Jennifer Katz, professor of psychology.
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Jennifer Katz, professor of psychology, was issued a three-year sub-award of $11,554 from the University at Buffalo for a collaboration with Jennifer Read, professor and director of clinical training in the Department of Psychology at UB, on a National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism planning grant award for the study, 淗arnessing the Power of Friends to Reduce Sexual Assault Risk.� The objective of the study is to develop an innovative, friend-based motivational intervention (FMI) that encourages and prepares friends to reduce sexual assault risk. The FMI also will focus on how intoxication may serve as a barrier to friend intervention. Katz has researched interpersonal violence for more than 20 years.