Abigail Eiler

Professional Title

Clinical Assistant Professor, Social Work, Athletics

Department(s)

School of Social Work

About

Professor Eiler's research includes culturally-responsive, community-based prevention and intervention (i.e. Mental health assessment and treatment) practices. She has worked on multiple SAMHSA grants and received foundation funding to support suicide prevention, intervention and post-vention efforts in North American Indian communities. Professor Eiler gathers both quantitative and qualitative data with community participants to help inform best practice standards established and implemented into community-based programming. Professor Eiler is the past president of NASW-Michigan chapter and has great interest and knowledge around ethical social work practice. She is interested in further exploring ethics and integrated health models across health science disciplines.

Research Interests

activism
community-based research
ethnicity
health
qualitative research
quantitative research
race
violence
ethics
culturally-responsive healthcare