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🗞️ April 2026 — Highlighting Impactful Scholarship by TIDAL Trainee Dr. Kathryn Spearman

We are proud to share that TIDAL trainee (2026 cohort) Dr. Kathryn Spearman from Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing at The Pennsylvania State University was recently featured in a The Washington Post article, where she provided expert insights on the risks and warning signs associated with intimate partner violence in the wake of recent tragic events. In addition, Dr. Spearman authored a timely piece in The Conversation discussing the risks to mothers and children from intimate partner homicide, emphasizing that these tragedies are often preventable with early recognition and intervention.

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Louisiana gunman who killed eight children masked his rage before rampage - The Washington Post

Intimate partner homicide has clear warning signs – and is often preventable, research shows

🎉 February 2026 — Congratulations to Former TIDAL Trainee Dr. Millan AbiNader on Receiving the Catherine Barber Award

We are delighted to congratulate Dr. Millan AbiNader, a former TIDAL trainee, on receiving the prestigious Catherine Barber Award, presented by the American Public Health Association (APHA) in partnership with the Joyce Foundation.

This distinguished honor recognizes Dr. AbiNader’s outstanding contributions to advancing research methodologies for investigating intimate partner violence–related fatalities using national datasets. Her work exemplifies the rigor, innovation, and real-world impact that TIDAL aims to foster, and we are incredibly proud to see her leadership and scholarship recognized at the national level. Congratulations, Dr. AbiNader, on this well-deserved achievement!

🎉 11/24/2025 – TIDAL Research Assistant Snigdha Peddireddy won the 2nd Place Award for the Young Investigator Award at AMIA Annual Symposium. Congratulations!

- Ref: Peddireddy, S., Yan, S., Kim, S., & Xiao, R. (in press). Intimate partner homicide among women of childbearing age: Identifying multilevel risk factors with machine learning. AMIA Annu Symp Proc. (Kim, S. shares senior authorship with Xiao, R.)

🗞️ 11/17/2025 – TIDAL Research Assistant Snigdha Peddireddy will present the team's work at AMIA Annual Symposium 2025

- Date: 11/17/2025 Time: 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM EDT Session Code: S50
- Ref: Peddireddy, S., Yan, S., Kim, S., & Xiao, R. (in press). Intimate partner homicide among women of childbearing age: Identifying multilevel risk factors with machine learning. AMIA Annu Symp Proc. (Kim, S. shares senior authorship with Xiao, R.)

🎊 6/27/2025 – Congratulations to the First Cohort of TIDAL Scholars!

We are proud to announce that the inaugural class of the Project TIDAL (Trauma-Informed Data Science for Abuse Prevention in Lives of Women) Summer Intensive at Emory University has successfully completed their in-person training session.

During this four-day intensive (June 24–27, 2025), participants engaged in hands-on workshops on big-data analytics (R programming), machine learning, trauma-informed mHealth design, and ethical research practices with vulnerable populations.

Best wishes to all of the scholars as they proceed with designing their research ideas and manuscripts, and thank you to the faculty and partners who made this launch possible!

🎉 4/3/2025 – Co-PIs Sangmi Kim and Ran Xiao received Georgia Clinical & Translational Science Alliance Team Science Award of Distinction for Early Stage Research Teams ($2,500)

The Team Science Award of Distinction for Early Stage Research Teams recognizes and promotes excellence in developing multi-disciplinary research teams within the Georgia Clinical and Translational Science Alliance (Georgia CTSA). This award will be presented to a developing multi-disciplinary research team that demonstrates great potential for innovative and impactful advances in clinical and translational science.
Ref: https://georgiactsa.org/news-events/news/2025/discovery/conf-highlights/index.html

🗞️ 4/7/2025 – Co-PI Sangmi Kim presented Project TIDAL at 2025 SAVIR Annual Conference

Ref: Kim, S., & Xiao, R. (2025, April 7–9). Project TIDAL: Training future researchers to address intimate partner violence in perinatal period through trauma-informed data science and digital solutions [Roundtable presentation]. 2025 SAVIR Annual Conference, New York, NY, United States.

🗞️ 4/1/2025 – TIDAL Research Assistant Snigdha Peddireddy presented the team's work at Annual Workshop on AI for Maternal and Child Health, Emory University

Ref: Peddireddy, S., Yan, S., Jahangir, T., Xiao, R., & Kim, S. (2025, April 1–2). Leveraging novel data sources for predicting intimate partner violence during the perinatal period: A scoping review [Poster presentation]. Annual Workshop on AI for Maternal and Child Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States.

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