renewed) Vanderbilt University Medical Center/HRSA/HHS

South Carolina HIV/AIDS Clinical Training Center/Vanderbilt - Inter-Professional

Education (IPE)

# VUMC56743

Principle Investigator: Ahuja, Divya

$1,615,470 /5 year

2018-2020

Co-Principal Investigator South Carolina Center for Rural and Primary Healthcare Innovations Cooperative c/o the SC Department of Health and Human Services Improving SC Rural Health Workforce, Recruitment, and Retention PI: Teri Browne; Other CoPI's SW: Iachini and DeHart $190,000

2018-2019

Co-Principal Investigator Huntington's Disease Society of America Huntington's Disease Society of America Center of Excellence Program PI: Dr. Miroslav Cuturic 18450-KL00: $12, 500 Annually

2017-2021

Principal Investigator Health Resources and Services Administration Rural Interprofessional Behavioral Health Scholars (RIBHS) Program Co-PI's: Teri Browne and Aidyn Iachini M01HP31378-01-00: $1,679,592

2016-2019

Principal Investigator Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration HOPES (Health Occupations Providing Excellence in SBIRT) Program Co-PI: Aidyn Iachini, PhD TI026428- 5H79TI026428-02: $859,032

2015-2020

Co-Principal Investigator Council on Social Work Education Health Education and Leadership Scholarship Principal Investigator: Teri Browne, PhD, MSW Co-Principal Investigator: Anna M. Scheyett, PhD $110,000

COMPLETED A W A R D S & C O N T R A C T S

2018

Principal Investigator

SC Dept. of Alcohol & Other Drug Abuse Services (DAODAS)

Medicaid (SBIRT) Initiative to Increase Referrals

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2017-2018 2014-2017 2015-2016 2015-2016 2015-2016

2014-2015 2013-2014

August 2019 South Carolina Opioid Use and Medication-Assisted Treatment Practice Brief Co-PI's: Aidyn Iachini and Teri Browne DAODAS contract number USC-MED-18: $38,579

Co-Principal Investigator SC Department of Health and Human Services Access improvement outreach initiatives: ICARED Social Work Rural Health Initiatives PI: Narasimhan of UofSC College of Medicine; PI of SW: Teri Browne; CoPI's SW: Iachini and DeHart) SCDHHS contract number A201611015A: $200,000 subaward under $938,253 award

Principal Investigator Health Resources & Services Administration Training for Transitions: Preparedness for Behavioral Health Social Workers Co-PI: Aidyn Iachini, PhD, MSW; Evaluator: Teri Browne, PhD, MSW $925,787

Principal Investigator Dean's Teaching Award. USC, COSW Building Vietnam Capacity Co-Investigators: Huong Nguyen, PhD, MSW, MA $3, 000

SW SBIRT Observer and Rater of Student Performance (invited 2015-2016) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration InterDisciplinary Collaboration and Implementation of SBIRT Curricula (IDISCUS) Principle Investigator: Shilpa Srinivasan, MD $627,216

Co-Principal Investigator Provost's Visiting Scholar Grant Strengthening the Global Curriculum and Research Agenda at UofSC: Visiting Scholar from Hanoi, Vietnam Principal Investigator: Huong Nguyen, PhD, MSW, MA Co-Principal Investigators: Aidyn Iachini, PhD; D.M. Stuart, PhD; D. Buxhoeveden $13,941

Co-Principal Investigator Dean's Teaching Award. USC, COSW Part III: Enhancing Social Work Field Education: Decision Cases for Field Instructor Principal Investigator: Terry Wolfer, PhD, MSW $3,500

Co-Principal Investigator Dean's Teaching Award. USC, COSW

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Part II: Enhancing Social Work Field Education: Decision Cases for Field Instructor Principal Investigator: Terry Wolfer, PhD, MSW $3,500

2012-2013

Co-Principal Investigator Dean's Teaching Award. USC, COSW Enhancing Social Work Field Education: Decision Cases for Field Instructor Principal Investigator: Terry Wolfer, PhD, MSW $3,000

