UB Faculty Collaborators

The Institute on Trauma and Trauma-Informed Care collaborates with UB faculty on both grant projects and research.

Denise Krause.

Denise Krause

Denise J. Krause, MSSW, is a clinical professor at the UB School of Social Work. Krause has been involved in several ongoing solution-focused training initiatives in New York State since 2005, many in collaboration with ITTIC. She works with the New York State Office of Children and Family Services, county-level social service departments and voluntary agencies to train at the administrative, supervisory and direct service levels. 

Mickey Sperlich.

Mickey Sperlich

Mickey Sperlich, PhD, MSW, MA, CPM, is an assistant professor at the UB School of Social Work. She has been part of several trauma-focused perinatal studies and is co-author of the Survivor Moms’ Companion, a psychosocial intervention for pregnant survivors of abuse. Mickey is currently studying a postpartum version of this intervention in Detroit, Michigan, and is broadly interested in developing trauma-informed approaches to address the sequelae of sexual violence and other trauma, particularly for childbearing women.

Mickey is collaborating with ITTIC on a project with New York State SUCCESS and Coordinated Care Services Inc. to develop a trauma-informed care assessment tool for organizations that will increase accessibility, include attention to the effects of toxic stress and provide support for implementation. Mickey is also working with ITTIC to develop a curriculum to determine best practices for conducting client-centered psychoeducational trauma support groups for women in a residential treatment setting with opioid use disorder.