{"id":225109,"date":"2023-04-27T11:39:03","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T15:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/?page_id=225109"},"modified":"2025-10-08T13:59:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T17:59:32","slug":"center-for-trauma-and-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/research\/centers-and-groups\/center-for-trauma-and-mental-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Center for Trauma and Mental Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Fostering a community of researchers, educators, and practitioners addressing trauma in all forms<\/h3>\n<p>The Center for Trauma and Mental Health brings together researchers, clinicians, policymakers, students, and community members to advance public health strategies that identify vulnerable populations and prevent adverse health outcomes.<\/p>\n\t<div class=\"editorial-featured\">\n\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"featured-image\">\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"600\" height=\"362\" src=\"\/sph\/files\/2022\/12\/MentalHealth_FeaturedImage.jpg\" class=\"attachment-sph_thumb size-sph_thumb\" alt=\"Cartoon depicting elderly people hanging laundry to dry, images of war, a war medal, pills\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"featured-text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h6>Featured Story<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/news\/articles\/2022\/the-way-forward-shifting-from-stigmas-to-solutions\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"hed\">The Way Forward: Shifting From Stigmas to Solutions<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<p>Current areas of study and ongoing programs include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/news\/articles\/2020\/climate-change-and-a-host-of-mental-health-outcomes\/\">climate change and mental health<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bwhs\/\">mental and physical health impacts of discrimination on Black women<\/a>,<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/gwic\/\">behavioral neurotoxicology and Gulf War Illness in veterans<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/news\/articles\/2023\/post-overdose-programs-may-lower-opioid-related-death-rates\/\">health service delivery to survivors of overdose<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/news\/articles\/2020\/professor-receives-award-to-study-mental-health-of-transgender-college-students\/\"><span>suicide in transgender college students<\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/news\/articles\/2022\/professor-receives-640k-grant-to-study-racial-disparities-in-youth-gun-injuries\/\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/news\/articles\/2022\/professor-receives-640k-grant-to-study-racial-disparities-in-youth-gun-injuries\/\">racial disparities in firearm injuries<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ideahub.org\/successes\/busph-researchers-helps-a-mental-health-advocacy-program-for-kids-reach-new-heights-during-covid-19-and-beyond\/\">mental health advocacy for children in the court system<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/pghs\/\">storytelling on global mental health<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<aside class=\"callout aligncenter\"><div class=\"callout-content\"><\/p>\n<h3>SPH Program Highlight<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/education\/degrees-and-programs\/master-of-public-health-programs\/certificates\/mental-health-and-substance-use\/\">MPH Context Certificate on Mental Health and Substance Use<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On-campus MPH students learn to build conceptual frameworks, knowledge, and technical skills necessary to understand how mental illness and substance-use disorders develop, are manifested, and are treated.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/education\/degrees-and-programs\/master-of-public-health-programs\/certificates\/mental-health-and-substance-use\/\" class=\"button btn-arrow\" >Visit our admissions page<\/a><\/div><\/aside>\n<h3>Our People<\/h3>\n<p>The Center for Trauma and Mental Health brings together exceptional members of the BU community with a diversity of expertise, talent, and resources.<\/p>\n<h4>Director<\/h4>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"profile-listing-container\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"profile-listing profile-format-mini\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"sph-profile-mini-card\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/profile\/jaimie-gradus\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sph-profile-mini-media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sph-profile-mini-image\"><figure class=\"profile-photo profile-single-photo\"><img width=\"480\" height=\"600\" src=\"\/sph\/files\/2018\/05\/JG-cropped-new-9Q1A3043-509x636.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sph-profile-mini-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"sph-profile-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sph-profile-name\" data-name=\"Jaimie L. 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