Welcome to the online application for the research training program TIDAL (Trauma Informed Data Science for Abuse Prevention in Lives of Women). Our full course title is "Trauma-Informed Data Science and Digital Health Technologies to Prevent Intimate Partner Violence Among Pregnant/Postpartum Women." 

All applications should be submitted by 11/28/2025 at 11:59 pm (EST). Applications submitted after that will not be considered for review. We strongly encourage individuals to apply as early as possible. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Notice of Acceptance will be sent out in early January 2026. Please read all instructions before proceeding with the application.

Program Summary

This course teaches early career researchers big data analytics and digital health technologies to:

1. Enable more in-depth analyses and sophisticated modeling to ascertain the etiology of intimate partner violence (IPV) and predict IPV among various subgroups of vulnerable pregnant and postpartum women;

2. Develop and disseminate digital health tools that are scalable, trauma-informed, and ultimately, more accessible by IPV survivors on- and offline.

The course objectives are to:

1. Equip the next generations of researchers with high data literacy to read, understand, create, and communicate IPV-related data;

2. Apply big data analytics and digital health technologies in a trauma-informed way to their own IPV research targeting vulnerable pregnant and postpartum women with intersecting identities.

Training Overview

• Dates: 02/01/2026 - 07/31/2026

• Number of participants: 20

• Activities: Kick-off meeting and orientation, 12-hour self-paced modules, virtual office hours, 6+ hour interactive online modules, 4-day summer intensive, working group, mentoring, and networking

• Format: Google Classroom, Zoom, and in-person

• Summer intensive date & location: 06/23/2026 (Tues) - 06/26/2026 (Fri) (subject to change), Emory University School of Nursing

• Participant expectation: Must attend all sessions (except for the self-paced modules, depending on an applicant's competency in R programming)

• Cost: None. The selected predoc and postdoc participants will receive a travel award for the summer intensive.

Eligibility Criteria

1. Be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident AND

2. A current doctoral student OR postdoc OR early-career faculty* AND

3. Have a research interest in IPV or maternal health AND

4. Have basic R programming skills (experience of data analysis with R)

*According to the NIH, early career applies to "those who has completed their terminal research degree or end of post-graduate clinical training, whichever date is later, within the past 10 years and who has not previously competed successfully as PD/PI for a substantial NIH independent research award."

Application Instructions

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