UNFUNDED RESEARCH

2019-2022

Co-Principal Investigator

The National Child Welfare Workforce Institute Workforce Excellence Initiative

Application

PI: Kristen Seay

National Child Welfare Workforce Institute

Made through to round 2 review, $600,000

2016-2017

Principal Investigator US-Vietnam PhotoVoice Project Co-Principal Investigators: Huong Nguyen, PhD, MSW, MA; Aidyn Iachini, PhD, MSW Katherine A. Kendall Institute for International Social Work Education. Council on Social Work Education. Made through to round 2 review, $9,930

2012-2016

Co-Principal Investigator Leading the Way: Preparedness for Social Workers Serving Military Populations Principal Investigator: Sue Levkoff, PhD, MSW; Co-PI: Nancy Brown, PhD, MSW Health Resources & Services Administration. Proposal # 15900-12-30859 $452,284. Scored a 97/100: Recommended to be funded

RESEARCH MENTORSHIP 2019-present Committee Member of a doctoral candidate in the College of Social Work, University of South Carolina

2013-2015

Dissertation Committee Member, Nicole Cavanagh. Reflective Judgment: Can a ProblemBased Learning Teaching Approach Make a Difference? Successfully Defended Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Counseling Education and Supervision through the College of Education July 2015

PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS Refereed Journal Articles

01. Farber, N., & Reitmeier, M. C. (2019). (Re) Capturing the Wisdom of Our Tradition: The Importance of Reynolds and Towle in Contemporary Social Work Education. Clinical Social Work Journal, 47(1), 5-16.

02. Muench, D. & Reitmeier, M.C. (December, 2018). Developing Quality Social Work Field Placements in

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August 2019 Dialysis Clinics. Journal of Nephrology Social Work. 42 (2); 27-34. 03. Farber, N.; Miller-Cribbs, J. & Reitmeier, M.C. (December, 2005). Kin Networks in the South: A Comparison of Low- Income, Rural African American and White Women Rural Social Work Journal.

Unrefereed Journal Articles 01. Reitmeier, M. C., Browne, T.M.A., DeHart, D., Iachini, A., Christopher, R. (2019). Changing Roles. [Unpublished decision case]. Photocopy, University of South Carolina. 0 2 . Reitmeier, M. C. & Wolfer, T.M.A., (2019). Inner Struggles [Unpublished decision case]. Photocopy, University of South Carolina. 03. Flaherty, A.J. & Reitmeier, M. C., Browne, T.M.A, DeHart, D., Iachini, A., & Christopher, R. (2018). Workplace Conflicts. [Unpublished decision case and teaching note]. Photocopy, University of South Carolina. 04. Flaherty, A.J. & Reitmeier, M. C., Browne, T.M.A, DeHart, D., Iachini, A., & Christopher, R. (2018). Richard the Great Part I. [Unpublished decision case and teaching note]. Photocopy, University of South Carolina. 05. Flaherty, A.J. & Reitmeier, M. C., Browne, T.M.A, DeHart, D., Iachini, A., & Christopher, R. (2018). Richard the Great Part II. [Unpublished decision case and teaching note]. Photocopy, University of South Carolina. 06. Flaherty, A.J., Reitmeier, M. C., Browne, T.M.A, DeHart, D., Iachini, A., Christopher, R. & Wolfer, T.A. (2017). Second Time Around [Unpublished decision case and teaching note]. Photocopy, University of South Carolina. 07. Reitmeier, M. C. & Wolfer, T.A. (2016). No Where to Drive [Unpublished decision case]. Photocopy, University of South Carolina. 08. Palmer, R.J., Wolfer, T. A., & Reitmeier, M. C. (2016). Reluctant Social Worker [decision case]. Photocopy, University of South Carolina. 09. Palmer, R.J., Wolfer, T. A., & Reitmeier, M. C. (2016). Is He Okay? [decision case]. Photocopy, University of South Carolina. 010. Savage, T. E., Wolfer, T. A., & Reitmeier, M. C. (2014). Triggers, triggers [decision case]. Photocopy, University of South Carolina. 011. Savage, T. E., Wolfer, T. A., & Reitmeier, M. C. (2013). Using Relationships (A) and Using relationships (B) [decision case]. Photocopy, University of South Carolina. 012. Savage, T. E., Wolfer, T. A., & Reitmeier, M. C. (2013). Slippery Boundaries [decision case]. Photocopy, University of South Carolina. 013. Reitmeier, M.C. (2010). Summated Scale Construction: Development of the Inventory of Professional Competencies. Dissertation. University of South Carolina.

