WEBINAR: With Dr. Paul van Donkelaar and Karen Mason: When Love Hurts: Exploring the intersection of intimate partner violence and traumatic brain injury
April 20, 2020, 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
Webinar: When Love Hurts: Exploring the intersection of intimate partner violence and traumatic brain injury
Did you know most women survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) may have also suffered a traumatic brain injury (TBI)? Yet to date, there’s very little research or public awareness on the issue. This presentation will explore the intersection of TBI in IPV, and highlight an innovative, community-engaged research initiative working to develop better supports and services for survivors.
Monday, April 20, 2020
12:00pm -1:00 pm (PDT)
About the Speakers:
Dr. Paul van Donkelaar is Co-founder and Principal Investigator for SOAR (Supporting Survivors of Abuse and Brain Injury through Research) -https://www.soarproject.ca - and a Professor in the School of Health and Exercise Sciences at the University of British Columbia's Okanagan campus in Kelowna, British Columbia. His research focusses on the basic mechanisms of sensorimotor control and the cerebrovascular, neurocognitive, and sensorimotor aspects of brain dysfunction resulting from traumatic brain injury (TBI). Since 2016, he has been working to understand brain dysfunction in women who have experienced intimate partner violence-related TBI in collaboration with Kelowna Women’s Shelter through the SOAR Project.
Karen Mason is Co-founder and Director of Community Practice for SOAR (Supporting Survivors of Abuse and Brain Injury through Research) – https://www. soarproject.ca - and former Executive Director of Kelowna Women’ Shelter in British Columbia. Kelowna Women’s Shelter provides emergency and transitional housing, supported second stage housing, counselling support, advocacy, and prevention education to women, and women with children who have experienced gender-based violence. In collaboration with the University of British Columbia’s Okanagan campus, the Shelter is engaged in the community-based SOAR research project to better understand the intersection of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and intimate partner violence (IPV).