University of Toronto

Lin Fang

Assistant Professor

Ph.D. - Columbia University

M.Phil. - Columbia University

M.S.W. - Hunter College, City University of New York

 

Phone: (416) 946-5084
Fax: (416) 978-7072

Lin Fang is an Assistant Professor at the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work (FIFSW). She is also an associate research scientist at Columbia University School of Social Work in New York. Prior to joining FIFSW, Dr. Fang worked as a research scientist and an adjunct assistant professor at Columbia University, and provided mental health assessments, treatments and evaluations as a clinical social work supervisor at the Charles B. Wang Community Health Center in New York City. Dr. Fang has over 10 years of postgraduate clinical practice experience.

Dr. Fang's research areas include acculturation and hybridity, psychosocial adjustment of immigrant families, the etiology and prevention of substance abuse among adolescents, evidence-based practice implementation in social work agencies, and mental health services to immigrants, refugees, ethnocultulral and racialized groups. In 2006, Dr. Fang was awarded a minority investigator award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) to prepare her independent research on effective, culturally competent substance abuse preventions for the Asian American adolescents. In 2007, she received a grant from NIDA to support the advanced recruitment of Asian American girls and their mothers for a 5-year randomized controlled drug use prevention trial. Her work on substance use prevention among Asian American girls recently won the 1st place Award of the 2011 Early Career Presentation Award, presented by the American Psychological Association, Division 50.  

Dr. Fang teaches Foundations of Theory, Knowledge and Values in Social Work; Social Work Practice in Mental Health; Social Work Practice with Children and Adolescents; and Practice Based Research in Mental Health & Health at the FIFSW.

Interests:

From acculturation, diaspora to hybridity
Parent-child acculturation disparity
Psychosocial adjustment of immigrant families
Substance abuse prevention
Underage drinking
Web-based intervention programming
Evidence-based practice in social work agencies
Mental health services to immigrants, refugees, ethnocultulral and racialized groups
Risk and protective factors of substance abuse among adolescents

Peer-Reviewed Publications:

Fang, L., Barnes-Ceeney, K., & Schinke, S. P. (2011). Substance use behavior among early-adolescent Asian American girls: The impact of psychological and family factors. Women & Health, 51, 623-642.

Fang, L., & Schinke, S. P. (2011). Alcohol use among Asian American adolescent girls. Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, 10, 275-294.

Bellamy, J. L., Bledsoe, S. E., Fang, L., Manuel, J., & Mullen, E. J. (2011). Addressing the barriers to EBP implementation in social work: Reflections from the BEST Project. In Rzipnecki, T., McCracken, S. & Briggs, H. From the task-centered approach to evidence-based and integrative practice (pp. 136-155). Chicago: Lyceum Press.

Fang, L., Barnes-Ceeney, K., Lee, R. A., & Tao, J. (2011). Substance use among Asian American adolescents: Perceptions of use and preferences for prevention programming. Social Work in Health Care, 50, 1-18.

Schinke, S. P., Fang, L., Cole, K., & Cohen-Cutler, S. (2011). Preventing substance abuse among Black- and Hispanic-American adolescent girls: Results from a computer-delivered, mother-daughter intervention approach. Substance Use & Misuse, 46, 35-45.

Fang, L. (2010). A sociocultural perspective of mental health service use by Chinese immigrants. Canadian Social Work Journal, 12(1), 152-160.

Fang, L., Schinke, S. P., & Cole, K. (2010). Preventing substance use among early Asian-American adolescent girls: Initial evaluation of a web-based, mother-daughter program. Journal of Adolescent Health, 47, 529-532.

Schinke, S. P., Schwinn, T., & Fang, L. (2010). Longitudinal outcomes of an alcohol abuse prevention program for urban adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Health, 46, 451-457.

Fang, L., Schinke, S. P., & Cole, K. (2009). Underage drinking among young adolescent girls: The role of family processes. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 23, 708-714.

Schinke, S. P., Fang, L., & Cole, K. (2009). Computer-delivered, parent-involvement intervention to prevent substance use among adolescent girls. Preventive Medicine, 49, 429-435.

Schinke, S. P., Fang, L., & Cole, K. (2009). Preventing drug abuse among adolescent girls: 1-year outcomes of a computerized, mother-daughter program. Addictive Behaviors, 34, 1060-1064. 

