Darejan Dvalishvili

Darejan Dvalishvili is a predoctoral fellow at the Institute for Child and Family Well-Being. She is completing her Ph.D. in social work at Washington University in St. Louis. Her research focuses on intersections of poverty, child maltreatment, and adverse childhood experiences. Following her work with UNICEF and other international and local non-profit organizations, her interests include exploring the impact of various economic interventions on children’s wellbeing both in the US and globally. Darejan earned an MSW from Columbia University (New York, US) and an MD from Tbilisi State Medical University (Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia).