Research Bio
Her research interests include mental and sexual health of women, HIV/AIDS with women and couples, intimate partner violence and psychological trauma, and health intervention research.
Dr. Mittal's initial research focused on developing a better understanding of issues related to multiculturalism and psychotherapy practice with ethnic minorities in the U.S., with a particular emphasis on community-based therapy programs for at-risk families. However, her work has evolved since and is directed at understanding the experience of trauma at the interpersonal, familial, and community levels. She is particularly interested in the interrelationship between the experience of intimate partner violence among women and their risk for HIV infection. In May 2009, Dr. Mittal received a Mentored Research Scientist Development Award from the National Institute of Health to develop a HIV prevention intervention for women who experience intimate partner violence.
2012 May
Mittal M, Senn T, Carey M. "Intimate partner violence and condom use among women: Does the Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills (IMB) model explain sexual risk behavior?". AIDS Behav. 2012; 16(4): 1011-9 NIHMSID: NIHMS319288. |
2012
Morse DS, Lafleur R, Fogarty C, Mittal M, Cerulli C. "They told me to leave: How health care providers address partner violence". J Am Board Fam Med. 2012; 25(3): 333-42 PMCID: PMC3388120. |
2011
Mittal M, Senn T, Carey M. "Mediators of the relation between partner violence and sexual risk behavior among women attending a sexually transmitted disease clinic". Sex Transm Dis. 2011; 38(6): 510-515 PMCID: PMC3106110. |
2008
Landau J, Mittal M, Wieling L. "Linking human systems: Strengthening individuals, families and communities in the wake of mass trauma". Journal of Marital and Family Therapy. 2008; 34(2): 193-209. |
2008
Mittal M, Wieling L. "Special section on developing evidence-based interventions for families and communities affected by mass trauma". Journal of Marital and Family Therapy. 2008; . |
