Erin Hoffman, PhD
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Dr. Hoffman earned her PhD in Clinical-Community Psychology from DePaul University and completed her clinical residency with the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Clinical Team at VA Connecticut, West Haven campus. She is currently a postdoctoral fellow in the Medical Informatics Program at VA Connecticut and Yale School of Medicine. Her research focuses on sexual violence, quantitative modeling, and health services. Her clinical work centers around the treatment of PTSD and related trauma symptoms.
Last Updated on January 16, 2026.
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- DePaul University, Clinical-Community Psychology
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Dr. Hoffman studies multilevel responses to sexual violence across the medical and legal systems. She is interested in the effects of individual, organizational, and community factors on survivors’ experiences with these systems and on sexual assault case processing. Currently, her research focuses on sexual trauma among Veterans and their engagement with VA services.
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Jacob Tebes, PhD
Michael Strambler, PhD
Melissa L. Whitson, PhD
10Publications
162Citations
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2025
Medical Advocates’ Care for Sexual Assault Survivors: Emergency Room Nurses’ Perspectives
Hoffman E, Zinter K, Greeson M, Patton E, Wegrzyn A, Tull P. Medical Advocates’ Care for Sexual Assault Survivors: Emergency Room Nurses’ Perspectives. Violence Against Women 2025, 10778012251397975-10778012251397975. PMID: 41264538, PMCID: PMC12928195, DOI: 10.1177/10778012251397975.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchStaff and client perspectives on the physical environment in trauma-informed homelessness services
Stewart J, Lazic M, Barry A, Hoffman E, Mohiuddin M, Brown M. Staff and client perspectives on the physical environment in trauma-informed homelessness services. Journal Of Social Distress And The Homeless 2025, 35: 64-73. DOI: 10.1080/10530789.2025.2463158.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitations
2024
A Systematic Review of Sexual Assault Case Attrition in the United States from 2000 to 2020
Hoffman E, Patton E, Greeson M. A Systematic Review of Sexual Assault Case Attrition in the United States from 2000 to 2020. Trauma Violence & Abuse 2024, 26: 850-866. PMID: 39548865, PMCID: PMC12081761, DOI: 10.1177/15248380241293803.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsCitationsAltmetric
2023
Trauma‐informed interactions within a trauma‐informed homeless service provider: Staff and client perspectives
Barry A, Hoffman E, Martinez‐Charleston E, DeMario M, Stewart J, Mohiuddin M, Mihelicova M, Brown M. Trauma‐informed interactions within a trauma‐informed homeless service provider: Staff and client perspectives. Journal Of Community Psychology 2023, 52: 415-434. PMID: 38093668, DOI: 10.1002/jcop.23102.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricThe Working Relationship Between Emergency Room Nurses and Medical Rape Victim Advocates: A Qualitative Examination of Nurses’ Perceptions of the Influence of Nurse Training and Experience on Nurse–Advocate Interactions
Zinter K, Tull P, Greeson M, Hoffman E, Wegrzyn A. The Working Relationship Between Emergency Room Nurses and Medical Rape Victim Advocates: A Qualitative Examination of Nurses’ Perceptions of the Influence of Nurse Training and Experience on Nurse–Advocate Interactions. Violence Against Women 2023, 29: 2891-2914. PMID: 37605545, DOI: 10.1177/10778012231196058.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsNurses’ Perceptions of Helpful and Unhelpful Communication With Rape Victim Advocates
Hoffman E, Wegrzyn A, Greeson M, Zinter K, Tull P, Balata M. Nurses’ Perceptions of Helpful and Unhelpful Communication With Rape Victim Advocates. Psychology Of Violence 2023, 13: 107-116. DOI: 10.1037/vio0000449.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetric
2022
Police decisions to found sexual assault cases: The influence of community‐level factors and space
Hoffman E, Greeson M, Hwang S. Police decisions to found sexual assault cases: The influence of community‐level factors and space. American Journal Of Community Psychology 2022, 71: 332-343. PMID: 36576356, DOI: 10.1002/ajcp.12641.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetric“What Does it Mean to be Trauma-Informed?”: A Mixed-Methods Study of a Trauma-Informed Community Initiative
Champine RB, Hoffman EE, Matlin SL, Strambler MJ, Tebes JK. “What Does it Mean to be Trauma-Informed?”: A Mixed-Methods Study of a Trauma-Informed Community Initiative. Journal Of Child And Family Studies 2022, 31: 459-472. PMID: 35018088, PMCID: PMC8736308, DOI: 10.1007/s10826-021-02195-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptstrauma-informed practicetrauma-informed communitymixed-methods studycommunity partnerstrauma-informed workfuture community-engaged researchchild traumasense of hopeemotional environmenttrauma-informedsample t-testparticipants' beliefscommunity connectionsparticipants' perceptionsfocus groupstrauma trainingparticipant engagementeducationsocial developmentcommunity-based initiativesmethodological considerationscommunity-engaged researchceiling effectsperceptionbeliefs
2019
A Community's Response to Adverse Childhood Experiences: Building a Resilient, Trauma‐Informed Community
Matlin SL, Champine RB, Strambler MJ, O'Brien C, Hoffman E, Whitson M, Kolka L, Tebes JK. A Community's Response to Adverse Childhood Experiences: Building a Resilient, Trauma‐Informed Community. American Journal Of Community Psychology 2019, 64: 451-466. PMID: 31486086, PMCID: PMC6917911, DOI: 10.1002/ajcp.12386.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptstrauma-informed communitycommunity change processesadverse childhood experiencestrauma-informed practicechildhood experienceschange processcommunity sectorhealth services sectorinitial implementation phaseeducation sectorservice sectorbroader communitylittle empirical evidencepopulation health perspectivecommunity responsescommunitysectorcentral featureempirical evidenceservice systemorganizational processesimplementation phaseuse of datahealth perspectiveexperience
2017
Neighborhood sexual violence moderates women's perceived safety in urban neighborhoods
Hoffman EE, Mair TTM, Hunter BA, Prince DM, Tebes JK. Neighborhood sexual violence moderates women's perceived safety in urban neighborhoods. Journal Of Community Psychology 2017, 46: 79-94. PMID: 30104801, PMCID: PMC6086498, DOI: 10.1002/jcop.21917.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptssexual violencetypes of violenceneighborhood violenceneighborhood safetyurban neighborhoodswomen's perceptionscontext of genderhigh crimeneighborhood assetsviolencestreet intercept interviewsU.S. citiesmore salientcrimePerceived Safetyneighborhoodgenderperceptionmoderate perceptionpovertywomenunemploymentinterviewscityrelationship