Approaches
Trauma-Centered
Exposure to violence often results in physical, psychological, and social trauma that can persist across the lifespan. A trauma-centered approach prioritizes understanding, acknowledging, and responding to these experiences in research, programming, and practice. Faculty and projects integrate trauma-informed principles to create safe, supportive environments, reduce re-traumatization, and promote resilience among individuals and communities affected by violence.
Researchers
Letia Bailey, LCSW-BACS
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, School of Medicine
Specialty Areas: Child Health, Maternal Depression, Parenting Intervention
Courtney N. Baker, PhD
Associate Professor, School of Science & Engineering
Specialty Areas: Trauma-Informed Care, Youth Violence, School Settings
Scott Batey, PhD, MSW
Professor, School of Social Work
Specialty Areas: Community Engagement, Health Equity, Care Intervention
Allison Boothe Trigg, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Psychology Division Chief, School of Medicine
Specialty Areas: Early Childhood Mental Health, Adolescent Psychiatry
Angela S. Breidenstine, PhD
Associate Professor, School of Medicine
Specialty Areas: Infant Mental Health Assessment And Intervention, Mindfulness
Fred Buttell, PhD, LCSW-BACS
Professor, School of Social Work
Specialty Areas: LGBTQ, Batterer Intervention Program Evaluation
Gretchen Clum, PhD
Associate Professor, The Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Specialty Areas: Resilience, Mental Health, Women’s Health
Joseph Constans, PhD
Adjunct Faculty, School of Science and Engineering
Specialty Areas: PTSD, Gun Violence, Suicide
Sarah M. C. Deland, MD
Assistant Professor of Adult Psychiatry & Forensic Neurospychiatry, School of Medicine
Specialty Areas: Forensic Psychiatry, Impulse Control Disorders
Juan Duchesne, MD
Professor of Surgery, School of Medicine
Specialty Areas: Surgery, Trauma and Critical Care
Regardt (Reggie) Ferreira, PhD
Program Director of the Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy & Associate Professor, School of Social Work
Specialty Areas: Disaster Resilience, Intimate Partner Violence, International Violence Prevention
Charles R. Figley, PhD
Kurzweg Distinguished Chair in Disaster Mental Health, Distinguished Professor, School of Social Work
Specialty Areas: PTSD, Disaster Mental Health, Collective Trauma
Julia Fleckman, PhD
Adjunct Professor
Specialty Areas: Structural and Social Determinants of Firearm Violence, Evaluation of Firearm Violence Prevention Strategies, Community-Partnered Research, Evaluation of IPV and Gender-based Violence Interventions, Restorative Approaches
Samantha Francois, PhD
Adjunct Professor
Specialty Areas: Adolescent Development, Structural Violence, Anti-racist Research
Kelli Stidham Hall, PhD, MS
Associate Dean of Research & Professor, The Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine
Specialty Areas: Policy, Community Engagement, Interventions, Poverty, Structural Racism
Sarah Hinshaw-Fuselier, PhD, LCSW
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, School of Medicine
Specialty Areas: Early Childhood, Mental Health Consultation
Meghan Howell, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, School of Medicine
Specialty Areas: Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, Early Childhood Development
Sally J. Kenney, PhD
Professor & Newcomb College Endowed Chair and Director, Newcomb Institute 2010-2022
Specialty Areas: The Politics Of Gender-Based Violence, Exclusionary Policies
Angela Keyes, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, School of Medicine
Specialty Areas: Early Childhood Development, Mental Health Consultation, Positive Discipline
Becki T. Kondkar, JD
Clinical Professor of Law, School of Law
Specialty Areas: Domestic Violence Litigation, Family Justice
Evan Krueger, PhD
Assistant Professor, School of Social Work
Specialty Areas: Mental Health, Addiction, Social Environmental Factors
Marva L. Lewis, PhD
Associate Professor, School of Social Work
Specialty Areas: Racism-Based Stress And Birth Outcomes, Community-Based Parenting
Mary Margaret Gleason, MD, FAAP
Professor, School of Medicine
Specialty Areas: Primary Care, Early Childhood, Mental Health
Melissa Middleton, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, School of Medicine
Specialty Areas: Child Development, Parent-Child Relationship
Devin Miron Murphy, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, School of Medicine
Specialty Areas: Infant Mental Health, Trauma-Informed Care
Catherine O'Connor, PhD, LMSW
Associate Professor, School of Social Work
Specialty Areas: Indigenous Women And Children, Resilience, Health Disparities
Stacy Overstreet, PhD
Professor, School of Science & Engineering
Specialty Areas: Family Violence, School-Based Intervention, Trauma-Informed Care
Anita Raj, PhD
Executive Director of the Newcomb Institute & Nancy Reeves Dreux Endowed Chair in The Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Specialty Areas: Epidemiologic and qualitative assessment of gendered, social, and cultural vulnerabilities compromising reproductive, maternal, neonatal, child, and adolescent health across national settings
Leia Saltzman, PhD, LMSW
Associate Professor, School of Social Work
Specialty Areas: Mass Disaster, Posttraumatic Growth
Sherryl Scott Heller, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, School of Medicine
Specialty Areas: Child Development, Perinatal Health, Educational Interventions
Jay Silverman, PhD
Co-Director, Violence Prevention Institute & Usdin Family Professor of Community Health
Specialty Areas: Social Epidemiologic Studies, Reproductive Coercion, Gender-based Household Maltreatment, and Reproductive Violence
Anneliese Singh, PhD
Associate Provost for Faculty Development and Chief Officer for Academic Excellence & Opportunity, Professor, School of SocialWork
Specialty Areas: Multicultural Counseling, Racial Justice, Resilience
Loretta Sonnier, MD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, School of Medicine
Specialty Areas: Child And Adolescent Forensic Psychiatry, Violence Risk Assessment
Monica Stevens, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, School of Medicine
Specialty Areas: Behavior Disorders, Trauma
Sharven Taghavi, MD, MPH, MS, FACS, FCCP
Assistant Professor, School of Medicine
Specialty Areas: Trauma Surgery, Injury Prevention, Health Disparities
Katherine (Kat) Theall
Co-Director, Violence Prevention Institute Cecile Usdin Professorship in Women’s Health
Specialty Areas: Health Equity, Built & Social Environment, Maternal Health, Social Epidemiology
John W. Thompson, MD
Chair and Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine
Specialty Areas: Adult, Addiction And Forensic Psychiatry
Lisa Wade, PhD
Associate Professor, School of Liberal Arts
Specialty Areas: Campus Sexual Violence Prevention
Charles H. Zeanah, Jr. MD
Mary Peters Sellars-Polchow Chair of Psychiatry, School of Medicine
Specialty Areas: Adverse Early Experiences, Attachment Disorders
Projects
Center for Youth Equity
Supportive Hospital-based Intervention for Firearm Trauma
Community-Based Violence Intervention & Prevention Initiative
Address
1440 Canal Street, Suite 1510, New Orleans, LA 70112
social media
@tulanevpi