Tatiana Mariscal is a Sally Casanova Scholar and is currently finishing her Master’s degree at San Francisco State University. Tatiana’s passion for public health rises from her undergraduate and graduate research on a) the risk and protective factors associated with teen dating violence, and b) the neurological and cognitive deficits associated with intimate partner violence. She is currently finishing her thesis examining the incidence of intimate partner violence-related head, face, and neck injuries in women residing in the U.S. between 2002-2015.

While at the UCSD Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health, Tatiana worked under the mentorship of Dr. Jamila K. Stockman, Dr. Kiyomi Tsuyuki, and Kristin K. Gundersen on research examining the association between sexual violence, adverse mental health, and suicidality among Black/African American women in Baltimore, MD. Her research responsibilities included conducting transcriptions and examining suicidal behavior for the ESSENCE project. Tatiana will continue to be involved in the ESSENCE project and will be transcribing interviews and examining community-level stressors.

Tatiana also presented at the Summer Research Conference, UCSD in August 2018. Driven by her work at iSTRIVE, Tatiana continues to work on multiple projects with the hope to bridge the gap on appropriate screening and assessment for traumatic brain injury due to intimate partner violence and stressors associated with suicidal behaviors among valuable populations.