NIDA Awards Kate Walsh Grant for Digital Intervention
Dr. Kate Walsh recently received a $4.2 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) to expand research on the intersections of PTSD and opioid misuse among sexual violence survivors, and how to prevent them from occurring. She and her team will be developing and testing a new video and text messaging intervention that can be delivered to sexual assault survivors within the Better Tomorrow Network during the month after the assault.
OVCRGE Awards Kate Walsh Funding for Barriers to Care Project
February 1, 2024
Through the Increasing Social and Economic Inclusion (ISEI) initiative, the UW-Madison Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education has chosen Dr. Kate Walsh’s project to be one of six to receive roughly $250,000 of funding and support. The project’s goal is to address the barriers to care for survivors of sexual violence whom are a part of marginalized or minority communities, and will also address the perspectives of those providing such care.