The Learning Lab is an innovative multi-year, multi-disciplinary intimate partner violence research and development initiative, a collaboration between the
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Saving Promise.

OUR CHALLENGE

Intimate partner violence has tragic psychological and physical effects on adults and children.

OUR VISION

We are taking a bold step by exploring evidence-based prevention strategies and models.

OUR APPROACH

Cross sector collaboration is the underlying principle on which the Learning Lab is founded.

OUR IMPACT

Qualitative & quantitative measurements and social impact drives our
work.

Mobilizing the Public and Private Sectors

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THIS IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS THAT FACES GLOBAL HEALTH OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

“It’s complex, it’s impacts are enormous that are felt not only in one generation but across multiple… What is critically needed to solve this global crisis: breaking the silence… evidence-based prevention strategy… greater public awareness… and stop working in silos.”
THE PROBLEM IS OFTEN HIDDEN AND AFFECTS HEALTH AND CHILDREN

“One of the things that scientists are talking about now is that we understand that exposure to violence… can actually change the brain… an important part of this problem that we need to pay attention to.”
ENDING THE CYCLE

“I come from a family of five generations of mothers and daughters that suffered and survived over sixty years of domestic violence and abuse.”
PUBLIC EDUCATION CAN BREAK THE SILENCE WHERE LAWS DON’T

”We really need to find ways to educate our public and not just in time of controversial news story or tragedy…. It is a very, very difficult topic to address… laws in themselves don’t necessarily cut it.”