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Miriam K Ehrensaft

Medical Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Medical Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences · 2025 - Present Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience · 2024 - Present Psychology & Neuroscience, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Associate of the Duke Initiative for Science & Society · 2019 - Present Duke Science & Society, University Initiatives & Academic Support Units

Recent Publications


Intergenerational Transmission of Intimate Partner Violence: Summary and Current Research on Processes of Transmission

Chapter · January 1, 2021 Intergenerational transmission of violence is among the most widely cited models for the observed pattern of intimate partner violence (IPV) concentrated across generations of at-risk families. According to this model, which was initially grounded in socia ... Full text Cite

Can a Parenting Intervention to Prevent Early Conduct Problems Interrupt Girls' Risk for Intimate Partner Violence 10 Years Later?

Journal Article Prev Sci · May 2018 This study tests whether a parenting intervention for families of preschoolers at risk for conduct problems can prevent later risk for intimate partner violence (IPV). Ninety-nine preschoolers at familial risk for conduct problems were randomly assigned to ... Full text Link to item Cite

Long-term influence of intimate partner violence and parenting practices on offspring trauma symptoms

Journal Article Psychology of Violence · April 1, 2017 Objective: This study examined the prospective association of parental reports of intimate partner violence (IPV) involvement (perpetration and/or victimization) with offspring trauma symptoms an average of 6 years later and the moderating influence of pos ... Full text Cite
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Education, Training & Certifications


Stony Brook University · 1996 Ph.D.