SUPPORTED Team

Jeanne Alhusen, PhD, CRNP, RN — associate dean for research, professor of nursing, and an award-winning scholar and mentor — researches ways to improve maternal mental health and, consequently, early childhood outcomes, particularly for families living in poverty. In 2021, she earned a $1.9M NICHD grant to study the experiences that women with disabilities have related to reproductive care, violence, and psychosocial stress — work that was informed by a two-year NIH-funded pilot study — and is PI on an HRSA grant examining infant outcomes in mothers experiencing perinatal intimate partner violence.

Dr. Alhusen earned her BSN from Villanova University, an MSN from Duke University, and a PhD from Johns Hopkins University. She completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Johns Hopkins School of Nursing and Medicine in 2013. As a board-certified advanced practice family nurse practitioner, she brings extensive professional nursing experience with a particular interest in the health disparities in maternal and child health.

Kathryn Laughon, PhD, RN, FAAN - who focuses her work on issues related to intimate partner violence and its impact on women and children - is a forensic nurse examiner and an associate professor. She earned her BSN and MSN at the University of Virginia and her PhD from Johns Hopkins.

Dr. Laughon conducts evidence collection and provides care to victims of sexual assault, teaches in the Department of Family, Community & Mental Health Systems, and is currently researching a novel dye that better highlights sexual assault injuries in women of color. She is also PI on a National Institute of Mental Health-funded study to test an intervention for guardians of children orphaned by intimate partner homicide.

She has previous research funding from the National Institute for Nursing Research, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the American Nurses Foundation, and the Sigma Theta Tau Beta Nu Chapter. The University of Virginia School of Nursing has honored her with a Faculty Publication Award, as Young Alumnae of the Year, the Shannon Award (for clinical and academic excellence), the Historical Nursing Research Award and an Alumni Scholarship and Undergraduate Research Fellowship. She serves on the board of the Nursing Network on Violence Against Women, International. In 2014, the International Association of Forensic Nurses honored herwith the Ann Burgess Forensic Nursing Research Award.

Genevieve is an experienced collaborative biostatistician. She provides statistical support and consulting on various research projects with collaborators in the School of Medicine, School of Nursing, and others. She is the manager of the Research Methods core for the iTHRIV CTSA. Her research interests include organ transplant, maternal and child health, health equity, and medical ethics. Other professional interests include data visualization, science communication, and evidence-based policymaking. Genevieve especially enjoys working with students on biostatistics and SAS programming.