Prolonged Exposure and Emotion Regulation Skills Training: A Pilot Study Among Veterans with Military Sexual Trauma-Related PTSD and Difficulties with Emotion Regulation Difficulty with emotion regulation is common among veterans with military sexual trauma-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Although evidenc…

Check out our new article! We had promising preliminary findings with Veterans with military sexual trauma-related PTSD and difficulties with emotion regulation when we blended Prolonged Exposure and Emotion Regulation Skills Training from DBT!

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GSU Researchers Launch Study That Seeks To Inform Sexual Assault Prevention Among Marines A new study led by researchers at Georgia State University seeks to better understand the roles that alcohol misuse and peer influences play in the perpetration of sexual assault among Marines.

So excited about this new R01 to understand alcohol and sexual violence perpetration in the military! news.gsu.edu/2025/10/15/g...

Refining a Video and Text Message Intervention (STAR, Skills Training in Active Recovery) to Prevent the Onset or Escalation of Posttraumatic Stress and Opioid Misuse Among Recent Sexual Assault Survi... Findings reinforce the importance of including community members' perspectives and suggestions to improve the acceptability and relatability of interventions, including the video and SMS text message ...

Dr. Walsh led this incredible project to refine a video and text messaging program prevent PTSD and substance use after sexual assault using a community-engaged approach with survivors! pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40825310/

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Reduced drinking as a mechanism for alcohol and violence-related intervention effects from Positive Change© Alcohol use and sexual assault (SA) victimization often co-occur on college campuses, and prevention programs should ideally address both of these pub…

Check out a new paper by Dr. Rizzo that found reducing college alcohol use can be a mechanism for alcohol and violence-related intervention effects from Positive Change©! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Check out this new paper by student author Hannah Sawyer!

Evaluating the feasibility of an experimental paradigm for alcohol-involved sexual violence perpetration among active duty and veteran men Background: Sexual assault is common in the military and heavy episodic drinking (HED) is a strong predictor of sexual violence perpetration.Objectives: The current study examined factors associate...

Hot off the press! Check out an adaptation of the sexual imposition paradigm for military and veteran men! This is an experimental paradigm that assesses sexual assault perpetration. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Check out this new article on alcohol, cannabis, and sexual assault risk reduction led by Dr. Ruschelle Leone!

Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of a Tailored Personalized Normative Feedback Intervention for College Student Alcohol Use Heavy drinking is common on college campuses, and personalized normative feedback interventions (PFI) are commonly implemented to reduce heavy drinkin…

Just in! Findings from our new randomized controlled trial found that tailoring alcohol interventions for college students may be a useful strategy to reduce alcohol use! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Congrats, Mitch!!! You did an amazing job!!! 🎉🎉🎉

Behind every great woman in science, there’s another great woman in science To mark International Women’s Day on 8 March, six award-winning female scientists highlight women who have inspired them by pushing innovative research and creating opportunities for others.

Thank you to all of the amazing women scientists who have made it possible for me to have my dream job as a scientist! 💕 Happy International Women’s Day! www.nature.com/articles/d41...

School of Public Health Faculty Member Receives International Research Honor Associate Professor Amanda Gilmore has been named the 2025 recipient of the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health Early Career Research Award.

Join us in celebrating Associate Professor @dramandagilmore.bsky.social for receiving the 2025 @aspph.bsky.social Early Career Research Award! Her impactful work leading GSU’s National Center for Sexual Violence Prevention, her research and mentorship are inspiring! news.gsu.edu/2025/02/26/s...

Congrats, Dan!!! 🎉🎉🎉

I never thought of myself as an “inventor” but so exciting to be honored for inventing Teen Well Check which was supported by an NIH training grant!

Here are the publications from Teen Well Check so far!
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Scientists who serve as reviewers also have their bank accounts associated for payment. Maybe get any money out of that bank account since it’s now been breached?

Are you a Black scholar interested in a postdoc focused on addiction, substance use, and/or LGBTQ+ wellbeing? Want to live in Toronto? Check out this fellowship and send me a message!

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Thank you!!

Atlanta Business Chronicle Names Georgia State Professors Among Innovators of the Year The Atlanta Business Chronicle’s annual Health Care Champion Awards recognize the industry’s most innovative and influential leaders.

Honored to have received the 2025 Innovator of the Year Award in Women’s Health from the Atlanta Business Chronicle! news.gsu.edu/2025/01/30/a...

Examining Differences in Sexual Violence Perpetration Likelihood by Perceived Intoxication Among Sexual and Gender Minority College Students Experiences of sexual violence (SV) victimization are pervasive among sexual and gender minority college students, yet few studies have documented rates of SV perpetration within this community. Wh...

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 🚨 check out our new paper in JAMT where we use i3 and minority stress theory as guiding frameworks to examine sexual and gender minority college students likelihood to perpetrate sexual violence according to levels of perceived intoxication

📣New paper alert! We found that Teen Well Check was associated with decreases in perceived norms for substance use before sex among teens. Teen Well Check is a brief (~5min) eHealth intervention for teens in primary care! formative.jmir.org/2023/1/e50833

Tell your undergrads: PREP at UW offers mentored research, data science training and prof. development for undergraduates from groups historically underrepresented in psych/neurosci. 28 May–9 August 2024. Application window opens 1 November 2023. @spspnews.bsky.social @affectscience.bsky.social

Hi, brand new to Bluesky! I’m an Associate Prof at Georgia State University and study alcohol, sexual assault, suicide, and health equity. I also direct the National Center for Sexual Violence Prevention. Looking forward to connecting with current and future scholars!