Millicent Okoro, a double major in Biochemistry and Public Health in Trinity’s Honors program, has achieved what few undergraduates accomplish: co-authoring a peer-reviewed research paper in a major academic journal.

The paper, “Intimate Partner Violence and Traumatic Brain Injury: Leveraging Opportunities to Reimagine Interprofessional Collaboration,” was published in the journal Health & Social Work. Millicent collaborated with Dr. Portia Cole, Director of Trinity’s Social Work program, and Dr. Carrie O’Reilly, Associate Dean of Nursing.

“We examined the intersection of social work, nursing, and public health perspectives,” Millicent explained, “and how they can come together to create a more welcoming setting for victims of intimate partner violence and better care in a clinical setting.” Integrating these three professional perspectives creates more sustainable recovery pathways for IPV survivors with TBI.

Previously, through Trinity’s Summer Research program, Millicent investigated “The Epigenetic Regulation of Neural Genes: A Focus on DNA Methylation Across the Limbic System,” exploring brain and memory functions. “Millicent has an extraordinary work ethic and her impressive research contributions pave the way for future public health and social work collaborations,” beamed Dr. Cole.