The Journal of Behavioral Medicine released a special issue on gun violence this week, with papers authored by a number of faculty and trainees from the Firearm Injury & Policy Research Program at Harborview Injury…
The Journal of Behavioral Medicine released a special issue on gun violence this week, with papers authored by a number of faculty and trainees from the Firearm Injury & Policy Research Program at Harborview Injury…
A new program at UW Medicine’s Harborview Injury Prevention & Research Center (HIPRC) seeks to answer urgent questions around firearm risks, injuries, policies and programs in Washington state. Washington has awarded $1 million to the…
University of Washington epidemiology doctoral student Erin Morgan, a Harborview Injury Prevention & Research Center trainee, has been awarded a one-year, $25,000 grant by the National Collaborative for Gun Violence Research to investigate the relationship…
Harborview Injury Prevention & Research Center’s 2019 INSIGHT Summer High School Program kicked off this week with a focus on introducing students to public health and medicine through the national Stop the Bleed training. During…
HIPRC surgery postdoctoral fellow Elissa Butler, M.D., on left, and trainee Kate Stadeli, M.D., have each received grants from the Medic One Foundation on research projects to prevent injury and improve care. Stadeli’s project was awarded…
Researchers from Harborview Injury Prevention & Research Center conducted a survey examining use by high school football coaches using a specific football helmet, the VICIS Zero1. The results are reported below. Coaches Survey of VICIS…
A Bellevue high school student with a mission to reduce the harms of prejudice and hate crimes used his passion for storytelling to raise funds for Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center this spring. As…
We are recruiting outstanding investigators for an intensive two-year postdoctoral program of mentored, applied research on firearm injury and policy. We are seeking individuals who have completed a doctoral degree program (MD, PhD, or equivalent)…
A new study examining motorcycle taxis in Uganda found that both drivers and passengers of a safety-conscious company generally engaged in safer behaviors when compared to other drivers and passengers. The research was published in…
A collaborative community outreach program, “Working toward Equity in emergencies: WE Stop the Bleed,” has launched to help keep Seattle’s Somali community safer during emergencies. Using the American College of Surgeons’ Stop the Bleed emergency…