Invited Articles 01. Browne, T., Reitmeier, M.C. & Iachini, A. (2018, March). Screening for substance use disorders in dialysis and kidney transplant populations. Nephrology News & Issues. 02. Reitmeier, M.C. (2015, March). Preparing School Social Workers for Practice: A United States Based Social Work Field Education Model. Paper Submitted as part of conference proceedings: International Conference on Developing the Curriculum for School Social Work in Vietnam, Hanoi, Vietnam.

Refereed Book Chapters 01. Nguyen, M. Q. T., Reitmeier, M.C., & Nguyen, H. (in press). Vietnamese teenagers. In K. Wells (ed.) Encyclopedia on global teen lives. ABC-CLIO.

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August 2019 02. Reitmeier, M. C. & Wolfer, T. A. (2005) Larry Steele's Group [decision case]. In T.A. Wolfer & T.L.

Scales (Eds), Decision cases for advanced social work practice: Thinking like a social worker. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole Thomson Learning.

RESEARCH, PRACTICE, & POLICY BRIEFS

01. King, L.B., DeHart, D., Browne, T., Reitmeier, M.C., & Iachini, A. (2019). Rural behavioral health care: Facilitators and Barriers to Telehealth. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina College of Social Work.

02. Reitmeier, M.C., Christopher, R.I., King, L.B., Iachini, A., & Browne, T. (2018). The current opioid crisis and medication assisted treatment. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina College of Social Work.

03. King, L.B., Christopher, R.I., Reitmeier, M.C., Iachini, A., & Browne, T. (2018). A misunderstanding of biology: Stigma surrounding MAT and OUD. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina College of Social Work.

04. King, L.B., Christopher, R.I., Reitmeier, M.C., Iachini, A., & Browne, T. (2018). South Carolina spotlight: The opioid crisis. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina College of Social Work.

05. Iachini, A., Christopher, R., Browne, T., Reitmeier, M.C. & DeHart, D. (2017). Rural School-Based Behavioral Health Practice: Key Considerations. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina College of Social Work.

06. Christopher, R., Browne, T., Reitmeier, M.C., DeHart, D., & Iachini, A. (2017). Rural health & primary care: Key considerations brief. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina College of Social Work.

07. Christopher, R., DeHart, D., Browne, T., Reitmeier, M.C., & Iachini, A. (2018). Rural behavioral health care: Key considerations brief. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina College of Social Work.

EVALUATION AND TECHNICAL REPORTS

01. Reitmeier, M.C. (August 2019). Annual Field Educator Assessment. College of Social Work, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC.

02. Reitmeier, M.C. & Iachini, A.L. and Flaherty, A. J. (May 2019). Health Occupations Providing Excellence in SBIRT (HOPES): 1st Semi-Annual Report for Year Three. Submitted to Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: University of South Carolina, College of Social Work.

03. Reitmeier, M.C. & Iachini, A.L & Browne, T.A. (March 2019). Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training for Professionals and Paraprofessionals: Rural Interprofessional Behavioral Health Scholars Program (RIBHS). Non-Competing Continuation and Project Narrative for Year Three. Submitted to the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA): University of South Carolina, College of Social Work.

04. Reitmeier, M.C., Iachini, A.L. & Browne, T.A. (December 2018). Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training for Professionals and Paraprofessionals: Rural Interprofessional Behavioral Health Scholars Program (RIBHS): 2017-2018 Annual Report. Submitted to the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA): University of South Carolina, College of Social Work.

05. Reitmeier, M.C. & Iachini, A.L. and Flaherty, A. J. (October 2018). Health Occupations Providing Excellence in SBIRT (HOPES): 2nd Semi-Annual Report for Year Two. Submitted to Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Rockville, MD: University of South Carolina, College of Social Work

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