Dr. Laurel Sharpless

Postdoctoral fellow @UCLAFSPH | #GBV | @UNCpublichealth @YaleSPH @Stanford @UTAustin alumni | Former NFL cheerleader @49ers @HoustonTexans

[Dr. Laurel Sharpless @LaurelSharpless]

UPDATE: I am grateful and ecstatic to have been awarded a NRSA F31 predoctoral fellowship from @NIMHgov!!! I am passionate about my dissertation and ready to understand how restorative justice #policies impact #mentalhealth among girls who experience #teendatingviolence.

[Dr. Laurel Sharpless @LaurelSharpless]

My NRSA F31 is OFFICIALLY submitted to NIH!! ✅🎉 I'm extremely grateful to my mentors (@TiaraCWillie, @speed_tracer00, @AnnaEAustin and Luz) and many others who have supported me and my application (@bethmoracco, @DeborahWeissman, Shelley and Steven)!!
#GBV #mentalhealth #policy

[MOCHA Lab @The_MochaLab]

The findings underscore the need for contextually tailored prevention, integrating culturally responsive suicide prevention into programs addressing relationship and sexual violence rather than one-size-fits-all approaches. #datingviolence #publichealth #mochalab

[MOCHA Lab @The_MochaLab]

February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month！
New research by Dr. Laurel Sharpless, Dr. Kiara Alvarez, Dr. Trace Kershaw, and Dr. Tiara Willie shows that the relationship between adolescent dating violence and suicide planning varies significantly by race and ethnicity.

[MOCHA Lab @The_MochaLab]

A study led by Dr. Deja Knight, with collaboration from Dr. Tiara Willie, reveals important age differences in PrEP preferences among Black women.
#mochalab #blackwomenshealth #hivprevention #healthequity #baltimore

[Dr. Tiara C. Willie @TiaraCWillie]

If you’re a Hopkins student interested in equity or public mental health—this course is for you.

Intersectionality in Public Mental Health equips you to ask better questions and design better interventions.

Now open to @JohnsHopkinsSPH students. 🧠✊🏾

https://t.co/5DMF6EbC31

[Dr. Tiara C. Willie @TiaraCWillie]

🔥 Ready to dive into how systems of power shape mental health and violence? Join our Intersectionality in Public Mental Health class!
Explore #socialjustice frameworks, violence prevention, policy, and real-world solutions that matter.✨

👉 Learn more: https://t.co/5DMF6Ec9Sz

[Dr. Tiara C. Willie @TiaraCWillie]

🚨 We’re Looking for Consultants for the M.A.T.C.H. Study! 🚨

📩 Interested? First, visit https://t.co/QWV9FMC3b8
to learn more about our study. Next, complete the brief application here: https://t.co/yGF0Gd14ww

[APHA @PublicHealth]

Cutting work on violence prevention, especially in light of last week's attack on CDC, is negligent, say former staff of CDC’s Division of Violence Prevention in a new @nationshealth op-ed: "Violence prevention is not a luxury — it is a necessity." https://t.co/CPM44sbgko

[Dr. Tiara C. Willie @TiaraCWillie]

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[Dr. Laurel Sharpless @LaurelSharpless]

📣 New article in @AMJPublicHealth! We used #intersectionality to examine associations between #datingviolence and #suicide planning among girls. A special thank you to @TiaraCWillie @kalvarezphd and @speed_tracer00!!Read: https://t.co/p7fMuxqaDL

[Deja Knight, PhD, MPH, MA @DrDejaKnight]

I am excited to share that our article on PrEP modality and service delivery preferences is now available at BMC Public Health! Thank you for my team of brilliant mentors for guiding me while I engaged in this important work.

https://t.co/eYXETepX81

[Dr. Laurel Sharpless @LaurelSharpless]

Yesssss congratulations!!! 🎉🎉

[Dr. Tiara C. Willie @TiaraCWillie]

✨ From Assistant to Associate ✨

Grateful for every late night, every mentor, every community that made this possible. Representation matters — and so does celebration. 🖤 👩🏾‍💻

#BlackWomenInAcademia #Promotion #AssociateProfessor #ItsOfficial

[MOCHA Lab @The_MochaLab]

This past May, Dr. @TiaraCWillie was appointed to Associate Professor in the Johns Hopkins BSPH Department of Mental Health. Everyone say congratulations, Dr. Willie!

[Dr. Laurel Sharpless @LaurelSharpless]

@TiaraCWillie Beautiful!! Congratulations again!! 💛

[MOCHA Lab @The_MochaLab]

In this article, Sharpless et al., aimed to explore how transformative justice, a community-based approach, can be utilized as an alternative form to facilitating justice and repairing harm for Black women survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV). Click the link in our bio -

[MOCHA Lab @The_MochaLab]

Willie et. al assessed women's understanding of PrEP interest and initiation through story exercises. The narrative findings describe pertinent scenarios identified through stories completed by IPV experienced or un-experienced women in heterosexual relationships. #MOCHAlab

[Dr. Tiara C. Willie @TiaraCWillie]

📣📣New article in @BioMedCentral! We assessed how structural racism shapes #IPV perpetration for U.S. fathers. Great collabs @DrLeslieAdams @DrDejaKnight @_sawhit @speed_tracer00 & many more! Read more: https://t.co/GcJyoEzjZP #HealthEquity #IPV #StructuralRacism

[UNC Injury Prevention Research Center @UNC_IPRC]

📷 Fellow in Focus: Laurel Sharpless
We are excited to introduce Laurel Sharpless, one of our 2024-2025 Injury and Violence Prevention (IVP) Fellows at the UNC Injury Prevention Research Center! Her story is now live: https://t.co/NbTBTnXEwy

[UNC Injury Prevention Research Center @UNC_IPRC]

Exciting News! Laurel Sharpless, a UNC IPRC Fellow, was featured in CDC Connects for her impactful experience in the ICRC Summer Internship Program!
https://t.co/VqXQCblegz

[Dr. Tiara C. Willie @TiaraCWillie]

🚨 Hot take: Studies that tell marginalized folks to "manage their stress" caused by systemic oppression aren’t radical—they’re harmful. Stop blaming individuals for stress caused by broken systems. The real fix? Address the oppressive systems. #HealthEquity #SystemicChange

[Dr. Kimberley D Bruce @kimberleydbruce]

All study sections cancelled. The same study sections we treat with the utmost respect. Years of work going into each grant, months of work going into each review. Lives, futures, careers, science, truth, all at stake.