Research as hope. And healing.
Survivor-centered. Translational. Transformational.
Current and on-going funded research projects
2026-2028
Mapping risk of family court associated filicides
Pilot funding from Penn State Child Maltreatment Solutions Network
2026-2028
Child health and safety in family courts: Implementation research on child protection law
Funded by NIH/NINR Pediatric Research LRP L40NR022367
Post-separation abuse
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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jan.15310
Recognized as a top downloaded article in the Journal of Advanced Nursing
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Assault on fundamental needs: understanding how post-separation abuse impacts basic human needs
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Qualitative descriptive study that examines co-parent firearm access, storage, and direct and indirect threats
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Coming soon: quantitative analysis of children’s special health care needs in the context of post-separation abuse
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Navigating protective precarity: qualitative analysis of experiences of child custody after seeking civil POs
Funding for study provided by National Research Service Award, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Development, F31-HD111297 (2023-2025); Johns Hopkins School of Nursing Discovery & Innovation Grant (2024) & T32 Predoctoral Fellowship in Trauma and Violence Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Development T32-HD094687 (2020-2022)
HELP-T Scale
Children exposed to intimate partner violence experience disparities in access to healthcare. The Healthcare, Economic, and Legal Post-Separation Abuse and Coercive Tactics Scale measures behaviors that IPV perpetrators may use after separation to block or impede children’s access to healthcare.
If you are interested in using the HELP-T in a research or practice-based setting, please contact me .
Other Research Experience
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University of Rochester, TRANSFORM, with PI Dr. Catherine Cerulli
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Preventing and Assessing Intimate Partner Homicide Risk. PIs: Dr. Jacquelyn Campbell (Johns Hopkins School of Nursing) and Dr. Jill Messing (Arizona State University)
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PIs: Dr. Alesha Durfee (St. Louis University) & Dr. Jill Messing (Arizona State University)
Awards
2025 Hero of Child Justice, pictured with former Maryland Secretary of State John Wobensmith and Executive Director of Child Justice, Eileen King