Galina A. Portnoy, PhD

Dr. Galina Portnoy specializes in the study of relationship health, intimate partner violence (IPV), trauma, and women's health. Dr. Portnoy founded and directs the Intimate Partner Violence Center for Implementation, Research, and Evaluation (IPV-CIRE), a national Center for developing, implementing, and evaluating trauma-informed practices for intimate partner violence detection, prevention, and treatment, with a particular focus on IPV use (i.e., perpetration) and bidirectional IPV. Dr. Portnoy is trained as a clinical and community psychologist, health services researcher, qualitative methodologist, and implementation scientist. Her current work focuses on the development and evaluation of screening and treatment for IPV, and strategies for disseminating and implementing empirically supported IPV practices in healthcare settings.

Dr. Portnoy serves as Director for the Intimate Partner Violence Center for Implementation, Research, and Evaluation (IPV-CIRE), at the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). The IPV-CIRE works to advance innovative, high-quality, Veteran-centered, and trauma-informed practices for promoting relationship health and safety and enhance the detection, prevention, and treatment of intimate partner violence (IPV) among Veterans, their families, and support networks. Through program development, implementation, evaluation, and translational research, The IPV-CIRE is dedicated to transforming findings into actionable healthcare innovations and policy recommendations. The IPV-CIRE's mission is to create a healthcare system where relationship health concerns are detected early, prevented proactively, and treated comprehensively. The IPV-CIRE is comprised of three cores:

1. Innovation and Implementation Core: To develop innovative IPV practices for Veterans and strengthen current programming through program development and implementation; evaluation; and provision of training, consultation, and external facilitation to support large-scale implementation of best practices for IPV.
   
2. Research Core: To inform IPV practice and policy by conducting translational research and determining factors for successful implementation of IPV innovations.
3. Evaluation Core: To develop and execute a highly partnered, systematic, multi-phase program evaluation of the VA National IPV Assistance Program.