The VA Forensic Mental Health Symposium is on October 24, from 1:00–5:00 p.m. This virtual symposium will include presentations by trainees and other local speakers on topics at the intersection of mental health and law, including electroconvulsive therapy policies in Washington, consent to sexual intimacy in psychiatric facilities, and Extreme Risk Protection Orders. Register here!
If you are going to the Firearms Conference in November, please fill out this short form to help us organize!
Looking Ahead
FIPRP Friday
Today! October 17, 10-11 am PT Speaker: Dr. Magdalena Cerdá Title: "Building the bridge to prevention: Using agent-based modeling to identify promising strategies to prevent firearm violence"
The University of MichiganInstitute for Firearm Injury Preventionis currently accepting applications for twopostdoctoral fellowship positions!Read moreabout this opportunity and how to apply!
TheRegional Gun Violence Research Consortiumis hiring apostdoctoral research fellow! Review of applications beginsDecember 1, and you can read more about this exciting opportunityhere.
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 atsbanks94@uw.edu.