Survey Respondents who approved of the NRA were more thank twice as likely to believe that violence was justified to advance political objectives, a new study finds: www.thetrace.org/2025/10/nra-...

Trump has done exactly what he set out to do: Reduce our alarm at the use of the military on our streets. A recent study from the UC Davis found one-third of respondents (32%) agree that government ‘should use the military to help enforce its policies'. www.latimes.com/politics/new...

Following the assassination of Charlie Kirk, a spiraling cycle of violence is not a foregone conclusion. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/u...

📢 New research! 📢 The small minority of Americans who say they would likely be combatants in civil war are open to change. We can prevent political violence by urging non-violent approaches + being vocal in our rejection of political violence. cvp.ucdavis.edu/research/pub...

What if SNAP was a source of national pride? What if more families could participate and be proud and grateful to do so? What if we fixed the booming inequalities in our society—the imbalances in our markets—by directly addressing voters’ number one economic concern: their grocery bill?

New publication: Preliminary data shows if you teach op-ed writing skills, most students like it and plan to use it as a tool for scholarly dissemination! Thanks for my co-authors Stacy Fandetti and Ava Peters for collaborating on this. journals.sagepub.com/eprint/DYKVI...

Is a postdoc the next step in your violence prevention career? Join our superlative team!

Look north to Canada for evidence-based vaccine recommendations. Gift link: www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/32c7e41...

Are you looking for a #postdoc with a focus on violence prevention research, or know outstanding scholars who are? We're reviewing applications on a rolling basis through June 15. Apply today! #hiring

1/ For ProPublica’s “Life of the Mother” series, winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for public service, we reported on five pregnant women who died after not receiving timely medical care in states with strict abortion bans. These are their stories 🧵

The systems that have made America safer are under attack. My new op-ed in @commondreams.org explains why we can’t stay quiet as the Trump admin rapidly dismantles much of our violence prevention + public safety infrastructure. We can't go backward. www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum...

Join me and colleagues for a webinar on tips and tricks on how to write a stellar submission for the 2025 National Research Conference for the Prevention of Firearm-Related Harms Wed May 21 12-1 MT / 2-3 ET "PICK ME! How to write a winning abstract" Register: ucdenver.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

You can’t say criminals don’t deserve due process when due process is the thing that decides if they're criminals. Otherwise you're just kidnapping people you don't like.

I want politics to be about a better everyday life. Here's what that can look like:

Several research institutes in Germany are joining a worldwide grassroots effort to save science data sets that researchers fear could be deleted by US President Donald Trump’s administration, Nature has learnt. https://go.nature.com/42uEw50

Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.

If you lost a job in governmental injury and violence prevention, SAVIR is here for you. Sign up for a free membership by completing this form: buff.ly/NNPYjaZ

A7 #NPHWchat We can't stop now! Conducting actionable research, investing in the next generation, addressing social + structural determinants, and communicating effectively with the public will all be crucial in the days and years ahead to both anchor + advance public health.

3/3 and Dr. Garen Wintemute presented on reducing the illegal supply of firearms: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-s6B...

2/3 As examples of #5, in February, two of our faculty flew to Washington, DC to join an expert panel for a Congressional Briefing on preventing gun violence. Dr. Veronica Pear spoke about Extreme Risk Protection Orders: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYMS...

A6 #NPHWchat Good decisions are rooted in strong evidence. Grounded in research, we: 1. Cultivate new ideas 2. Recommend policies + prevention strategies 3. Evaluate + strengthen current practices 4. Serve on commissions + advisory groups 5. Brief decision-makers cvp.ucdavis.edu/what-we-do/p...

Please also check out our new website! As #publichealth resources are being reduced and removed, we're working hard to add new sources of knowledge here. Let us know: what would you like to see? cvp.ucdavis.edu

A5 #NPHWchat We are trying to get the word out that we are #hiring! We are primarily active here on Bluesky and on LinkedIn and invite you to connect with us -- will you help spread the word? cvp.ucdavis.edu/get-involved...

HVIPs, or Hospital-based violence intervention programs, are inclusive, creative programs promote healthy, safer living through trauma-informed case management, services, and fostering community connections and support. Learn more from @thehavi.bsky.social www.thehavi.org/what-is-an-h...

