Barbara L. Jones PhD, MSW, FNAP

Barbara Jones is the Josleen and Frances Lockhart memorial professor of direct social work practice and associate dean for health affairs at the Steve Hicks School of Social Work. She is also a university distinguished teaching professor and co-director of the Institute for Collaborative Health Research and Practice. At Dell Medical School, she is chair of the social work domain, associate director of social sciences and community-based research at the LIVESTRONG Cancer Institutes and professor of oncology, population health and psychiatry.
<>br/> She is also a founding Steering Committee member of the UT Austin Center for Health Interprofessional Practice and Education. Jones is a distinguished scholar and fellow of the National Academies of Practice and immediate past vice-chair of the Social Work Academy. She is the past president of the Association of Pediatric Oncology Social Workers (APOSW) and 2013 APOSW Social Worker of the Year.