Stacey Kolomer

College of Public Health: Institute of Gerontology

Posted in: Affiliated Faculty

Last updated: Jun 28, 2007 - 1:12:05 PM

School of Social Work
skolomer@uga.edu
http://www.ssw.uga.edu/social/sections/people/facultydetail.php?sid=45&fid=13
201 Tucker
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602
706.542.5445 (voice)
706.542.3282 (fax)

Educational Background

University of Albany

Columbia University

SUNY StonyBrook

Courses Taught

•	Gerontology
•	Social Work and Politics

Research Interests

•	Grandparent caregivers
•	Geriatric enrichment in social work education

Area of Specialty

Stacey Kolomer is an associate professor and director of the BSW program at the University of Georgia School of Social Work. Her previous areas of practice include hospitals, dialysis units, and a nursing home. Dr. Kolomer's research interests include grandparent caregiving families, medication management in older caregivers, and increasing aging knowledge in social work education. Dr. Kolomer is a Hartford Faculty Scholar and has received funding from the John A. Hartford Foundation, Inc., The Georgia Gerontology Consortium, and the Institute for Geriatric Social Work. Dr. Kolomer is also a faculty member at the Institute of Gerontology and currently the Vice President of the Board of Directors at the Athens Community Council on Aging.