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Amanda Gilmore, PhD (she/her) @dramandagilmore.bsky.social · Sep 7

Dr. Walsh led this incredible project to refine a video and text messaging program prevent PTSD and substance use after sexual assault using a community-engaged approach with survivors! pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40825310/

Refining a Video and Text Message Intervention (STAR, Skills Training in Active Recovery) to Prevent the Onset or Escalation of Posttraumatic Stress and Opioid Misuse Among Recent Sexual Assault Survi...

Findings reinforce the importance of including community members' perspectives and suggestions to improve the acceptability and relatability of interventions, including the video and SMS text message ...

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Amanda Gilmore, PhD (she/her) @dramandagilmore.bsky.social · Sep 7

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Amanda Gilmore, PhD (she/her) @dramandagilmore.bsky.social · Sep 7

Check out a new paper by Dr. Rizzo that found reducing college alcohol use can be a mechanism for alcohol and violence-related intervention effects from Positive Change©! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Reduced drinking as a mechanism for alcohol and violence-related intervention effects from Positive Change©

Alcohol use and sexual assault (SA) victimization often co-occur on college campuses, and prevention programs should ideally address both of these pub…

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Amanda Gilmore, PhD (she/her) @dramandagilmore.bsky.social · Aug 20

Check out this new paper by student author Hannah Sawyer!

Emma Lathan-Powell, PhD @emmaclathanphd.bsky.social · Aug 20

My lab’s 1st PhD student publication is here! Check it out in Violence Against Women: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1... congrats to Hannah Sawyer, and shout out to @dramandagilmore.bsky.social 🤩

Genital Injury and Intimate Partner Violence as Determinants of Women's Reproductive Healthcare Utilization 1-Year Post-Sexual Assault Medical-Forensic Examination - Hannah B. Sawyer, Brianna N. Jacks...

The purpose of this study was to understand the impact of anal/vaginal injury and intimate partner violence (IPV) on women's (n = 679) reproductive healthc...

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Emma Lathan-Powell, PhD @emmaclathanphd.bsky.social · Aug 20

My lab’s 1st PhD student publication is here! Check it out in Violence Against Women: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1... congrats to Hannah Sawyer, and shout out to @dramandagilmore.bsky.social 🤩

Genital Injury and Intimate Partner Violence as Determinants of Women's Reproductive Healthcare Utilization 1-Year Post-Sexual Assault Medical-Forensic Examination - Hannah B. Sawyer, Brianna N. Jacks...

The purpose of this study was to understand the impact of anal/vaginal injury and intimate partner violence (IPV) on women's (n = 679) reproductive healthc...

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Amanda Gilmore, PhD (she/her) @dramandagilmore.bsky.social · Aug 12

Hot off the press! Check out an adaptation of the sexual imposition paradigm for military and veteran men! This is an experimental paradigm that assesses sexual assault perpetration. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Evaluating the feasibility of an experimental paradigm for alcohol-involved sexual violence perpetration among active duty and veteran men

Background: Sexual assault is common in the military and heavy episodic drinking (HED) is a strong predictor of sexual violence perpetration.Objectives: The current study examined factors associate...

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Amanda Gilmore, PhD (she/her) @dramandagilmore.bsky.social · Aug 11

Check out this new article on alcohol, cannabis, and sexual assault risk reduction led by Dr. Ruschelle Leone!

Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs @jsadjournal.bsky.social · Jul 22

Acceptability & preliminary outcomes of the Enhanced Assess, Acknowledge, & Act Sexual Assault Resistance Education Program for women... (new @jsadjournal.bsky.social)
@phgsu.bsky.social @dramandagilmore.bsky.social @cumedicalschool.bsky.social @cuanschutz.bsky.social
www.jsad.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Acceptability and preliminary outcomes of the Enhanced Assess, Acknowledge, and Act Sexual Assault Resistance Education Program for women who use alcohol and cannabis (EAAA+): Findings from an open pi...

Objective: One in five college women experiences sexual assault (SA). Feminist scholars have called for the use of programming that empowers women by increasing their ability to recognize and resist S...

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Amanda Gilmore, PhD (she/her) @dramandagilmore.bsky.social · Aug 9

Just in! Findings from our new randomized controlled trial found that tailoring alcohol interventions for college students may be a useful strategy to reduce alcohol use! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of a Tailored Personalized Normative Feedback Intervention for College Student Alcohol Use

Heavy drinking is common on college campuses, and personalized normative feedback interventions (PFI) are commonly implemented to reduce heavy drinkin…

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Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs @jsadjournal.bsky.social · Jul 22

Acceptability & preliminary outcomes of the Enhanced Assess, Acknowledge, & Act Sexual Assault Resistance Education Program for women... (new @jsadjournal.bsky.social)
@phgsu.bsky.social @dramandagilmore.bsky.social @cumedicalschool.bsky.social @cuanschutz.bsky.social
www.jsad.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Acceptability and preliminary outcomes of the Enhanced Assess, Acknowledge, and Act Sexual Assault Resistance Education Program for women who use alcohol and cannabis (EAAA+): Findings from an open pi...