Manuel, J., Mullen, E. J., Fang, L., Bellamy, J., & Bledsoe, S. E. (2009). Preparing social work practitioners to use evidence-based research in practice: A comparison of experiences from an implementation research project. Research on Social Work Practice, 19, 613-627.

Schinke, S. P., Cole, K., & Fang, L. (2009). Gender-specific intervention to reduce underage drinking among early adolescent girls: A test of a computer-mediated, mother-daughter program. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 70, 70-77.

Schinke, S. P., Fang, L., & Cole, K. (2008). Substance use among early adolescent girls: Risk and protective factors. Journal of Adolescent Health, 43, 191-194.

Bellamy, J., Bledsoe, S. E., Mullen, E., Fang, L., & Manuel, J. (2008). Agency-university partnership for evidence-based practice in social work. Journal of Social Work Education, 44(3), 55-76.

Fang, L., & Schinke, S. P. (2007). Complementary alternative medicine use among Chinese Americans: Findings from a community mental health service population. Psychiatric Services, 58, 402-404.

Chen, H., Chung, H., Chen, T., Fang, L., & Chen, J. (2003). The emotional distress in a community after the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. Journal of Community Mental Health, 39, 157-165.

Bledsoe, S. E., Manuel, J., Bellamy, J. L., Fang, L., & Mullen, E. (in press). Implementing evidence based practice in social agencies: Practitioner assessment of an agency-based training program. Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work Practice.

Chapters:

Fang, L., Manuel, J., Bledsoe, S. E., & Bellamy, J. (2011). Finding existing knowledge. In R. Grinnell & Y. Unrau (Eds.), Social work research and evaluation: Quantitative and qualitative approaches (9th ed., pp. 129-144). New York: Oxford University Press.

Manuel, J., Fang, L., Bellamy, J., & Bledsoe, S. E. (2011). Evaluating existing evidence. In R. Grinnell & Y. Unrau (Eds.), Social work research and evaluation: Quantitative and qualitative approaches (9th ed., pp. 145-159). New York: Oxford University Press.

Fang, L., Manuel, J., Bledsoe, S. E., & Bellamy, J. (2007). Finding existing knowledge. In R. Grinnell & Y. Unrau (Eds.), Social work research and evaluation: Quantitative and qualitative approaches (8th ed., pp. 466-480). New York: Oxford University Press.

Manuel, J., Fang, L., Bellamy, J., & Bledsoe, S. E. (2007). Evaluating existing evidence. In R. Grinnell & Y. Unrau (Eds.), Social work research and evaluation: Quantitative and qualitative approaches (8th ed., pp. 481-495). New York: Oxford University Press.

Fang, L., & Chen, T. (2004). Community outreach and education to deal with cultural resistance to mental health services. In N. Webb (Ed.), Mass trauma and violence: Helping families and children cope (pp. 234-255). New York: Guilford Press.

Referred Conference Presentations:

Fang, L., Gibson, M. F., & Sewyer, J. (2011, October). Development of pilot validation of the cyber counseling competency scale. Paper presented the Counsel on Social Work Education 57^th Annual Program Meeting, Atlanta, GA. 

Fang, L. (2011, August). Preventing Substance Use among Early Asian American Adolescent Girls: Two-Year Follow-Up of a Parent-Child, Web-Based Program. Poster presented at the 119th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.

Fang, L. (2011, June). Two-Year Results of a Web-Based, Parent-Child Intervention for Preventing Substance Use among Asian American Girls. Paper presented at the 19th Annual Meeting of the Society for Prevention Research, Washington, DC.

Fang, L. (2011, January). A family-oriented, web-based intervention for preventing substance use among Asian American girls: A randomized-controlled trial. Paper presented at the 15th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work Research, Tampa, FL.

Fang, L. (2010, August). Reducing substance use among early Asian-American adolescent girls: Initial evaluation of a web-based, mother-daughter program. Poster presented at the 118th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, San Diego, CA.

Fang, L. (2010, June). Depressive cognition, family factors and alcohol use among Asian American adolescent girls. Paper presented at the 18th Annual Meeting of the Society for Prevention Research, Denver, CO.

Fang, L. (2010, January). Gender-specific intervention to reduce substance use among young Asian American girls: A test of a web-based, mother-daughter program. Paper presented at the 14th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work Research, San Francisco, CA.

