Sophia Sobota

Research Lead, Co-author @The Ohio State University College Of Public Health

Columbus, OH, US

Co-authored grant proposal for tOSU Chronic Brain Injury Program Partnership & Engagement Grants to complete research estimating the prevalence of TBI & HAI based on police report documentation (secured funding March 2025) • Collaborated on future grant proposal to the Office of Violence Against Women • Created foundation for future manuscript aimed to influence law enforcement training and criminal justice system processes supporting victims of violence • Included literature review sharing anthropological perspectives and outlining the methodological approaches• Developed codebook and coding spreadsheet to conduct data analysis • Trained secondary coder and established agreements for inter-rater reliability • Presented preliminary findings at Anthropology Department Senior Thesis Symposium (May 2024) and Brain Injury from Violence CARE Alliance quarterly meeting (December 2024) Co-authored chapter titled \"Partner-Inflicted Brain Injury\" in 2nd Edition - Intimate Partner Violence: A Health Based Perspective• Citation: Nemeth J, Ramirez R, Montgomery L, Sobota S. “Partner-Inflicted Brain Injury” in Mitchell C, Miller E, McCaw B, Alexander K. Intimate Partner Violence: A Health-Based Perspective. Oxford University Press (in press).• Collaborated with Dr. Nemeth to propose diagnostic criteria for partner-inflicted brain injury - incorporating the 2023 American Congress Rehabilitation Medicine mild traumatic brain injury criteria and The Strangulation Institute\'s recommendation for medical professionalsDirected a supplementary study with leaders from the Forensic Nursing Network and the Ohio Crime Victim Justice Center on language use and its implications for sexual assault survivors/patients/victims and the prosecution process Conducted qualitative data analysis on approaches within federally qualified health centers - ideal primary care facilities for domestic violence survivors in low-resource communities

Marquette University Law School

Juris Doctor, Law

Denison University

BA, Anthropology/Sociology and Neuroscience Concentration - summa cum laude

Capital University

Master of Business Administration Coursework (MBA Foundations, Ethics and Social Responsibility)