Forensic Nursing

Katherine Scafide honored for bruise research and discoveries in support of survivors of intimate partner violence  

Scafide was unanimously endorsed by the members of the editorial board due to her exceptional research and scholarship in the field of forensic nursing.

The final plenary of the National Institute of Justice’s (NIJ) 2023 National Research Conference focused on this important topic. The plenary featured Dr. Katherine Scafide’s research on the use of alternate light sources on various skin tones, which successfully identified the best wavelengths of light to detect bruising in highly pigmented individuals. Her work exemplifies how innovation in scientific research can promote greater equity, and it advances the NIJ’s goals in this area.

Katherine Scafide’s alternate light source research is featured in an article by humanitarian and filmmaker Angelina Jolie. Several other media outlets also covered the story.

Researchers in the College of Health and Human Services and College of Computing and Engineering seek to develop a new, quantitative approach to analyzing the age of bruise

As a consequence of COVID-19 stay-at-home orders, rates of domestic abuse have increased. Improved procedures are needed to increase effectiveness of detecting bruises for people of color.