Fang, L. (2010, January). Underage drinking among young adolescent girls. Poster presented at the 14th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work Research, San Francisco, CA.

Fang, L. (2009, May). A gender-specific prevention program to reduce substance use among early adolescent Asian-American girls: A pilot study. Poster presented at the 17th Annual Meeting of the Society for Prevention Research, Washington, DC.

Fang, L. (2009, May). The role of family processes on underage drinking among early adolescent girls. Poster presented at the 17th Annual Meeting of the Society for Prevention, Washington, DC.

Fang, L. (2008, August). Substance use behavior among early-adolescent Asian American girls. NIDA/NIAAA/APA (Divisions 28 & 50) Early Career Investigators Poster Session/Social Hour, American Psychological Association, Boston, MA.

Bledsoe, S. E., Bellamy, J., Fang, L., Coppolino, C., Crumpley, J., Jean-Francios, J., et al. (2007, October). Collaborative dissemination and implementation of evidence based practice in social work agencies. Paper presented the Counsel on Social Work Education 53^rd Annual Program Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

Mullen, E., Bellamy, J., Bledsoe, S. E., Fang, L., & Manuel, J. (2007, October). Preparing social work practitioners to use evidence-based practice: A comparison of experiences from an implementation project. Paper presented at the Conference on Implementation and Translational Research, Lejondal Castle, Sweden: Institute for Evidence-based Social Work Practice, Swedish National Board of Health & Welfare, Stockholm, Sweden.

Manuel, J, Bledsoe, S. E., Bellamy, J. L., Fang, L., Coppolino, C. F., Crumpley, J., Jean-Francois, J., Chen, T., Mullen, E. J. (2007, January). Implementing evidence-based practice in social service agencies through a university-agency partnership. Paper presented the Society for Social Work Research Eleventh Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA.

Fang, L. (2006, December). Use of complementary and alternative medicine by Chinese Americans with mental health Issues - Findings from a community sample. Paper presented at the 5th International Conference on Social Work in Health and Mental Health, Hong Kong, China.

Fang, L. (2006, May). Complementary and alternative medicine use by Chinese Americans with mental illness. Poster session presentation at the North American Research Conference on Complementary & Integrative Medicine, Alberta, Canada.

Fang, L. (2006, March). Sociocultural and health determinants of CAM use in a Chinese immigrant population. Paper presented at the Society of Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada.

Bellamy, J., Bledose, S. E., Fang, L., Coppolino, C., Crumpley, J., Jean-François, J., & Mullen, E. J. (2006, January). Implementing evidence based practice: From research to the front line. Poster session presented at the Society for Social Work Research Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX.

Fang, L. (2005, December). Use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) by Chinese patients with mental health needs in an urban primary care setting: A cross-sectional study. Poster session presented at the American Public Health Association Annual Program Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.

Mullen, E. J., Bellamy, J. L., Bledsoe, S. E., Fang, L., & Manuel, J. (2005, November). Implementing what works in evidence based practice. Paper presented at Bielefeld University International Meeting on What Works in Social Work Practice: Towards Modernizing Social Work’s Knowledge-Base, Bielefeld, Germany.

Fang, L. (2005, September). Correlates of complementary and alternative medicine by Chinese immigrants with mental health disorders. Poster session presented at the Center for the Study of Asian American Health 2nd Annual Asian American Health Conference – Empowering Asian American Communities, New York, NY.

Fang, L. (2005, March). Socio-cultural and health determinants of unconventional medicine use by Chinese Americans with mental health needs in an urban primary care setting. Poster session presented at the Counsel on Social Work Education 51^st Annual Program Meeting, New York, NY.

Fang, L. (2004, October). Best practice models for culturally sensitive behavioral health services for older adults. Paper presented at the Mental Health Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania New Directions in Geriatric Behavioral Health Conference, Philadelphia, PA.

Fang, L. (2003, February). The partnership of mental health and primary care for Chinese patients: The community, the culture and the clinical assessment. Paper presented at the New York University Downtown Hospital Residents Cultural Sensitivity Training Program Grand Rounds, New York, NY.

Fang, L. (2002, February). Eliminating health disparities through strengthening community capacity. Paper presented at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene conference, New York, NY.