About: The Midwest Injury Prevention Alliance summit gathers injury prevention professionals from states in Federal Health and Human Services Region V (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin). The summit focuses on working towards reducing…
Congratulations to HIPRC Director, Dr. Monica Vavilala who has been selected to represent HIPRC on the 1) University of Washington Population Health (UW PHI) Executive Council and 2) the American Hospital (AHA) Association Hospitals against…
In collaboration with Seattle Children’s Hospital (SCH), Safe Kids Coalition South Seattle, and Seattle King County Public Health, volunteers were able to giveaway life jackets and bike helmets to ACE Academy students and their families….
The UW Medicine EMS & Trauma Conference is back in person this year September 12-13, 2022 at the DoubleTree Suites (Seatac Airport). This two-day, multidisciplinary conference highlights trauma care throughout the continuum including pre-hospital, emergency,…
2022 Update: The study titled, Microscale pedestrian environment surrounding pedestrian injury sites in Washington state, 2015–2020, was recently published in the July 2022 Traffic Injury Prevention journal. All published authors are from HIPRC, which includes:…
Originally posted: Northwest Center for Public Health Practice Preventable injuries put a large burden on our families and communities. When public health informs policy, it gives us a tool to stop unintentional and violent injuries…
This year’s high school program included 35 students from across the nation & overseas. High School students presented their research findings at the 3rd Annual Virtual INSIGHT High School Symposium, July 22, 2022. In the…
About 988 In 2020, Congress designated the new 988 dialing code to operate through the existing National Suicide Prevention Lifeline’s (1-800-273-8255) network of over 200 locally operated and funded crisis centers across the country. On…
This year will forever be commemorated as a Celebration of Freedom! In 2022, Black and Brown were officially added to our nation’s PRIDE flag and Juneteenth was recognized as a holiday to commemorate the June…
HIPRC’s Summer Research Training (INSIGHT) program for undergraduate, graduate, and first-year medical students offered a new free online extension program this year called REACH. Over 70 students from across the globe signed up for the…