Saltanat Childress, PhD

Dr. Childress is an Assistant Professor at the University of Texas-Arlington. Her research is focused on family well-being, economic empowerment, and improving the responses of criminal justice, public health, and social service systems. She is dedicated to improving long-term health and social outcomes through developing, adapting, and evaluating interventions focusing on healthy family functioning and prevention of family violence.

Dr. Childress worked with her mentor, Dean Mary McKay, on the submission of a K01 proposal to adapt SMART Africa Center’s Multiple Family Group (MFG) + Financial Economic Empowerment (FEE) in Kyrgyzstan with the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. She also developed a manuscript on Systematic Literature Review of Domestic Violence in Central Asia.

Email:  saltanatdc@gmail.com