Early recognition and secondary prevention for family violence (including especially child abuse, intimate partner violence, and elder abuse) depends on emergency clinicians. In partnership with the Kempe Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect, our lab studies recognition and care for families dealing with violence. Our focus is making care more effective, fair, safe, and reliable.
Our work focuses on:The Lab is the home of – an NIH funded national network dedicated to improving the care provided by child abuse pediatricians.
Emergency Medicine
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Ligia Batista-Silverman
Program Coordinator
Elizabeth Bloemen
Elder Maltreatment Researcher
Child Abuse Pediatrics Researcher
Gregory Dyba
Co-Investigator
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Child Maltreatment Researcher
Pediatric Radiology
Pediatric Radiology
Pediatric Radiology
Jacob Rademacher
Research Assistant
Stuart Sommers
CAPNET Nodal Coordinator