The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will be hosting a webinar exploring how firearm injury and mortality prevention can be integrated into routine care in health systems. FIPRP’s director, Dr. Fred Rivara will…
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will be hosting a webinar exploring how firearm injury and mortality prevention can be integrated into routine care in health systems. FIPRP’s director, Dr. Fred Rivara will…
Featuring experts from the UW’s Harborview Injury Prevention & Research Center. Please join the UW School of Medicine-Gonzaga University Health Partnership for a Next Generation Medicine webinar featuring the Harborview Injury Prevention & Research Center…
Governor Jay Inslee signed three new bills into law that address firearm safety measures. The bills are some of the strongest gun regulations to be passed by the Legislature in the state of Washington. HIPRC…
HIPRC Trainee, Kelsey Conrick, MPH, won the 2022 SAVIR Best Student Science Award for her paper titled, Race, Structural Racism, and Racial Disparities in Firearm Homicide Victimization. Conrick’s co-authors include: Avanti Adhia, ScD, Alice Ellyson,…
HIPRC Core Faculty Members, Drs. Beth Ebel, Frederick Rivara, and Kenneth Jaffe wrote a opening-editorial in the Seattle Times opposing the King County Board of Health repealing the helmet law. The law requires bike riders…
Washington’s Office of Firearm Safety and Violence Prevention reports progress, recommendations, next steps in addressing gun violence in Washington communities OLYMPIA, WA — Firearm violence is a persistent health and safety threat for communities and…
Dr. Vavilala has been appointed to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) Common Data Elements (CDEs) International Traumatic Brain Injury Steering Committee (iTBI SC) for the Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) project. To…
A new study published in the Clinical Journal of Pain conducted a review of the Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS) and the Visual Analog Scale (VAS) as a method for patients to report outcome measures…
Do you live throughout the WA and own a firearm? The Firearm Injury & Policy Research Program (FIPRP) is looking for interested study participants who would like to be interviewed. Eligible Candidates: 18+ years old…
A new study funded by the National Collaborative on Gun Violence Research looks at the association between incarceration and the risk of suicide and firearm suicide after release from prison. This study published last month…