Ms Sandra Latibeaudiere within the Department of Sociology, Psychology and Social Work is doing important work with the elderly population, raising awareness of, and supporting people living with Alzheimer's disease, dementia as well as their caregivers.

Dr Moji Anderson from the Department of Sociology, Psychology and Social Work is a strong advocate for the LGBTQ people in the region. She recently launched her book Beyond Homophobia: Centring LGBTQ Experiences in the Anglophone Caribbean which challenges the conventional views of the Caribbean as being deeply homophobic.

Senator Floyd Morris of the UWI Centre for Disability Studies (UWICDS) continues to advance his work in the areas of research, training, public education and advocacy for persons with disabilities. The UWICDS is in the advanced stages of planning a special conference to advocate for disability-specific legislation to be developed for all countries in the Caribbean. Also, the UWICDS has recently started work on the Regional Disability Index 2021, which will involve all the countries within the Anglophone Caribbean. Dr Dacia Leslie from SALISES is engaged on a CDB-commissioned project as one of two M&E specialists supporting the assessment of the status of persons with disabilities in four Caribbean countries.

Dr Heather Ricketts from the Department of Sociology, Psychology and Social Work has advocated for the importance of social protection for national development, economic growth and labour market efficiency. Dr Ricketts has been involved in projects that have reviewed the social protection system in Jamaica, advocating for protection in areas such as pensions and access to health insurance.

Faculty members have also made efforts to reduce health inequities among vulnerable populations in Jamaica. For example, Dr Moji Anderson has conducted research to assist Jamaicans living with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) to cope more positively. Dr Anderson has also examined Jamaican adolescents living with diabetes, investigating their experiences with living with diabetes to determine how their needs can be addressed.

Dr Patrice Whitely, through her membership on the Lupus Foundation of Jamaica, continues to advocate for persons with Lupus. Dr Whitely is also currently exploring hypertension among elderly persons in Jamaica, advocating for reduced levels of stress, better health and lower costs of illness.

Dr Tracy McFarlane from SPSW utilizes her expertise in health psychology to conduct research and interventions that focus on areas of social inequalities in health. Dr McFarlane has examined areas such as stress, burnout and coping among emergency physicians and behavioral and psychosocial factors affecting women's psychological and physical well-being.

Dr Peter-John Gordon from the Department of Economics is also doing collaborative research with George-Levi Gayle, Devon Lynch and Prasanthi Ramakrishnan on Estimating Moral Hazard in Healthcare Utilization from a Large Scale Policy Experiment: Universal Healthcare, Not Universal Benefit.