KL2 Scholar Alumna Receives Funding to Identify Interventions for Intimate Partner Violence

Gunnur Karakurt, PhD
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Gunnur Karakurt, PhD

CTSC KL2 Scholar alumna and associate professor of psychiatry at the CWRU School of Medicine, Gunnur Karakurt, PhD has been awarded a four-year, $1.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to identify effective treatments for intimate partner violence (IPV), and to develop a decision-making tool for care providers. The project involves analyzing national data to identify subgroups of people who respond similarly to specific IPV treatments. By combining findings with a meta-analysis of the literature and computer modeling, clinicians will be better able to choose between evidence-based treatments.

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