Graduate Research Assistant
Georgia State University
Georgia State University
Katherine Reuben obtained a Master's in public health in 2021 from Georgia State University, where she is currently a doctoral student in the Health Promotion and Behavior concentration. During her time in the MPH program, Katherine was the student lead on program evaluation for SafeCare Georgia - a child maltreatment prevention program - and Projects Intersect and Envision, which aim to improve clinical responses to and mental health of commercially sexually exploited and trafficked youth. Her current research assistantship is for the evaluation of a new National Center for Child Trafficking. Her trainings primarily relate to research conduct and responding to child maltreatment.
Katherine is an author on several publications related to SafeCare, a paper on childhood polyvictimization, and a book chapter on child trafficking. She is also the first author on a chapter related to dissociation in autism spectrum disorders. Katherine's undergraduate and Master's theses were on the unique risks and outcomes of interpersonal victimization for autistic individuals, including the correlates of posttraumatic stress disorder and predictors of a professional PTSD diagnosis. She is currently working on a qualitative study to understand dissociative experiences and perceived dissociation causes in autistic adults. She has also presented qualitative data on therapy experiences for adults with complex dissociative disorders. She has written and presented on these topics for professional and lay audiences, including through an interview for the YouTube channel of Dr. Mike Lloyd and through her website, DID-research.org.
Katherine joined the ISST-D in 2021 in order to contribute to the upcoming treatment guidelines revisions (specifically to address treatment considerations related to neurodevelopmental disorders, commercial sexual exploitation, and online community engagement for transition age youth). She also joined the Public Health Committee and recently became chair for the Neurodiversity and Dissociation Special Interest Group. She won the Student Award in 2022.
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Saturday, October 22, 2022
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM US Eastern Time