Inside Forensic Nursing: Skills, Impact, and Real-World Practice with Dr. Kathryn Laughon

Inside Forensic Nursing: Skills, Impact, and Real-World Practice with Dr. Kathryn Laughon
433 1st Avenue, 11th floor
New York, NY 10044
You’re invited to a special speaker event featuring Dr. Kathryn Laughon who will explore the critical role of forensic nursing in healthcare and advocacy for survivors. Join us for an engaging discussion on the intersection of nursing, forensic science, and justice, with real-world applications and best practices.
Refreshments will be served.
Dr. Laughon earned her bachelors and masters in nursing from the University of Virginia and her PhD from Johns Hopkins University. She has focused her practice and research on issues of violence against women. Laughon has served as PI on research projects funded by the National Institute for Justice, the National Institutes of Health, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the American Nurses Foundation. Recently completed funded research projects include Enhancing the reliability and validity of medico-legal examinations for strangulation, funded by the National Institute of Justice and Feasibility and acceptability of characterizing neurophysiological and neuropsychological changes in abused women reporting strangulation events, funded by the Brain Institute of the University of Virginia. She is currently a co-investigator on an NIH-funded project examining reproductive health outcomes among women with disabilities. Laughon is a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing and former chair of the Academy’s Expert Panel on Violence as well as past president of the Nursing Network on Violence against Women, International. Laughon directs the Forensic Center for UVA Health and provides expert testimony in state and federal court.