Casey T. Taft, PhD

Casey T. Taft, Ph.D., is a staff psychologist at the National Center for PTSD in the VA Boston Healthcare System and professor of psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine. He received the 2009 Linda Saltzman Memorial Intimate Partner Violence Researcher Award from the Institute on Violence, Abuse, and Trauma. Dr. Taft has served as principal investigator on funded grants focusing on understanding and preventing partner violence through the National Institute of Mental Health, the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Centers for Disease Control, the Department of Defense, the Blue Shield Foundation of California, the Bob Woodruff Foundation, and the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation. He was the primary developer of the Strength at Home program to prevent intimate partner violence, with current grants to implement the program within the VA and in military settings, as well as a pilot grant to adapt and evaluate the program for civilians. Dr. Taft is on the editorial boards of five journals and has published over 110 peer-reviewed academic articles and a book on trauma-informed intervention in partner violence published by the American Psychological Association.