Structure and Organization

How the National Violence Against Women Prevention Research Center
is organized

The NVAWPRC is made up of faculty and students at three academic institutions:

• The National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, SC
• The Center for Trauma Recovery at the University of Missouri, St. Louis
• The Wellesley Centers for Women at Wellesley College in Wellesley, MA

Each of these three academic parts of the NVAWPRC has a long and distinguished history addressing various aspects of the violence against women problem. After you find out more about the NVAWPRC, there will be an opportunity to visit web sites of each of these three academic-based programs. You can also find out more about our partners at the CDC Violence Prevention programs.

The Center’s activities are based at the three academic institutions (see above), all of which collaborate closely. The Center is funded via a cooperative agreement with the CDC, hence we consider the CDC a fourth, and integral partner in our activities.

The Center’s Director is Dean G. Kilpatrick, Ph.D., who is Professor of Psychology and Director of the National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center at the Medical University of South Carolina.

Patricia A. Resick, Ph.D., Center Co-Director, is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Center for Trauma Recovery at the University of Missouri at St. Louis.

Linda M. Williams, Ph.D., Center Co-Director, is Director of Research at the Wellesley Centers for Women at Wellesley College. Nan Stein, Ed.D. serves as a Co-Investigator at the Wellesley site.

Vickey L. Cornelison and Janis S. Koenig, M.Ed. at the Medical University of South Carolina are the Center’s Program Coordinators. The Center Director and Co-Directors work together closely to plan and coordinate activities across the three sites.

Our collaborative colleagues at the CDC include: Rita Noonan, Ph.D., Science Officer and Janet Saul, Ph.D., Team Leader who are members of the Research Synthesis and Application team of the Program Implementation and Dissemination Branch. In addition, Tiffanee Woodard (Research Analyst) works on the project through the EDS-CISSS contract at CDC.

The Center team also includes the following consultants, who will augment the expertise of the faculty and help the Center accomplish its mission:

This page authored by Dean G. Kilpatrick, Ph.D.