Today's host, Guida Brown, interviews UW-Milwaukee Professor, James "Dimitri" Topitzes, PhD, LCSW. He is Professor, Helen Bader School of Social Welfare and also Director of Clinical Services, Institute for Child and Family Well-being. They will discuss issues related to trauma.
Dr. Topitzes has conducted research in the following substantive areas: the long-term effects of child maltreatment and other adverse childhood experiences; interventions aimed at preventing or treating early psychological trauma; and the long-term impacts of early childhood interventions. He has also studied the social determinants of health, tracking the influence of educational experiences and childhood traumas on behavioral health outcomes.
In 2013, Dr. Topitzes helped found the Trauma-Informed Care Graduate Certificate Program at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He served as the program director until 2016. Currently, Dr. Topitzes teaches a number of courses within the certificate program, including an innovative offering titled Community Building and Mindfulness.