Reflections from the President - November 2020

As I write this, Election Day is still a week away. Regardless of the outcome, the need for violence and injury research will remain critical. This year has highlighted the importance of studying the effects of racism, COVID-19, natural disasters, and an increasingly polarized national environment on rates of unintentional injury, suicidal behaviors, and interpersonal violence. It is equally important to identify underlying causes, test interventions, disseminate findings, and study strategies for translating research into practice if we are to reduce these preventable deaths. There is a great deal of work ahead of us, but together we can accomplish much.

SAVIR 2021 Conference Updates

Kudos to the conference planning committee and our hosts, the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Johns Hopkins and the Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit, who have been hard at work planning our next annual conference. These groups are coming together to design a virtual global conference that is both interactive and engaging. Here are some details you need to know:

New publications

Selected new publications from SAVIR members are listed below. Do you have new publications, resources or events you’d like to share with the SAVIR membership? Fill out this form to request SAVIR’s help disseminating, and don’t forget to tag @Savir_org when you post on Twitter!

Activities and Highlights from the SAVIR Anti-Racism Interest Group

The SAVIR Anti-racism Interest Group (AIG) meets on the first Wednesday of every month. We continue to welcome you to join us in this critical work. Please contact co-chairs Shabbar Ranapurwala and Regan Murray if you have questions about the interest group or Maggie Barlow with MEI if you would like to be added to our member list.

Upcoming Events

Announcing Winner of the 2020 SAVIR Brooks Webb Paper Competition

Congratulations to Rebecca Molsberry, MPH, the recipient of the 2020 SAVIR Brooks Webb Paper Competition. Her paper was selected among the high-quality manuscripts submitted for consideration.

Member Spotlight

Keshia Pollack Porter, PhD Associate Dean for Faculty and Professor, Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Virtual professional consultations and collaborations with CIRP at NCH

Let’s Connect is a free consultation and mentoring service for injury professionals and students to connect with faculty and senior staff of the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children’s Hospital via phone, Skype, or Zoom. Injury professionals and students are often looking for a coach or mentor outside of their institution. Let’s Connect provides an opportunity for them to connect with CIRP faculty and senior staff as part of a comprehensive professional mentoring and collaboration process.

Congratulations to SAVIR members on new funding for violence research

SAVIR congratulates members for securing new research funding to study violence prevention. Congratulations to SAVIR members Patrick Carter, Jason Goldstick, Megan Ranney and Ali Rowhani-Rabbar, Marian Betz, and others engaged in this research:

Have information to share with SAVIR members?

Do you have information that you would like to share with SAVIR members? There are many ways we can help get your information out – from the quarterly newsletter, to posts through the SAVIR Facebook and Twitter accounts, to inclusion in the weekly emails to members so let us know when you have something to share.