Firearm Injury & Policy Research Program

Friday Newsletter

May 16, 2025

Announcements

  • Please RSVP to the FIPRP Celebration (link here and below) so we can get a count for food. We hope to see you all there to celebrate our graduating FIPRP members!
  • As a reminder, the "Pick me! How to write a winning abstract for the National Research Conference for the Prevention of Firearm-Related Harms" webinar is happening on May 21 from 11am-12pm PT.  They have recently added office hours from May 22nd to July 3rd, which you can read more about and register for on the updated flyer. 
  • ThuyMi Phung will be presenting her MPH Thesis titled "Associations Between Openness to Church-Based Firearm Safety Interventions and Evangelical Identity and Political Party Affiliation Among Protestant Christian Firearm Owners" on June 6th at 3:35 pm PDT. A Zoom link will be provided soon. 
  • The Office of Violence Against Women has released 6 Notices of Funding Opportunities. Find more information here. 
  • The American Public Health Association, in conjunction with the Joyce Foundation, is pleased to announce the 2025 Catherine Barber Research Award. This research award is intended to support emerging researchers and investigators, to foster the development of the violence and suicide prevention workforce, and to promote innovative, impactful analysis of NVDRS data. Applications are due June 12th. Read more and apply here.
  • There will be no newsletter next week or the week after. See you in June!

Looking Ahead

 
 

FIPRP Methods Seminar

 

Today! May 16, 10-11 am PDT
Speaker: Angelica D'Souza, MPP
Title: "Researcher-practitioner partnerships to develop data-informed approaches to community violence interventions"

 
Zoom Link
 
 
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FIPRP Weekly

 

May 21, 9:30-10 am PDT
Speaker: Dr. Erin Morgan
Title: "Underground Ministries: Faith-Based Programs for Re-Entry and Redefining Success"

 
Zoom Link
 
 
 

Julia Schleimer's Dissertation Defense

 

May 23, 10-11 am PDT
Speaker: Julia Schleimer, MPH
Title: "Early Childhood Education and Violence Prevention Across the Life Course and Generations"

 
Zoom Link
 
 
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FIPRP Friday

 

June 13, 1-2 pm PDT
Speaker: Dr. Ali Rowhani-Rahbar
Title: Update on the Current Funding Landscape

 
Zoom Link
 
 
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FIPRP Celebration

 

June 13, 4-7 pm PDT, Location TBD
Come celebrate our FIPRP grads! Families and friends welcome!

 
RSVP Here
 

Opportunities

  • The Black & Brown Collective Training & Mentorship Program will launch this year! This Training & Mentorship Program (“The Program”) is designed to support the next generation of researchers committed to informing solutions to gun violence. Apply by May 26, 2025. Read more about this opportunity here and here. 
  • The Centers for Violence Prevention (CVP) at UC Davis invite applications for one or more postdoctoral fellowships in violence prevention research. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis through June 15, 2025 or until the position is filled. Read more about the opportunity here.
  • UW is planning to offer post-doctoral training in Pediatric Injury Research, with positions becoming available for summer/fall, 2025. This training program is funded through a US National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) T-32 grant. Applications received by July 1, 2025 will be given the highest priority. Read more here.

Recent Firearm Injury Papers

Authors

Title

Publication

Baruni RR, Miltenberger RG, Cook JL, Concepcion A, Maxfield TC

Evaluating interactive computerized training to teach practitioners to implement firearm safety skills training

Journal of Applied Behavioral Analysis

Zhivotovsky S, Nzenwa IC, Cogan R, Hallowell SG, Robbins R, Kaplan AJ, Sacks CA, Masiakos PT, Griggs CL

Understanding School Nurses' Perspectives on Firearm Violence Prevention: Attitudes, Beliefs, and Training Needs

Journal of School Nursing

Teotia A, Beltran-Silva F

Hidden Wounds: Exploring Racial and Gender Disparities in the Impact of Mass Shooting Events on Suicide Risk Among U.S. High School Students

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Gu W, Greenwood BN, Agarwal R, Nestadt PS

The Impact of Extreme Risk Protective Orders on Firearm Fatalities

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

van Schalkwyk MCI, Hawkins B, Maani N, Petticrew M

"Stop, don't touch, run away!": reconceptualizing firearm industry-funded youth education programs as corporate political activity

Global Health

Zhao Y, Chen Z, Hawdon JE

Impact Assessment Through Interrupted Time Series: Divergent Influences of Stay-at-Home Order on Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Areas in NYC Shooting Incidents

Violence & Victims

Abel MN

Mass-Shooting Survivors: Advancing Research and Practice

Violence & Victims

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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