Jennifer Katz, professor of psychology.
Jennifer Katz, professor of psychology, was issued a three-year sub-award of $11,554 from the University at Buffalo for a collaboration with Jennifer Read, professor and director of clinical training in the Department of Psychology at UB, on a National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism planning grant award for the study, “Harnessing the Power of Friends to Reduce Sexual Assault Risk.” The objective of the study is to develop an innovative, friend-based motivational intervention (FMI) that encourages and prepares friends to reduce sexual assault risk. The FMI also will focus on how intoxication may serve as a barrier to friend intervention. Katz has researched interpersonal violence for more than 20 years.