Firearm Injury & Policy Research Program

Friday Newsletter

September 5, 2025

Announcements

  • The University of Colorado Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative (FIPI) is hosting a webinar exploring initial findings about the implementation of safe storage, extreme risk protection order (ERPO), and lost and stolen firearm laws in Colorado on Tuesday, October 14, 2025 from 11:00 – 12:00 p.m. PDT. Register here!
  • The Call for Abstracts is open for the SAVIR 2026 Annual Conference, April 13–15 in Providence, Rhode Island. Submissions are open from Sept 2 – Oct 10, 2025
  • As a reminder, you can join SAVIR for a week of virtual programming, September 15–22! Dr. Kristian Jones is speaking at Monday's event (9/15) which Dr. Kelsey Conrick is moderating! Read more about the events and register here.

Looking Ahead

 
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FIPRP Weekly

 

September 10, 9:30-10 am PT
Speaker: Erika Marts
Title: Assessing the Completeness of the Gun Violence Archive Compared to a Regional Level I Trauma Registry

 
Zoom Link
 
 
 

FIPRP Friday

 

September 19, 10-11 am PT
Speaker: Alice Hawryszkiewycz
Title: Trigger happy: an ethnographic investigation of gun enthusiasts and how they use their firearms to feel heroic, connect to their communities, and play

 
Zoom Link
 

Opportunities

  • The ITHS Pilot Program is now accepting applications for three exciting funding opportunities for translational research: the Early-Stage Product Development Award; the Academic Community Partnerships Award; and the New Interdisciplinary Academic Partnerships Award. Letters of intent are due by September 12, 2025.
  • The Regional Gun Violence Research Consortium is hiring a postdoctoral research fellow! Review of applications begins December 1, and you can read more about this exciting opportunity here. 

Recent Firearm Injury Papers

Authors

Title

Publication

Kafka JM, Lyons VH, Cheung A, Graham LM, AbiNader MA, Adhia A, Mustafah A, Rivara FP

Preventing intimate partner murder-suicide: A case-control study of suicidal males in abusive relationships

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Conrick KM, Kafka J, Schleimer JP, Kanuha VK, St Vil C, Rowhani-Rahbar A, Moore M

Community and System Advocate Perspectives on Extreme Risk Protection Order Implementation: Qualitative Lessons on Client Context, Professionalization, and Equity

Inquiry

Weybright EH, Terral HF, Conrick KM, Carter PM, Rowhani-Rahbar A

Trends in firearm death among middle and high-school aged rural and urban adolescents from 2001 to 2022

Injury Epidemiology

Buggaveeti AE, Moore M, Jones K, Bulger E, Nehra D, Russo J, Wang J, Shoyer J, Zatzick D

Parent injury admission as a potential adverse childhood experience: A 25 US Level I Trauma center investigation

Injury

Noorbakhsh S, Dunne W, Babatola O, Himmler A, Hart L, Cave N, Jackson K, Nwanaji-Enwerem J, Castro AL, Krishnan P, Kamaleswaran R, Castater C, Smith RN

Understanding social and environmental risks of firearm injury using geospatial patterns

Injury

Trevino J, Loganathan A, Abdullah I, Meltzer A

Community awareness of acoustic gunshot detection systems in Washington, DC

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Min J, Tam V, Mayne S, Krass P, Fein JA

Neighborhood Firearm Violence, Psychosocial Risks, and Youth Firearm Perception

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Mitaj D, Tran JH, Rogers ML

Firearm access and storage practices among suicidal texas-based college students

Psychiatry Research

Casas Fuentes RJ, Waddle SD, Dicker R, Campbell BT, Tatebe LC

Illinois community health needs assessments: Disparities in prioritizing firearm violence prevention

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Ortiz-Whittingham L, Scott S, Jacobs L, Culyba A, Cruce A, Reilly R, Ohmer M, Wang C, Giankas J, Miller E, Fabio A

Characterising resilient and at-risk neighbourhoods with lower-than-expected and higher-than-expected firearm injuries and fatalities in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Injury Prevention

Yip PSF, Hsu YC, Lam TM, Xiao Y, Caine E

Decomposing the change of suicide rates in the United States 2001-2023

Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences

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

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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