Research Roundtable: IPV & Health
A virtual roundtable series featuring the latest research and practice addressing the intersections of health, intimate forms of violence, and prevention.
Transform Your Practice. Advance Health. Prevent Violence.
Don’t miss this powerful nine-part roundtable series on the intersections of intimate partner violence and health—where knowledge meets action.
Hosted by The National Health Initiative on Violence and Abuse at FUTURES, the Johns Hopkins Center for Global Women’s Health and Gender Equity, and the Bloomberg American Health Initiative at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, this series brings together leading experts to share cutting-edge research and innovative solutions.
Each session dives into urgent issues shaping lives and communities—including pediatric and adolescent health, gun violence, healthcare systems change, care and safety during emergencies, maternal mortality, reproductive coercion, and more.
Roundtable Sessions
09/17/25: Growing Up Safe: Youth, Adolescents, IPV Prevention, and Relationship Health
Intimate partner violence begins far earlier than most people realize. This roundtable explores innovative approaches to supporting young people’s healthy relationships through clinical health interventions, community-driven education, prevention campaigns, and culturally responsive care.
Wednesday, September 17, 2025
8:00 a.m. PT / 10:00 a.m CT / 11:00 a.m. ET
Panelists
Maya Ragavan,MD, MPH, MS
Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh
"Engaging Together for Health Relationships"
Susan Gilbert, MPA
Co-Director, National Coalition for Sexual Health
"Own the Awk: A Campaign to promote Open Communication & Healthy Relationships Among Young Adults"
Olivia Harris, MPH
Director of Strategic Partnership, Speak About It, Inc.
"Using Theater to Model Positive Behavior Change for Adolescents and Young Adults in the USA: A Grounded Theory of Change "
Sabrina Boyce, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health, UC Berkeley School of Public Health
"Friend Matter: Sexual violence attitudes and Behaviors clusters among socially connected youth in Calirfornia: finding from a social network analysis"
Moderated by Elizabeth Miller, MD, PhD, FSAHM, University of Pittsburgh
10/08/25: IPV & Sexual and Reproductive Health: Intervention and Advocacy
Partner Violence undermines sexual and reproductive health. This session examines the vital connections between reproductive health, reproductive coercion, and IPV prevention and response.
Wednesday, October 8, 2025
10:00 a.m. PT / 12:00 p.m. CT / 1:00 p.m. ET
Spanish and ASL interpretation will be provided for this webinar
Panelists:
Shannon Wood, PhD, MSc
Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health:
“Trajectories of Reproductive Coercion and Associated Reproductive Health Risks Among a Cohort of Young Women in Nairobi, Kenya”
Jessica Grace, PhD, LMSW
Assistant Professor, University of North Texas
“Reproductive decision-making in abusive relationships: A qualitative synthesis of the experiences of women”
Sophie Morse, PhD, MPP
Postdoctoral Fellow, The University of California, San Francisco
“Intimate Partner Violence as a Barrier to Young Women’s Use of Preferred Contraception”
- Jasmine Uysal, MPH
Predoctoral Fellow, Center on Gender Equity and Health
University of California San Diego
ARCHES: Addressing Reproductive Coercion in Health Settings
Moderated by: Jennifer Wagman, PhD, MHS, Associate Professor of Community Health Sciences- UC Los Angeles
11/12/25: Transforming Health Care & Health Systems for IPV Response
Focusing on health systems as critical intervention points, this session presents the latest in trauma-informed practices, screening innovations, and the role of health care providers in supporting survivors, from a systems’ lens to sustain and amplify our efforts.
Wednesday, November 12, 2025
10:00 a.m. PT / 12:00 p.m. CT / 1:00 p.m. ET
Speakers:
Jacquelyn Campbell, PhD, RN
Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing
“Risky Business: How to Talk About Danger with IPV Survivors”
Rachel Robitz, MD
Psychiatrist. UC Davis Trauma Recovery Center
“Cultivating cultural safety: supporting the needs of historically marginalized groups experiencing gender-based violence”
April Schweinhart, PhD
Research Scientist, The Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation
“Increasing Connection Across Intimate Partner Violence, Substance Use, and Mental Health Service Providers in Kentucky”
Moderated by:
Brigid McCaw, MD, MPH, MS
Senior Clinical Advisor, UCSF Center to Advance Trauma-Informed Health Care
12/10/25: A Deadly Mix: IPV, Firearms, and Health
Firearms amplify the lethality of domestic violence. This roundtable examines the intersection of gun violence, policy, and public health strategies to protect survivors.
Wednesday, December 10, 2025
10:00 a.m. PT / 12:00 p.m. CT / 1:00 p.m. ET
01/14/26: IPV, Pregnancy, and Maternal Health
Homicide is a leading cause of death during pregnancy. This session addresses the intertwined epidemics of intimate partner violence and maternal mortality. Centering the experiences of survivors during pregnancy, this session investigates the compounded risks of domestic violence during the perinatal period and how health providers and advocates can support survivors.
Wednesday, January 14, 2026
10:00 a.m. PT / 12:00 p.m. CT / 1:00 p.m. ET
02/11/26: Innovation Spotlight: Promising IPV Interventions Across Contexts
Prevention is possible. This roundtable spotlights programs that have demonstrated success in preventing intimate partner violence and promoting healing—from culturally grounded practices to community-based innovations.
Wednesday, February 11, 2026
10:00 a.m. PT / 12:00 p.m. CT / 1:00 p.m. ET
03/11/26: Perpetration Prevention: Supporting People Who Cause Violence
Looking for new approaches, this session focuses on supportive, accountable, and healing-centered models for engaging individuals who have caused violence in relationships.
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
10:00 a.m. PT / 12:00 p.m. CT / 1:00 p.m. ET
04/15/26: Crisis Within Crisis: IPV and Climate-Related Disasters
As climate change intensifies displacement and instability, this roundtable explores the emerging linkages between environmental disasters and increased risk of intimate partner violence.
Wednesday, March 15, 2026
10:00 a.m. PT / 12:00 p.m. CT / 1:00 p.m. ET
05/13/26: The Economics of Safety: Economic Abuse, Sexual Harassment and Tech-faciliated Abuse
This session reveals new insight on emergent and understudied issues from economic abuse, financial insecurity, tech-facilitated violence, to sexual harassment. It interrogates systemic inequality as a root cause and consequence of intimate partner violence, and highlights economic support as a pathway to survivor safety.
Wednesday, May 13, 2026
10:00 a.m. PT / 12:00 p.m. CT / 1:00 p.m. ET