Researchers at the Violence and Health Research Program focus on a number of specific theme areas.

Psychological Trauma and Mental Health

• Research into the impacts of trauma and the experiences of violence on women's mental health
• Chronic effects of violence against women
• Psychological health effects of intimate violence around pregnancy and post-partum

Physical Illness and Injury

• Research into the short-term and long-term physical impacts of violence
• Injuries among sexually assaulted women
• Effects of intimate violence around pregnancy
• Violence and various medical conditions (e.g. chronic pelvic pain)

Institutional Responses and Professional Practices

• Research into the response to violence against women at both the institutional and practitioner level
• Models, policy frameworks, curriculum, education and training for health care providers
• Victim-impact statements in sexual assault sentencing hearings
• Medicolegal evidence in the legal processing of sexual assault

Cross-cultural Issues

• Research into similarities and differences in violence against women across cultures
• Risk conditions associated with violence against women in diverse communities
• Immigrant women's attitudes, behaviours and responses to violence
• Culturally appropriate models of care for abused women

Measurement

• Research into conceptual and methodological issues around violence
• Measurement of violence in various groups
• Evaluation of cultural appropriateness in standardised measures of violence
• Development of evaluation frameworks

Knowledge Transfer

• Multiple dissemination strategies to support knowledge transfer locally, nationally and internationally are continually being developed
• Organisational leadership for conferences
• Research capacity building and training
• Consultation on documents and policy development
• Publications, monographs, peer review journals