News and Press Releases Archive
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| Adolescent Sexual Violence: A Longitudinal Examination of Outcomes and Risk |
A two-year NIH study of sexual violence among adolescents. P.I. Quyen Epstein-Ngo |
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| Translating Feminist Scholarship for Curriculum Transformation in China |
Professor Wang Zheng will conduct a translation project for the purpose of providing updated feminist scholarship for the on‐going curriculum transformation in higher education in China. |
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| Chicana por mi Raza: A National Collaboratory |
An IRWG Collaborative Planning Grant supported the development of organizational infrastructure for Chicana por Mi Raza, a digital, central repository for public and private archives, oral histories, and research related to the development of Chicana feminist praxis during the civil rights period. |
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| Pre-meeting Workshops on Gender and Addictions |
With a Collaborative Planning Grant from IRWG, this research group planned four workshops on sex differences, gender and addiction, culminating in a graduate course offered in Fall 2013. |
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| Global Feminisms in Russia |
The Global Feminisms Project is a collaborative international oral history project that examines the history of feminist activism, women's movements, and academic women's studies in sites around the world. |
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Q&A with Jocelyn Fenton Stitt, Program Director for Faculty Research Development |
Jocelyn Fenton Stitt serves as an advocate for advancing research on gender or sexuality by finding funding sources and developing grant proposals. Learn more about Dr. Stitt and how she can help faculty members develop their research. |
| Substance Abuse Interdisciplinary Training Program |
This training program connects predoctoral and postdoctoral researchers with faculty mentors to expand their work beyond traditional disciplinary boundaries in the field of substance abuse research. |
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| Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health (BIRCWH) |
This training program connects early-career scientists with faculty mentors. The goal is to support a cadre of new junior faculty scholars who will develop independent scientific careers addressing interdisciplinary women’s health concerns. |
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| Remote Therapy for Alcohol and Dating Aggression in Non-College Emerging Adults |
Dr. Epstein-Ngo is developing and pilot testing a targeted 8-session psychotherapeutic intervention to reduce alcohol misuse, associated dating aggression and mental health problems with high-risk 18-25 year-olds seeking emergency medical care. This intervention will be delivered by a remotely-located therapist via smartphone or other smart technology. |
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| Longitudinal Changes in Recovery from Drug Use Disorders: A National Study |
This research project is the first large-scale national study to examine longitudinal changes in substance-use recovery and relapse as a function of age, gender, race/ethnicity, and socioeconomic status. Findings from the study will help to establish the most effective standards of treatment for substance-use disorders. |