Faculty/Staff Valire Carr Copeland, MSW, MPH, PhD
Valire Carr Copeland is an associate professor in the School of Social Work with a secondary appointment in the Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences. She also is the associate director of the Public Health Social Work Training Program, and faculty affiliate in the Center for Minority Health at the University of Pittsburgh's Graduate School of Public Health.
She also codirects the Center for Minority Health's Cultural Competency, Health Literacy, and Participatory Research Core. Copeland received her MSW (1978), MPH (1988), and PhD (1989) from the University of Pittsburgh. Her research and publications have focused directly on minority health and mental health disparities in service delivery, program planning, and treatment engagement for women and children.
Copeland's current scholarship focuses on culturally competent engagement and intervention strategies and their impact on minority health disparities.
Copeland's areas of interest include child health policy, maternal and child health services programs, and the health/mental health status of African American women and children.