Sandra Bloom's trauma work in Northern Ireland

Dr. Sandra Bloom, an associate professor at the School of Public Health, recently returned home from her third visit to Northern Ireland since 2007 helping residents deal with the trauma of violence. She went back this year to give the keynote address at the European Society of Trauma and Dissociation and consult with the four national trauma advisory panels that were established as part of the peace accord in 1998 to help victims recover from the decades of violence in the country. Her work emphasizes the role of public health in dealing with societal trauma, and comparisons of trauma can be made between Northern Ireland and Philadelphia.

Read more about Dr. Blooms' work in Northern Ireland at the Drexel University School of Public Health website.