George Mason University Receives $4.85 Million Gift to Increase Intimate Partner Violence Detection and Reporting
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FAIRFAX, Va., March 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- George Mason University today announced an anonymous $4.85 million gift to advance groundbreaking research on bruise and injury detection for individuals who experience interpersonal violence.
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- FAIRFAX, Va., March 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- George Mason University today announced an anonymous $4.85 million gift to advance groundbreaking research on bruise and injury detection for individuals who experience interpersonal violence.
- Mason's acclaimed interdisciplinary research in using Alternate Light Sources for bruise detection, as featured on NBC Nightly News , is led by Katherine Scafide, David Lattanzi, and Janusz Wojtusiak.
- One in 3 women worldwide experience physical trauma at the hands of an intimate partner or stranger.
- In the United States, over 10 million women and men grapple with intimate partner violence each year.