Assistant Professor
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Col of Social Work
BIO
Dr. Patricia M. Bamwine is an Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work and is the Founder and Director of the Traumatic Stress and Violence Lab at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. As an integrative social work scholar, her agenda focuses on developing and testing novel multi-level interventions to reduce violence among adolescents and young adults through community and stakeholder engagement. In her lab, she aims to develop and refine trauma-responsive and culturally relevant behavioral interventions that maximize health benefits while reducing resource consumption.
Dr. Bamwine is a Researcher Resiliency Training Fellow (NIMH Funded) at Washington University in St. Louis and receives mentoring and didactic instruction in child and adolescent behavioral health. Recently, Dr. Bamwine was selected by the National Institutes of Health to participate in the 2023 Summer Institute on Randomized Behavioral Clinical Trials.
In 2019, Dr. Bamwine completed the HRSA NRSA T32 Primary Care Research Training Program at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine (T32HP22240). Dr. Bamwine earned a Doctor of Philosophy in Social Work from the University of Pittsburgh, a Master of Social Work from the University of Pittsburgh, a Master of Arts in Sociology from Western Kentucky University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Campbellsville University.
Dr. Bamwine is a Researcher Resiliency Training Fellow (NIMH Funded) at Washington University in St. Louis and receives mentoring and didactic instruction in child and adolescent behavioral health. Recently, Dr. Bamwine was selected by the National Institutes of Health to participate in the 2023 Summer Institute on Randomized Behavioral Clinical Trials.
In 2019, Dr. Bamwine completed the HRSA NRSA T32 Primary Care Research Training Program at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine (T32HP22240). Dr. Bamwine earned a Doctor of Philosophy in Social Work from the University of Pittsburgh, a Master of Social Work from the University of Pittsburgh, a Master of Arts in Sociology from Western Kentucky University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Campbellsville University.
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Tennessee-Nashville, Nashville, United States1 Jul 2019
- FellowWashington University in St. Louis, Social Work: Race and Opportunity Lab, St Louis, United States1 Jun 2021
- FellowCenter for the Study of Social Justice, Knoxville, United States3 May 2021
- Faculty AffiliateUniversity of Tennessee at Knoxville, Child and Youth Development Lab, Knoxville, United States1 Aug 2020
- Faculty AffiliateUniversity of Tennessee at Knoxville, Anthropology: Disasters, Displacement, and Human Rights, Knoxville, United States1 Jan 2021
DEGREES
- PhDUniversity of Pittsburgh, United States
- MSWUniversity of Pittsburgh, United States
- MAWestern Kentucky University, United States
- BACampbellsville University, Campbellsville, United States
CERTIFICATIONS
- Columbia UniversityComplicated Grief Level 1
- Columbia UniversityComplicated Grief Level 2
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING
- T32 Postdoctoral ScholarUniversity of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pediatrics, USA
- Researcher Resilience Training FellowWashington University in St. Louis, Brown School of Social Work, St Louis, United StatesMulti-Level InterventionsOtherSupervised by Joe S
- TraineeNational Institutes of Health, Summer Institute on Randomized Control Trials, Potomac, United States