Institute on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
The mission of the Institute on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault (IDVSA) is to advance the knowledge base related to domestic violence and sexual assault in an effort to end violence. IDVSA accomplishes this by doing research on interpersonal violence and by providing training and technical assistance to the practitioner community and the community at large.
It is the vision of IDVSA that its multi-disciplinary, researcher-practitioner, collaborative approach will enhance the quality and relevance of research efforts and their application in service provision. That vision has been realized in our recent research focus in the areas of teen dating violence, sexual assault and human trafficking.
Our efforts are supported through generous contributions from the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health, the RGK Foundation, the Shield-Ayres Foundation, Alice Kleberg Reynolds Foundation, and Dean Barbara White of the University of Texas School of Social Work.
IDVSA's Director and Principal Investigator is Noël Busch-Armendariz. The Associate Director is Karen Kalergis.
