Roles:
- Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
- Former Predoctoral Fellow, CIRA
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Biography:
As a social epidemiologist, Dr. Willie aims to understand the distribution, determinants, and health consequences of gender-based violence (e.g., intimate partner violence, reproductive coercion, child sexual abuse) in order to reduce the prevalence of violence and related comorbidities. Guided by the social ecological model, her research focuses on individual-, relationship-, community-, and societal-level determinants of gender-based violence and examines the health implications of gender-based violence in order to develop interventions to reduce violence and improve mental, sexual, and reproductive health.
Selected Publications:
Willie, T. C., Stockman, J. K., Overstreet, N. M., & Kershaw, T. S. (2017). Examining the Impact of Intimate Partner Violence Type and Timing on Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Awareness, Interest, and Coercion. AIDS and Behavior, 1-11. doi: 10.1007/s10461-017-1901-8.
Willie, T.C., Powell, A., Callands, T., Sipsma, H., Peasant, C., Magriples, U., Alexander, K., & Kershaw, T. (2017). Investigating intimate partner violence victimization and reproductive coercion victimization among young pregnant and parenting couples: A longitudinal study. Psychology of Violence, in press. doi: 10.1037/vio0000118.
Willie, T.C., Kershaw, T., Campbell, J. C., & Alexander, K. A. (2017). Intimate partner violence and PrEP acceptability among low-income, young black women: exploring the mediating role of reproductive coercion. AIDS and Behavior, 1-9. doi: 10.1007/s10461-017-1767-9.
Willie, T. C., Powell, A., & Kershaw, T. (2016). Stress in the city: influence of urban social stress and violence on pregnancy and postpartum quality of life among adolescent and young mothers. Journal of Urban Health, 93(1), 19-35. doi: 10.1007/s11524-015-0021-x.
Willie, T. C., Overstreet, N. M., Peasant, C., Kershaw, T., Sikkema, K. J., & Hansen, N. B. (2016). Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms Among People Living with HIV and Childhood Sexual Abuse: The Role of Shame and Posttraumatic Growth. AIDS and Behavior, 20(8), 1609-1620.
Overstreet, N. M., Willie, T. C., Hellmuth, J. C., & Sullivan, T. P. (2015). Psychological intimate partner violence and sexual risk behavior: examining the role of distinct posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in the partner violence–sexual risk link. Women's Health Issues, 25(1), 73-78.
