A physician who treats and researches domestic violence cases will visit the West Virginia University campus Oct. 14-15 as the fifth Womens Studies Resident.

Elizabeth Miller, a primary care physician and researcher at Massachusetts General Hospital, will be available to meet with the public on two occasions during her stay.

A reception for Dr. Miller will be held from 4-6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 14, in Elizabeth Moore Hall, Betty Boyd Lounge.

She will also lecture on Gender-Based Violence: Cultural, Political and Clinical Considerations at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 15, in the Health Sciences Center main auditorium.

The talk will cover her research on AIDS and the trafficking of women in Japan and adolescent dating violence. She will also recount her experiences teaching medical students and residents about identifying intimate partner violence in clinical settings.

Millers other research interests include community-based adolescent health and negotiating cultural differences in primary care. At Massachusetts General, she teaches courses in cross-cultural care and organizes workshops on violence intervention.

She has a dual faculty appointment in the departments of social medicine and pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, teaching courses in social medicine, community service learning and physician-patient communication.

She is also director of a school-based health center at Revere High School and serves as the clinics school liaison physician.

Miller obtained her medical degree from Harvard Medical School and doctorate in anthropology from Harvard University.

The Womens Studies Residency in Honor of Judith Gold Stitzel brings to WVU women who have made significant contributions in various walks of life. Stitzel, WVU professor emerita of English and womens studies, was the founding director of the Center for Womens Studies. The residency is made possible through the Womens Studies Residency Endowment.