Dr. Katreena Scott is a Professor, clinical psychologist and Director of the Centre for Research and Education on Violence Against Women and Children at Western University. She currently holds a Tier I Canada Research Chair in Ending Child Abuse and Domestic Violence. Dr. Scott leads an applied research program aimed at ending gender-based violence in violence in family relationships, with specific expertise on addressing abuse perpetration in men. She has authored over 50 articles and book chapters on the development of violent relationships, the efficacy of interventions, the effect of abuse and trauma on children, and on empirically and ethically sound policies for working with abuse perpetrators.She regularly presents to audiences of academics, community-based service providers and to policy-makers to share emerging knowledge from research on gender-based and family violence.