# Consortium for Violence Prevention Research, Implementation, and Training for Excellence

> **NIH NIH D43** · EMORY UNIVERSITY · 2024 · $270,000

## Abstract

SUMMARY ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND. Since 1990, the global annual rate of change in exposure to intimate partner violence has
stagnated at 0·07%, and that for child sexual abuse and peer victimization has risen to 0·65%. Peer victimization
remains a top-10 contributor to disability in adolescents and young adults (10-24 y), and global attributable
deaths and disability from these exposures predominate in women and girls. These estimates suffer from limited
data on these and other forms of gender-based violence (GBV) and violence against children (VAC) and over-
aggregation to binary gender groups. The 2015 Sustainable Development Goals to eliminate all forms of GBV
against women and girls and all VAC require capacity to study and address such violence in low- and middle-
income countries, with attention to local gender variance. AIMS & APPROACH. Emory University (USA), Hanoi
Medical University (Vietnam), and Atlanta/Vietnam partners propose the Consortium for Violence Research,
Implementation, and Leadership Training for Excellence (CONVERGE) to strengthen research and action on
GBV and VAC in Vietnam. CONVERGE addresses three synergistic programmatic aims: 1) To develop a diverse
pipeline of mentors for research on GBV and VAC in Vietnam by implementing an annual mentorship program
that prepares productive researchers to be strong scientific mentors (15 long-term; 40 short-term); 2a) To
strengthen capacity for relevant GBV and VAC research in Vietnam by providing long-term post-doctoral
research training and career development to a diverse group of researchers with exceptional potential (15 long-
term); 2b) To support fast-tracking of evidence into practice with implementation science and leadership/science
dissemination short-courses that connect scholars and practitioners (15 long-term; 45 short-term; 60
practitioners); and 3) To implement a training evaluation plan that assesses the implementation reach, fidelity,
and effectiveness of our four training components and applies findings iteratively for greater success.
INNOVATION & IMPACT. Over 10 years of research partnerships among CONVERGE members confirm the
feasibility of achieving our aims. Our mentor training will create a pipeline of researchers who are skilled mentors
for future trainees. Our long-term post-doctoral research training adapts successful integrated, inter-disciplinary
training programs to develop a cadre of researchers skilled in GBV and VAC research. Our implementation-
science and leadership/science-dissemination training will nurture a researcher-practitioner network that fast-
tracks evidence into practice. Our training plan supports research priorities of Vietnam and the NIH on women’s
health, child health and human development, mental health, minority health and health disparities, alcohol abuse
and alcoholism, drug abuse, and general medicine. CONVERGE will train a critical mass of 115 mentors, post-
doctoral scholars, and practitioners in Vietnam in GBV and VAC research, ...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10901870
- **Project number:** 5D43TW012188-04
- **Recipient organization:** EMORY UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Thi Hai Van Hoang
- **Activity code:** D43 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $270,000
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2021-09-16 → 2026-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10901870

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10901870, Consortium for Violence Prevention Research, Implementation, and Training for Excellence (5D43TW012188-04). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10901870. Licensed CC0.

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