I’m a firearm violence researcher and people were doing this work when the government wouldn’t fund it. There’s always ways to make it happen, even in difficult times! Just have to be creative and persistent 🌟

Stay focused. Research and teaching in higher ed will always be needed. Ride the wave for now- get the opportunities you can for now and believe there will be more opportunities in the future. Your work matters!

Here’s the highlight: Teens exposed to chronic stressors and systemic inequities are at high risk for developing mental health problems. We found that mindfulness training can help to protect teens from the negative impacts of everyday life stressors on momentary mindfulness & emotion regulation

A key takeaway was that each of 3 cities who implemented public dashboards with data on gun violence (& more!) had unique characteristics (eg, size of city, proportion of vacant homes, concentration of violence) but all of them benefitted from the data. 📊 Data is a powerful tool for change!