Karen A McDonnell, PhD

Assistant Professor, Director of the Maternal and Child Health Program, Department of Prevention and Community Health, GWU SPHHS

Phone: (202) 467-2282
Fax: (202) 416-0433
Email: kmcdonne@gwu.edu
Website: http://www.gwumc.edu/sphhs/faculty/mcdonnell_karen.cfm

Current HIV/AIDS Educational Activities:

• HIV/AIDS incorporated within coursework currently teaching
  (MCH I: A life course perspective, MCH II: Program Planning and Implementation; and Women's Health)

Current HIV/AIDS Clinical Activities:

• Subcontract to train clinicians to assess for HIV and IPV among their female clients

Current HIV/AIDS Research Activities:

• Development and pilot testing of a social and behaviorally based intervention to assist HIV positive women dealing with IPV (stemming from our work in Project CARES)
• Development and evaluation of a socially and behaviorally based clinical/community intervention to decrease the health disparities of immigrant women in the co-morbidities of HIV and IPV