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Rebeccah Sokol is an Associate Professor at the University of Michigan, affiliated with the School of Social Work and the School of Public Health. She holds a PhD in Health Behavior from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Sokol is a behavioral scientist whose research focuses on youth trauma exposure and aims to alleviate the burdens of adversity experienced during childhood and adolescence. Her primary goal is to reduce youth violence exposure and involvement, utilizing a developmental perspective, public health framework, and a combination of quasi-experimental methods and data science techniques to shape effective prevention strategies. Sokol's work explores risk factors and etiological elements related to youth firearm violence and strives to enhance interventions and policies related to firearm injury prevention. She has received multiple accolades for her contributions in public engagement and collaborative health initiatives, emphasizing social determinants of health.
University of Michigan • Ann Arbor, MI
Teaches courses related to social work and health behavior, focusing on evidence-based practices to address youth trauma and improve health outcomes.
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science