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Emily Rothman

Associate Professor, Community Health Sciences at Boston University

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Emily F. Rothman is an Associate Professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences at the Boston University School of Public Health with a secondary appointment at the BU School of Medicine in the Department of Pediatrics. She is also affiliated with the Boston Medical Center Department of Emergency Medicine, and is a visiting scientist at the Harvard Injury Control Research Center (HICRC). She earned her doctorate from the Harvard School of Public Health in 2004, where her dissertation research focused on correlates of intimate partner violence perpetration, and where she was awarded the Martha May Eliot fellowship in Maternal and Child Health. She also worked for the Massachusetts Department of Public Health from 1997-2004 in the Bureau of Family and Community Health, Department of Violence and Injury Prevention. She has authored more than 40 peer reviewed publications, chapters and other publications, and in 2012 was awarded the Linda Saltzman award from Futures Without Violence and the CDC Foundation.Her current research interests include violence perpetration and adolescent health.

She is currently the recipient of a K01 and R03 from NIAAA to study underage alcohol use and dating abuse perpetration, a three-year grant from the National Institute of Justice to test a dating violence perpetration intervention, and foundation grants for evaluation research. From 2005-2013 she was the empowerment evaluator for the CDC-funded projects to develop a statewide prevention plan for sexual assault in Massachusetts and domestic violence in Rhode Island (EMPOWER and DELTA); and continues in an advisory role with DELTA. She is a research advisor to the Massachusetts Governor’s Council to Address Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence and the Boston Public Health Commission Start Strong initiative. She has provided violence-related consulting to the World Health Organization, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Georgia Department of Public Health, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, the National Resource Center on Sexual Violence, the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence, the Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence and the Vermont Coalition Against Domestic Violence.

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What Teenagers Are Learning From Online Porn

February 7, 2018

The New York Times Magazine Emily Rothman Drew was 8 years old when he was flipping through TV channels at home and landed on “Girls Gone Wild”… Expert quote: “It is the one of the few professions in which men are paid less, but they also typically have longer careers.” View full article

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The truth about those 7 words ‘banned’ at the CDC

January 11, 2018

CNN Emily Rothman Media reports last month that the Trump administration banned officials at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from using seven words may have been overstated, according to a government document obtained by CNN and interviews with two officials… Expert quote: “Word came down that the federal government thought ‘intimate’ was […]

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The truth about those 7 words ‘banned’ at the CDC

January 11, 2018

CNN Emily Rothman Media reports last month that the Trump administration banned officials at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from using seven words may have been overstated, according to a government document obtained by CNN and interviews with two officials… Expert quote: “Word came down that the federal government thought ‘intimate’ was […]

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Dating-violence study adds to spanking debate

December 5, 2017

CNN Health Emily Rothman Parents who believe in “spare the rod, spoil the child” might be setting their children up to become violent toward future partners, according to a study published Tuesday in the Journal of Pediatrics… Expert quote: “The experience of having someone direct aggression to you increases the likelihood that you’ll fall back […]

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What’s behind the Republican Party’s renewed crusade against pornography?

July 20, 2016

Vox Emily Rothman, School of Public Health The Republican Party’s 2016 platform is silent on gun violence. It dismisses climate change. And it has nothing to say about obesity… Expert quote: “It’s becoming an increasingly hot debate as to whether porn creates public health harms. Some scholars are now working with social conservatives to advance […]

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No, Porn Is Not a Public Health Crisis

July 13, 2016

Boston Magazine “Hub Health Daily” Emily Rothman, School of Public Health On Monday, an amendment to the developing Republican Party platform declared pornography “a public health crisis that is destroying the life of millions” and threatening the “safety and well-being” of children… Expert quote: “I think we should be pretty careful about what we call […]

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Why public health scholars study pornography

May 4, 2016

The Conversation US By Emily Rothman, School of Public Health On April 19, Utah Governor Gary R. Herbert signed a resolution declaring pornography a public health crisis… View full article by expert Emily Rothman

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Siri, I was raped’: Study compares smartphone responses in crises

March 15, 2016

CNN.com Emily Rothman, School of Public Health Siri and other smartphone personal assistants can look up driving directions, find the hottest ramen spots and send text messages if you just ask… Expert quote: “As technology becomes more sophisticated and people start to use their phones interactively for an increasing number of daily tasks, it would […]

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NFL’s Deflategate, Domestic Violence Responses Reveal Questionable Priorities, Victim Advocates Say

May 12, 2015

International Business Times Emily Rothman, School of Public Health The NFL’s severe discipline of the New England Patriots for their role in the Deflategate scandal suggested it’s worse to tamper with equipment than to physically assault a loved one… Expert quote: “That the NFL would issue more severe penalties for deflating a football than a […]

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1 in 5 U.S. Teen Girls Physically or Sexually Abused While Dating

March 2, 2015

HealthDay News Emily Rothman, School of Public Health Many American teens — both boys and girls — fall prey to physical and sexual abuse while dating, a new survey finds… Expert quote: “Parents, schools and pediatricians need to ask themselves: Am I talking to the teens in my life about the importance of respect in […]

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