Y. Joon Choi, Ph.D., MSW, MA, is the Director and a Professor in the School of Social Work at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University. She also serves as a Commissioner on the Georgia Commission on Family Violence and is core faculty at the Injury Prevention Research Center at Emory (IPRCE). Dr. Choi has received significant research grants and contracts from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Violence Against Women, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and nonprofit agencies. With a decade of experience, as a social work practitioner focused on intervention and implementation science, Dr. Choi has developed, implemented, and evaluated several socio-culturally responsive community intervention/prevention strategies to address intimate partner violence, substance abuse, and health disparities among immigrant and minority populations. Her research has been published in leading journals such as Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Aggression and Violence Behavior, Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, Journal of Family Violence, Journal of American College Health, and Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities.