Rate My Professor Colleen Galambos

Galambos' research specializations encompass care transitions, advance care planning and end-of-life decision making, aging in place, quality improvement in health and long-term care systems, gerontechnology, behavioral health among older adults, caregiving, and abuse in later life, as well as competency-based gerontological education. Her accolades include Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America, Fellow of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare, National Association of Social Workers Pioneer status, the 2023 Leadership Award from the Association for Gerontology Education in Social Work, selection as a 2020 Milwaukee Business Journal Woman of Influence, 2024 inaugural Bader Leadership Institute Fellow, and recognition among Stanford University's top two percent of most impactful scientists in social work, nursing, public health, and social sciences. Key publications include books Foundations of Social Work Practice in the Field of Aging: A Competency-Based Approach (2nd ed., 2018), Social Work with the Aged and Their Families (4th ed., 2016), and highly cited articles such as Resilience Theory: Theoretical and Professional Conceptualizations (2004, 551 citations) and Actualizing Better Health and Health Care for Older Adults (2021, 405 citations). Her work advances gerontological social work through over 200 publications and leadership in education and policy.