Firearm Injury & Policy Research Program

Friday Newsletter

February 28, 2025

Announcements

  • Giffords Center for Violence Intervention is hosting a webinar titled "CVI at a Crossroads: Promising Progress, New Threats, and Collaborative Solutions" on March 20th at 11 am PST. Read more and register here.
  • Giffords Center for Violence Intervention also published a report titled "Opportunities for Innovation in Community Violence Intervention." Read it here.

Job Postings

  • The Ballmer Group seeks a proactive, collaborative, and emotionally intelligent Portfolio Manager (PM) for its national work in Public Safety, which includes investments in Community Violence Intervention (CVI), Gun Violence Prevention more broadly, Alternative Crisis Response, and other related efforts that contribute to community safety. The PM will be a critical member of a small, nimble, action-oriented team, reporting to the Executive Director, Los Angeles, who also leads Ballmer Group’s national work in Public Safety. Read more about this opportunity here.
  • Bonterra is seeking a Senior Data Consultant to work with Bonterra/CAPS to develop a technological tool aimed at supporting local CVI ecosystems. Learn more here.

Looking Ahead

 
 

Cami Rencken's Dissertation Defense

 

Today! February 28, 10 am PST
Title: "Examining Mental Health and Recovery Following School Shootings"

 
Zoom Option
 
 
 

FIPRP Friday

 

Today! February 28, 1-2 pm PST
Speaker: Kaitlan Ohler
Title: "Peace Point: The Community-Driven Plan for Youth Safety"

 
Zoom Link
 
 
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FIPRP Weekly

 

March 5, 9:30-10 am PST
Title: Connections
Join us for a session dedicated to connecting as a team!

 
Zoom Link
 

Opportunities

O-BJA-2025-172310: Byrne State Crisis Intervention Training and Technical Assistance Program
Bureau of Justice Assistance, open through March 12, 2025

Recent Firearm Injury Papers

Authors

Title

Publication

Shibi Rosen A, Bechtel K

Children's Emergency Department Provider Experiences With Lethal Means Restriction Counseling and Firearm Access

Pediatric Emergency Care

Sokol R, Mueller-Williams A, Porter K, Leys M, Apala Flaherty A, Wexler L

Developing and testing the predictive validity of household firearm storage measures: insights from rural Alaska

Injury Prevention

Griffiths E, Xu J, Xie S, Stansfield R, Semenza D

Dealing with guns: investigating the spatial attraction of gun dealers on localized gun violence

Journal of Experimental Criminology

Resources

FIPRP Interest Form
Please share this with folks who:

  • Express interest in joining FIPRP
  • Would like to engage in FIPRP events 
  • Are interested in collaboration

Dissemination Team Consultation Form 
The Dissemination Team may be able to help with:

  • Creating research or policy briefs (https://fiprp.uw.edu/research-briefs/)
  • Technical support for graphic design platforms (for example, Canva or LucidChart)
  • Creating visual abstracts

Methods Team Consultation Form
The Methods Team may be able to help with:

  • Providing qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods consultation services
  • Creating, compiling, and presenting methods resources to FIPRP members
  • Facilitating trainings on qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods, research procedures, and research ethics

REMINDERS

  • Please reach out to Sam Banks (sbanks94@uw.edu) if you have any new firearm-related publications and/or conversations with the media, reporters, community partners, or policymakers in an article so it can be listed on the FIPRP website.
  • FIPRP has a SharePoint that we are hoping will help facilitate the sharing of resources. We currently have a methods folder which includes resources and guidance on topics like data visualization, qualitative methods, and survey methods among other resources for FIPRP outreach. If you would like access or would like to contribute resources, please email Sam Banks at sbanks94@uw.edu.
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