Simmons College
School of Social Work
300 The Fenway
Boston, MA 02115
Office: Room: P-412D
Phone: 617/521-3908
FAX: 617/521-3986
Email: peter.maramaldi@simmons.edu
Outstanding Faculty Award, University of Utah College of Social Work, 2003
Society for Behavioral Medicine Citation Recognition Award, 2003
John A. Hartford Geriatric Social Work Faculty Scholar, Gerontological Society of America, 2002
Cancer Culture & Literacy Institute Participant Award H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL, 2002
Ruth Fizdale Doctoral Dissertation Award, Columbia University, 2000
Dean’s Award for outstanding academic achievement and excellence in fieldwork practice, Columbia University School of Social Work, 1987
Alumni Scholarship, Montclair State University, 1982
Maramaldi, P., Berkman, B. & Barusch, A. (in press). Assessment and the ubiquity of culture: Threats to validity in measures of health related quality of life. Health & Social Work.
Maramaldi, P, Gardner, D., Berkman, B., Ireland, K., D’Ambruoso, S. & Howe, J. (2004). Mentoring new social work faculty: A gerontological perspective. Gerontology and Geriatrics Education, 25(1) 89-106.
Berkman, B., Maramaldi, P., Breon, E. & Howe, J. (2002). Social work gerontological assessment revisited. Journal of Gerontological Social Work,40, (1/2), 1-14.
Berkman, B. & Maramaldi, P. (2001). Use of standardized measures in agency based research and practice. Social Work in Health Care, 34(1/2), 115–129.
Maramaldi, P. (1999). Suicide: What to do when an international student loses hope. International Educator, 8(3), 31–34.
Maramaldi, P. & Lee, J. (in press). Social Work Practice with Older Adults with Cancer. In B. Berkman and S. D’Ambruso (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Social Work in Aging, Oxford University Press.
Maramaldi, P. & Guevara, M. (2003). Cultural considerations in maintaining health related quality of life. In B. Berkman (Ed.), Gerontological Social work knowledge in the emerging health care world: Informing education policy practice and research. New York: Springer Publishing.
Maramaldi, P. & Naleppa, M. (2003). Late Adulthood. In E. S. Hutchinson (Ed.), Dimensions of Human Behavior: Person and Environment (pp. 389-438). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Berkman, B. & Maramaldi, P. (2002). Use of standardized measures in agency based research and practice. In A.C Jackson & S.P. Segal (Eds.), Social work health and mental health: Practice, research, and programs (pp. 115 - 130). New York: The Haworth Social Work Practice Press.
Berkman, B. & Maramaldi, P. (2001). Health, Mental Health and Disabilities. In R.A. Feldman & S.B. Kamerman (Eds.), The Columbia University School of Social Work: A Centennial Celebration, (pp. 246 –264). New York: Columbia University Press.
Althen, G., Austell, D., Howard, J. Maramaldi, P., Reilly, L. & Smithee, M. B. (2001). Coping with the death of a student. In W. Hoffa & P. Burack (Eds.), Crisis management in cross-cultural settings. NAFSA Press.
Maramaldi, P., Barusch, A. & Farley, W. O. (2002, August). Utah division of health care financing education outreach project focus group report: Project team members’ perceptions of the program. Salt Lake City: UT: Utah State Department of Health.
Farley, W. O., Maramaldi, P. Kelley-Gillespie, N., Gormam, C., Fletcher, C. & de St. Aubin, M. (2002, July). FlexCare quality of life evaluation. Salt Lake City: UT: Utah State Department of Health.
Hayashi, R., Maramaldi, P. & Farley, O.W. (2002). Education outreach project: Analysis of data collection, coding, research questions & statistics. Salt Lake City, UT: Utah State Department of Health.
Maramaldi, P. & Berkman, B. (2003). Mentoring new faculty across borders: The conceptual base for the John A. Hartford Social Work Faculty Scholars Program. Proceedings of the Alliance of Universities for Democracy: Perspectives in Higher Education: Vol. 12. Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria: American University in Bulgaria.
Berkman, B., Kane, R., Robert, S., Seltzer, M. & Maramaldi, P. (2001, November). A Conceptual View of Mentoring. Paper presented at the meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Chicago, IL.
Grant# 1 R21 CA100566-01A1 Dates: 1/04-12/05
Funding Agency: NIH, NCI
Role: Co-investigator (U. Menon, PI)
Title: Interactive CRC Screening Education in Primary Care
Aims: The purpose of this study is to develop and test the feasibility of an interactive, computer-assisted cancer screening kiosk (CACSK).
Grant #: 1 R01 NR008425-01A1 Dates: 1/04-12/08
Funding Agency: NIH, NINR
Role: Co-Investigator (U. Menon, PI)
Title: Increasing CRC Screening in Primary Care Settings
Aims: The purpose of this study is to compare the effectiveness of two interventions (Tailored Health Communication [THC] and Motivational
Interviewing [MI]) in increasing CRC screening behavior.
Grant #: P30 CA42014 Dates: 07/01/03 - 06/30/04
Funding Agency: Huntsman Cancer Institute (NIH)
Role: Principal Investigator
Title: Older People and Colorectal Cancer: Focus Groups to Develop Health Communication Messages
Aims: The purpose of this study was to determine knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about CRC and CRC screening in a population of older Salt Lake City residents, then to use the findings to refine an existing bank of CRC-related communication messages, in both English and Spanish, tailored to the knowledge levels, attitudes, and beliefs of older populations.
Grant # N/A Dates: 09/01/02-08/31/04
Funding Agency: John A. Hartford Foundation
Role: Principle Investigator
Title: Survivors of Colorectal Cancer: An Exploratory Comparison of Health Beliefs and Diagnostic Experiences
Aim: To explore cultural and behavioral factors that influence delays in colorectal cancer diagnosis.
Grant#: P30 CA42014 Dates: 07/02-04/03
Funding Agency: Huntsman Cancer Center Pilot Project Grant (NIH)
Role: Co-Investigator
Title: Focus Groups to Develop Colorectal Cancer Communication Messages
Aims: The purpose of this study was to determine knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about CRC and CRC screening and to use the results of the focus groups, to create a bank of CRC-related communication messages, in both English and Spanish, tailored to the knowledge levels, attitudes, and beliefs of Salt Lake City populations.
I joined the distinguished faculty of the Simmons College School of Social Work in the summer of 2004 following three years as an assistant professor at the University of Utah College of Social Work, doctoral training at Columbia University, and more than 25 years of work experience in a variety of settings in the New York metropolitan area.
My current research is influenced by my early work in community organizing, which included the development of after school youth programs and home visits to elderly shut-ins living in Harlem and the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Later work included part-time clinical practice in parallel with several not-for-profit management positions and a consultation practice in quality assurance. In 1996, I joined the adjunct faculty of the Columbia University School of Social Work where I was fortunate to find academic mentors to shepherd me into an academic career. I sought my PhD in order to learn the research skills needed to develop and evaluate systematic interventions aimed at eliminating health disparities. My research interest in culture is directly linked to clincial practice with international graduate students at Internatinoal House, New York, from 1987 through 2001. I have a diverse practice background having served a range of clients and patients from backgrounds of abject poverty to great social and economic privilege. My interdisciplinary research frames health disparities as social justice issues in the context of public health advocacy. It currently focuses on cancer control using behavioral interventions to promote screening for colorectal cancer. Additional interests include multi-method investigations of health knowledge and beliefs, and international social work research and practice.
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