Anita Raj

And that researcher joins us now.

It's Anita Raj with the Newcomb Institute at Tulane University.

Anita, it's so good to reconnect with you.

Good to reconnect with you as well, Greg.

And that there's a lot of us who want to work to ensure that we can just make this violence, the incidents of violence decline to stop and also to help those who've had the experiences.

Well, we appreciate you right back, Anita, because beyond just doing the legwork of compiling your research, you explain it in a way that relates why it's important for the general public to track what it is you're finding.

Anita Raj with the Newcomb Institute at Tulane University.

Always good to spend some time with you.

I'm Adam Voss.

For years, Anita Raj, executive director at Tulane's Newcomb Institute, has been studying gender equity, global health, and how violence interacts with those.

Now she's taking her work national.

This week, Newcomb released the first nationally representative study that looks at rates of violence in Louisiana compared to other states.

To talk about these findings, we're joined now by Anita Raj herself.

Thanks for being here.

Thanks so much for inviting me, Adam.

We think these things might be a little bit related.

Here's Tommy Tucker in New Orleans.

Anita Raj joins us now, executive director of Tulane University's Newcomb Institute.

Good morning, Anita.

How are you?