Firearm Injury & Policy Research Program

Friday Newsletter

July 18, 2025

Announcements

  • Uconn-ARMS has announced the Harms and Benefits Inventory (HBI) data release! This release includes data from Wave 1 (collected in 2022) and Wave 2 (collected in 2024). You can read more and access the data here.
  • SAVIR has some great resources on their Injury and Violence Prevention Teaching Resource Hub. It's a great place to brush up on principles and foundational aspects of the public health field. 
  • The UW Health Sciences Library is offering an in-person workshop Getting Started with Review Methods and Resources, an introduction to the basics of systematic and scoping reviews. It will take place on Tuesday, August 19, 1:00 – 4:00 pm. Find more information (including location) and register here. 
  • Sandy Hook Promise is hiring for a couple of key new positions! Read more about the roles for the Manager, Research and Evaluation and Associate Vice President, Innovation, and please spread the word to your networks!

Looking Ahead

 
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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

O'Neill A, Hooker ER, Shull S, Gilbert TA, Maxim L, Carlson KF

Cost analysis examining the excess healthcare costs among Veterans who had a non-fatal firearm injury between 2010 and 2019

Injury Prevention

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

Equipping School Nurses to Address Firearm Safety: A Pilot Curriculum Study

Journal of School Health

Thomson ND, O'Connor KE, Pittman SK, Reidy DE

Unpacking Gun Violence: Differentiating Reactive and Proactive Firearm Violence with the Gun Violence Questionnaire Among Violently Injured Men

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Nguyen L, Grigorian A, Lee C, Goodman LF, Guner Y, Kuza C, Swentek L, Nahmias J

Similar Associated Risk of Complication and Death for Adolescent Gunshot Wounds Treated at Pediatric-Only Hospitals When Compared with Combined Pediatric and Adult Centers

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

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

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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