Objective: One in five college women experiences sexual assault (SA). Feminist scholars have called for the use of programming that empowers women by increasing their ability to recognize and resist S...

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Amanda Gilmore, PhD (she/her) @dramandagilmore.bsky.social · Apr 30

Congrats, Mitch!!! You did an amazing job!!! 🎉🎉🎉

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Amanda Gilmore, PhD (she/her) @dramandagilmore.bsky.social · Mar 8

Thank you to all of the amazing women scientists who have made it possible for me to have my dream job as a scientist! 💕 Happy International Women’s Day! www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Behind every great woman in science, there’s another great woman in science

To mark International Women’s Day on 8 March, six award-winning female scientists highlight women who have inspired them by pushing innovative research and creating opportunities for others.

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School of Public Health @phgsu.bsky.social · Feb 27

Join us in celebrating Associate Professor @dramandagilmore.bsky.social for receiving the 2025 @aspph.bsky.social Early Career Research Award! Her impactful work leading GSU’s National Center for Sexual Violence Prevention, her research and mentorship are inspiring! news.gsu.edu/2025/02/26/s...

School of Public Health Faculty Member Receives International Research Honor

Associate Professor Amanda Gilmore has been named the 2025 recipient of the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health Early Career Research Award.

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Amanda Gilmore, PhD (she/her) @dramandagilmore.bsky.social · Feb 21

Congrats, Dan!!! 🎉🎉🎉

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Amanda Gilmore, PhD (she/her) @dramandagilmore.bsky.social · Feb 14

I never thought of myself as an “inventor” but so exciting to be honored for inventing Teen Well Check which was supported by an NIH training grant!

Here are the publications from Teen Well Check so far!
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37052109/

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37917146/

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Amanda Gilmore, PhD (she/her) @dramandagilmore.bsky.social · Feb 5

Scientists who serve as reviewers also have their bank accounts associated for payment. Maybe get any money out of that bank account since it’s now been breached?

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Sarah S. Dermody, Ph.D., C.Psych. @sarahsdermody.bsky.social · Jan 31

Are you a Black scholar interested in a postdoc focused on addiction, substance use, and/or LGBTQ+ wellbeing? Want to live in Toronto? Check out this fellowship and send me a message!

www.torontomu.ca/graduate/pos...

Postdoctoral Fellowships for Black Scholars

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Amanda Gilmore, PhD (she/her) @dramandagilmore.bsky.social · Jan 31

Thank you!!

Amanda Gilmore, PhD (she/her) @dramandagilmore.bsky.social · Jan 31

Honored to have received the 2025 Innovator of the Year Award in Women’s Health from the Atlanta Business Chronicle! news.gsu.edu/2025/01/30/a...

Atlanta Business Chronicle Names Georgia State Professors Among Innovators of the Year

The Atlanta Business Chronicle’s annual Health Care Champion Awards recognize the industry’s most innovative and influential leaders.

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Daniel W Oesterle @dwoesterle.bsky.social · Jan 18

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 🚨 check out our new paper in JAMT where we use i3 and minority stress theory as guiding frameworks to examine sexual and gender minority college students likelihood to perpetrate sexual violence according to levels of perceived intoxication

Examining Differences in Sexual Violence Perpetration Likelihood by Perceived Intoxication Among Sexual and Gender Minority College Students

Experiences of sexual violence (SV) victimization are pervasive among sexual and gender minority college students, yet few studies have documented rates of SV perpetration within this community. Wh...

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Amanda Gilmore, PhD (she/her) @dramandagilmore.bsky.social · Nov 2

📣New paper alert! We found that Teen Well Check was associated with decreases in perceived norms for substance use before sex among teens. Teen Well Check is a brief (~5min) eHealth intervention for teens in primary care! formative.jmir.org/2023/1/e50833

Amanda Gilmore, PhD (she/her) @dramandagilmore.bsky.social · Oct 29

Hi, brand new to Bluesky! I’m an Associate Prof at Georgia State University and study alcohol, sexual assault, suicide, and health equity. I also direct the National Center for Sexual Violence Prevention. Looking forward to connecting with current and future scholars!

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Paula Niedenthal @pniedent.bsky.social · Oct 23

Tell your undergrads: PREP at UW offers mentored research, data science training and prof. development for undergraduates from groups historically underrepresented in psych/neurosci. 28 May–9 August 2024. Application window opens 1 November 2023. @spspnews.bsky.social @affectscience.bsky.social

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