Professionals working with and serving communities at risk of human trafficking increasingly use public health strategies to establish evidence-informed, data-driven responses to human trafficking. "The Public Health Response to Human Trafficking: A Look-Back and a Step Forward," published by Public Health Reports (PHR) and sponsored by the Office on Trafficking in Persons, expands the current […]

Join the Institute for Research on Poverty for this timely webinar. A growing body of research has begun to change understandings of how toxic environments can affect young people, particularly African American boys and young men. This webinar features presenters Noni Gaylord-Harden, Jocelyn Smith Lee, and Alvin Thomas who will address risk and protective factors for youth […]

Judges play a critical role in making reasonable efforts decisions in child welfare cases, yet there is limited research on how they make these decisions or how those decisions relate to case outcomes. This study seeks to fill that gap by examining judges’ reasonable efforts decision-making at the initial hearing of a child welfare case. […]

This is the first in a series of free, virtual lectures from the Kempe Center featuring esteemed clinicians and researchers who specialize in the field of child maltreatment. These talks will be livestreamed via Zoom and open to the public (no registration necessary). Presenters: Kristine A. Campbell, MD MSc, Associate Professor in the Department of […]

This is another in a series of free, virtual lectures from The Kempe Center featuring esteemed clinicians and researchers who specialize in the field of child maltreatment. These talks will be livestreamed via Zoom and open to the public (no registration necessary). Presenter: Ernestine Cabady Briggs-King, Ph.D., Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke […]

Another in The Kempe Center series of free, virtual lectures, featuring esteemed clinicians and researchers who specialize in the field of child maltreatment. These talks will be livestreamed via Zoom and open to the public (no registration necessary). Presenter:  Anita Barbee, Ph.D., MSSW, Professor & Distinguished University Scholar, Director of PhD Program, University of Louisville. […]

Another in a series of free, virtual lectures from The Kempe Center, featuring esteemed clinicians and researchers who specialize in the field of child maltreatment. These talks will be livestreamed via Zoom and open to the public (no registration necessary). Presenter: Hank T. Puls, MD, Physician, Children's Mercy Kansas City, and Associate Professor of Pediatrics […]

The final event in a series of free, virtual lectures from The Kempe Center, featuring esteemed clinicians and researchers who specialize in the field of child maltreatment. These talks will be livestreamed via Zoom and open to the public (no registration necessary). Presenter for this day's event:  Cinnamon Dixon, D.O., M.P.H., a board-certified pediatric emergency […]