Firearm Injury & Policy Research Program

Friday Newsletter

July 11, 2025

Announcements

  • The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) has released its annual call for research funding! Read more about the opportunities and apply here.
  • Registration is now open for the Turning Knowledge into Action: Virtual Injury & Violence Prevention Summit, happening on July 23rd from 11am-7:30pm PT. Click here to register.
  • ITHS, SOM, and SPH are hosting a 12 week Grant Writing Program for Clinicians and Junior Faculty in Autumn 2025. Read more about the course and eligibility requirements here. Application materials are due July 15th.
  • The Gun Violence Prevention Research Roundtable is inviting folks who are interested to join a GVP Research Media & Advocacy ECHO! This ECHO was customized to equip participants with messaging tools around the importance of firearm injury prevention research. During the six-session bi-weekly course, participants will learn communication strategies, advocacy tools, and storytelling skills to support federal funding for firearm injury prevention research. Register here!

Looking Ahead

 
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FIPRP Weekly

 

July 16, 9:30-10 am PDT
Speaker: Dr. Kelsey Conrick
Title: Firearm Safety Counseling for Suicide Prevention in Community Behavioral Health Agencies: Training, Implementation, and Evaluation

 
Zoom Link
 
 
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FIPRP Friday

 

July 25, 1-2 pm PDT
Speaker: William Hairston
Title: Transforming Futures: CVI Ecosystem Building to Reduce Youth Group or Gang Violence

 
Zoom Link
 

Opportunities

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  August 1  (updated!), 2025 will be given the highest priority. Read more  here .

The department of Pediatrics at Indiana University is looking to fill a  postdoctoral fellowship position  in gun violence research. More information about the position and how to apply can be found  here .

Recent Firearm Injury Papers

Authors

Title

Publication

Conrick KM, Banks S, Schleimer JP, Gomez A, Pallickaparambil AJ, Ta M, Rowhani-Rahbar A

Household Firearm Storage Practices

JAMA Network Open

Herrin J, Givens L, Jordan C, Mbaka M, Lee YL, Miller S, Capasso T, Kinnard C, Bright A, Williams AY, Polite N, Simmons JD, Butts CC

Permitless Carry Laws and FIREARM-RELATED Injuries at a Level I Trauma Center

The American Surgeon

Smith L

Messenger Acceptability for Suicide Means Safety Messages for Firearm Owners: Effects of Perceived Expertise, Trustworthiness, and Ideological Similarity

Psychological Reports

Wright-Kelly E, Johnson RL, Barnard L, McCarthy V, Brooks-Russell A

Trends in Carrying Handguns Among Florida Adolescents: 2002-2022

Pediatrics

Rosenbaum T, Kumar N, Kanukurthy M, Fan J, Lopez MA, Rocha MEM, Bocchini C, Greeley C, Lopez K, Dalton E, McKay S, Masciale M

Youth Hospitalized for Suicidality: Caregiver Perspectives on Firearm Safety Guidance

Pediatrics

Horng I, Yin Q, Chan W, Murray J, Small DS

Probabilistic Record Linkage of 2 Gun Violence Datasets

Public Health Reports

Testa A, Bluth E, Monroe L, Harris K, Abbott SB, Aitken ME, Fox EE, Heckler B, Kao LS, Li R, Michael SM, McPherson HM, Nieves M, Owen CP, Rix K, Jalaparthi HS, Schick V, Sharma SV, Stratemann C, Thompson AMV, Tsai J, Yang Z, McKay S

Protocol for the Houston Hospital-based violence intervention program

PLoS One

FIPRP authors are bolded

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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