Catherine E. McKinley, Ph.D.

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Catherine E. McKinley is an Associate Professor at the Tulane University School of Social Work. Her work (see catmckinley.com) focuses on families, health equity, sex differences, women's health, gender, violence, wellness, resilience, and transcendence, Indigenous communities, historical oppression, mental and behavioral health, violence, and clinical research. Dr. McKinley specializes in working with Indigenous communities in community engaged research that is culturally relevant and effective with an approach that is multi-tiered and sustainable, with goals of promoting community members' professional development, self-determination, participation, and leadership throughout all aspects. Dr. McKinley led the development of the Indigenist and ecological “Framework of Historical Oppression, Resilience, and Transcendence (FHORT)”, which centers culturally relevant risk and protective factors related to wellness across community, family, and individual levels from a relational perspective.