Dr. Maya Ragavan's violence prevention work focuses on:
- Using healing-centered engagement to support parent survivors of IPV in pediatric healthcare settings; and
- Engaging parents/caregivers in preventing dating violence.
She has contributed several innovative papers in this space, including one of the first to show how abusive partners may use the pediatric healthcare setting to manipulate or control IPV survivors. Her parent-adolescent work focuses on increasing parental monitoring and communication around dating violence. Her K23 from NICHD focuses on developing and testing one of the first family-based dating violence prevention interventions for Latine families. She also has another research program centered on language justice and the provision of culturally sensitive care particularly for immigrant and refugee communities.
Funding:
1 K23 HD104925-01A1 (Developing an Adolescent Relationship Abuse Prevention Intervention for Hispanic Immigrant Families) funded by National Institute for Child Health and Human Development
Magee CARES grant (Cannabis and tobacco use coercion among prenatal intimate partner violence survivors) funded by Magee Women’s Research Institute
Research Advisory Committee (Developing and testing a parent-adolescent relationship abuse prevention intervention for pediatric primary care) funded by UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Willingness to Participate Pilot Grant (Non-English speaking communities in research) funded by University of Pittsburgh Clinical and Translational Science Institute
NU38OT000282 (Improving Services for Women and Children During a Pandemic) funded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Dean’s Faculty Advancement Award funded by University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Children’s Trust Young Investigator Award (Developing a parent-focused adolescent relationship abuse intervention for pediatric primary care) funded by Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation
University of Pittsburgh Momentum Scaling Grant (Promoting trustworthiness of the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine among Black and Latinx communities) funded by University of Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh Momentum Grant (Developing a Latinx Youth Research Advisory Board to Address and Dismantle Structural Inequities in Emerging Latinx communities) funded by University of Pittsburgh