Michelle Pebole, PhD
VA Boston Healthcare System
Harvard University
Research
My research aims to understand the impacts of sexual and gender-based violence, identify how exercise can help people who have experienced these types of violence, and understand how to make exercise spaces physically and psychologically safe for people with histories of trauma. I am dedicated to centering the experiences of women in this work.
In my roles, I have been tasked with research, teaching, and speaking on these topics. If these are of interest to you, your organization, or your students, please reach out!
Below are a few of my recent publications. See more at my ResearchGate or Google Scholar.
Here we demonstrate that exercise and other allied health professionals are currently unprepared to handle sexual and gender-based violence properly.
This study found that enrolling in healthcare services can enhance safety among women who experienced partner violence.
Here we show the biases in the current TBI screen process for women Veterans and advocate for changes to include TBI from partner and sexual violence.
This study suggests traumatic brain injury may exacerbate cardiovascular risk among women with histories of partner violence
Here, we identify exercise preferences among women survivors of sexual violence
This study identifies and discusses perceived barriers and benefits of exercise among women survivors of sexual violence
This article highlights the need for trauma informed exercise practices for surivors of sexual violence
When you get these jobs you have been so brilliantly trained for, just remember that your real job is that if you are free, you need to free somebody else. If you have some power, then your job is to empower somebody else.
- Toni Morrison