“It’s exciting to work with staff who are passionate about applying innovative strategies to improve community health.”
Swetha Nulu leads the development and implementation of internal project management systems for TXICFW. In addition to serving as project manager for several projects, she supports the planning and execution of institute-wide initiatives and events.
Swetha holds a master’s degree in Public Health from Tulane University and started her career at TXICFW as a Research Coordinator, conducting program evaluations for child abuse prevention programming in Texas. She has since blended her research and programmatic knowledge with a PMP certification to strengthen the institute’s organizational capacity. Swetha is passionate about improving community health and helping her team strive for balance at work.
swetha.nulu@austin.utexas.edu
Current Projects
Publications
- Ding, X., LaBrenz, C. A., Nulu, S., Gerlach, B., & Faulkner, M. (2023). Impact of parents as teachers on parenting-related protective factors: A pre- and post- evaluation. Children and Youth Services Review, 147. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2023.106834
- Adkins, T., Reisz, S., Doerge, K., & Nulu, S. (2020). Adverse Childhood Experience histories in foster parents:Connections to foster children’s emotional and behavioral difficulties. Child Abuse & Neglect, 104.
- Held, M.L., Nulu, S., Faulkner, M. & Gerlach, B. (2020). Climate of fear: Provider perceptions of Latinx immigrant service utilization. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-020-00714-w
- Panisch, L. S., LaBrenz, C. A., Lawson, J., Gerlach, B., Tennant, P. S., Nulu, S. & Faulkner, M. (2020). Relationships between childhood trauma and protective factors among parents at-risk for child maltreatment. Children and Youth Services Review. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.104816
Reports
- National Angels Outcome Evaluation Report
- National Angels Process Evaluation Report
- 2021 Strong Fathers Strong Families Evaluation Report
- The Children with Special Health Care Needs Project: Needs Assessment Report
- Sexual Health of Foster Youth: Needs Assessment Findings Final Report
- HOPES Final Evaluation Report
- HOPES FY2016 Evaluation Report
Blogs
- New TXICFW Study Published on Caregivers’ Adverse Childhood Experiences and Their Impact on Children’s Social-Emotional Challenges (June 21, 2021)
- New TXICFW study published on caregivers’ adverse childhood experiences and their impact on children’s social-emotional challenges (June 16, 2021)
- Intentional Connection in the Time of COVID-19: An update on the Children with Special Health Care Needs Project (September 18, 2020)
- What HOPES taught us: A summary of our four year-long evaluation of community-based child maltreatment prevention programs (April 28, 2020)
- How we make space for diversity, inclusion, and belonging in social work research (February 20, 2020)
- Measuring Burnout in the Context of Something Greater Than the Self (July 29, 2019)
- Clinician’s Corner 2018: The EBP Issue (December 13, 2018)
- Evaluating Texas’ child maltreatment prevention program, Project HOPES: What we learned and where we will go (January 17, 2017)
- Welcome to Swetha Nulu, our new Research Coordinator! (January 3, 2017)