A4 #NPHWchat Healthy living is rooted in safer communities, which can require interrupting cycles of violence. HVIPs like UC Davis Health Wraparound program extend care beyond the hospital to support long-term healing + recovery, help patients find hope + purpose health.ucdavis.edu/injurypreven...

A3 #NPHWchat We're still learning about climate change and violence, but like extreme weather, "firearm violence does not happen only to people; it happens to places". Mitigating both requires strengthening communities, addressing social + structural determinants. cvp.ucdavis.edu/research/soc...

Q2 We also support folks advancing this work in new ways, like the Black + Brown Collective for Community Solutions to Gun Violence, who are improving the efficacy of research, policy, + practice to address safety + well-being in communities most directly affected by violence. thebbcollective.org

Q2 For too long, research stayed in the ivory tower, but we're striving to change that. We work in service of, with, and accountable to communities, ensuring that what we learn through research is more meaningful, applicable, and accessible to those who can benefit from it. #NPHWchat

A1 #NPHWchat Looking back, since '89 we've used CA’s unique Dealer's Record of Sale data to conduct research on gun violence that couldn’t be done anywhere else. But EVERYONE deserves good data. Moving forward, we encourage other states to develop similar datasets and access for researchers.

A1 Addressing firearm violence via the public health approach has itself been a major advancement in our area of injury prevention, paving the way for action. The Surgeon General’s 2024 Advisory was a landmark declaration to this effect. #NPHWchat cvp.ucdavis.edu/news/firearm...

K-12 urban public schools are uniquely positioned to address structural harms and cultivate safer, more just communities by adopting values of community-based violence intervention and prevention, argues Asia Ivey, Mia Dawson, and @buggs44.bsky.social cvp.ucdavis.edu/sites/g/file...

Unrelated to measles & tariffs, I am glad to see this in @nytimes.com … Our kids are certainly suffering due to lots of systems problems that the pandemic worsened; but to blame it all on “lockdowns” is disingenuous at best www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...

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They can take it down, but it belongs to the people.

Check the link for practical guidance for parents. Let's normalize these conversations for our children's safety.

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Louder for those in the back, please 🛟🧪🩺

New report shows that NIH grants fueled $95 billion in economic activity and 407,782 jobs in 2024. That's not to mention the countless lives that biomedical research has saved. Show me a better investment than that. www.forbes.com/sites/michae...

Our @cuanschutz.bsky.social FIPI program is proud to co-host Founder and CEO of Your Local Epidemiologist @kkjetelina.bsky.social for a talk on public health communication. 📅 April 23 ⌚ 12 - 1:30 pm MDT @injurycenterco.bsky.social @thesavir.bsky.social @cucombatcenter.bsky.social

"There are some public goods that should never be privatized.” Siddhartha Mukherjee on the death of our public health infrastructure. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/o...

Funding science is an investment in all of us, in our futures. Science is for everyone. #StandUpForScience #StandUpForScience2025 #ScienceForAll

They’re still recruiting study participants! More from @deannagiraldi.bsky.social

THIS IS A MUST-READ PIECE. Please share, off Bluesky as well as on it. Most people *do not understand* how harmful these short-sighted cuts are going to be - for our economic as well as our physical health. 🧪🛟🩺

Too bad a bunch of our national (CDC) epidemiology intelligence service officers were let go yesterday … they could have helped 🤷‍♀️

Great new resource from @debeaumontfndtn.bsky.social on public health comms - with both well-tested language, and actionable tips. This is FABULOUS. debeaumont.org/resources/co...

Looking for violence prevention conferences and events? @thehavi.bsky.social has a handy listing! #gvp #research #scicomms www.kpcenterforgunviolenceresearch.org/conferences-...

"People who like to sound tough reflexively back the guys with guns over the guys in jeans with sacks of grain or the guys in suits with papers. But take it from someone who spent nearly 1,500 days downrange over the course of 20 years: USAID is worth every penny." www.thebulwark.com/p/usaid-kept...

Countering #misinformation isn’t just about the facts—it’s about how those facts spread through social networks and communities. #Science being right isn’t enough; it must be accepted within social circles to make an impact. https://buff.ly/4aWsDHs By Anne Toomey @paceuniversity.bsky.social