Research Division: Center for Trauma and The Community
Our History
In the past, the Research Division was known as the Center for Trauma and the Community, an interdisciplinary research center housed in the Department of Psychiatry. It focused on improving the mental health of low-income individuals and families in the Washington, DC metropolitan area who were exposed to highly stressful and traumatic events, such as physical or sexual assault and abuse, life-threatening accidents, violent loss, war, and immigration-related trauma.
Directed by Bonnie L. Green, PhD, it operated from 2004 to 2016 and was initially funded by an NIMH/NIH Developing Center grant to Dr. Green. Associate Directors included Mary Ann Dutton, PhD, Stacey Kaltman, PhD, community partner Maria Rosa Watson, DDS, DrPH, and colleagues from the School of Nursing and Health Studies.
Currently, the Research Division aims to provide synergy between experts from behavioral health, medicine, and law in research, clinical practice, and education/training.