Victim Researcher Profile

BIO

Mary Ann Dutton, Ph.D. is Professor and Vice-Chair for Research in the Department of Psychiatry, Georgetown University Medical Center and Co-Director of the Community Engagement and Research core of the Georgetown Howard Universities Center for Clinical and Translational Science. Dr. Dutton's research focuses on interpersonal trauma and its mental health outcomes. She has received numerous federal grants for longitudinal studies and randomized behavioral clinical trials for trauma interventions involving mindfulness and telehealth approaches. Dr. Dutton has also focused on immigrant women's use civil protection orders and trauma-informed legal advocacy. Dr. Dutton is the author of numerous scientific journal articles and books. Dr. Dutton also offers Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction instruction. Dr. Dutton serves as a forensic consultant and expert witness in criminal and civil cases involving interpersonal trauma.

VICTIMIZATION FOCUS

Domestic and Family Violence, Vicarious Trauma

SPECIAL POPULATIONS

Immigrants and refugees

RESEARCH EXPERTISE

Community-based participatory research, Data collection, Descriptive studies, Program evaluation, Quantitative studies, Quasi-experimental studies, Randomized controlled trial

VICTIM RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Community-based participatory research, Data collection, Descriptive studies, Program evaluation, Quasi-experimental studies, Randomized controlled trial