Emily Putnam-Hornstein

Emily Putnam-Hornstein is a researcher at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work, a Distinguished Scholar at USC, and a Research Specialist with the California Child Welfare Indicators Project. Her work integrates epidemiological methods and population-based data to address child maltreatment surveillance and prevention.

• Research Focus: Child maltreatment, predictive modeling, and administrative data integration for policy improvement.
• Affiliations: UNC School of Social Work, USC Children's Data Network, California Child Welfare Indicators Project.

Her research examines fatal and non-fatal child abuse, racial disparities in child welfare, and interventions for adolescent mothers. She utilizes hierarchical modeling and population-based proxies to assess risks and guide resource allocation.

Her publications highlight trends in child maltreatment surveillance, predictive analytics for risk identification, and the role of integrated data in understanding protective factors. These works span interdisciplinary fields including public health, social work, and pediatrics.

Her methodology emphasizes large-scale administrative data analysis, epidemiological frameworks, and policy-oriented research to inform child welfare systems.