Catherine N. Dulmus, PhD, LCSW-R, is professor, associate dean for research, director of the Buffalo Center for Social Research at the University at Buffalo School of Social Work and co-director of the UB/Amrita Social and Behavioral Sciences Research Institute housed at Amrita University in Kerala, India. She also serves as research director at Hillside Family of Agencies (HFA) through an innovative research partnership she developed between HFA and the University at Buffalo. This research partnership garners the strengths and assets of both partners to realize a true research to practice and practice to research agenda.