#NJGVRC is funding over 💰$1.1 million in gun violence research grants! 👂 Hear from @mikeanestis.bsky.social, the Executive Director of the #NJGVRC, as he discusses this years funding and the incredible work of our grant recipients.
📖 Read the full blog ▶️ ow.ly/Nfwc50XqLTz
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📢 #NJGVRC Research Alert: “Salience of Social Support for Firearm Carrying and Storage in the USA." This study provides new insight into how social support influences firearm behaviors, including carrying and storage, across the U.S 🧠 Lead author@daniel-semenza.bsky.social 📖https://ow.ly/STV450Xpyb4

🔒 #NJGVRC grant awardee Dr. Raymond Tucker shares insights from his research focused on increasing the use of secure firearm storage. His work aims to identify ways to make secure storage devices more accessible.
📢 Stay tuned for more from our funded researchers!

📣 Meet Devon Ziminski, our newest hashtag#NJGVRC postdoctoral fellow!🎙️ Hear Devon discuss her research on community violence intervention and firearm violence exposure, part of her work at the New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center. 🌐 Visit our website or check the bio to learn more! bit.ly/3UXDafv

🚨 New Paper 📝 alert from #NJGVRC “Racial Disparities in Victim Compensation Among Homicide Survivors in the United States”
#NJGVRC PI: @daniel-semenza.bsky.social, and colleagues.
✅out the visual abstract for the details
Read the full paper ➡️ ow.ly/vfMI50XhKnw

🚨New Paper Alert from the #NJGVRC!📖
"Identifying Community Violence Intervention (CVI) Approaches: A Grey Literature Scoping Review"
#NJGVRCPI: Devon Ziminski, PhD
📚Read the full paper▶️ ow.ly/qBxC50XfOoN

Our latest📑 research brings you the latest data on firearm-related harm🚨 in the United States. Take a minute to read the 🔑 points from the lead author, Daniel Semenza, #NJGVRC director of research🔬. Read the full paper paper 🔽
ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10....

📣 We’re excited to welcome Allie Bond to the New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center team!
🎧 Hear directly from Allie and learn more about her work here.
✅ her latest paper, “Examining Demographic Characteristics of Firearm Owners Currently Engaged in Mental Health Treatment." 📖➡️ ow.ly/n3oA50X8uNa

🎙️ Hear from @daniel-semenza.bsky.social, director of research at the #NJGVRC, NEW Vlog/Blog on:

The ripple effects of gun violence exposure — and how it impacts mental, physical, and behavioral health.

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What does “violence exposure” really mean?
Take a moment to listen.

🎥 Meet Dr. Samantha Daruwala discussing her #NJGVRC-funded research on firearm owners' experiences with suicidal thoughts and short-term risk factors beyond mental health. Her work aims to improve life-saving and suicide prevention.

📹 In this video, #NJGVRC grant awardee Dr. Alex Santana discusses how his project has empowered community-based organizations throughout Newark, NJ, in efforts to reduce and prevent gun violence in Newark, NJ. #GunViolenceReseach #RutgersResearch

Our hearts are with Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis. 💔 Honoring the lives lost, holding space for all those affected, and standing with the community in grief and mourning.

🎥 In this video, #NJGVRC grant awardee Dr. Michelle Storrad shares insights from her research on a critical — and often overlooked — question:
What role do women play in responding to community gun violence? #GunViolenceReseach #RutgersResearch #WomensEqualityDay

Thank you, @njassemblydems.bsky.social Speaker Craig J. Coughlin, Assemblyman Michael Venezia, and the Brady NJ Chapter @momsdemand.bsky.social, for supporting the #NJGVRC mission — supporting gun violence research, prevention, and solutions.
@daniel-semenza.bsky.social @mikeanestis.bsky.social

#NJGVRC Funded Research Spotlight 🔍
"Using Artificial Intelligence Avatars to Examine Factors Impacting the Efficacy of Firearm Secure Storage Messaging."
📹PI: Ryan Hill, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychology, @lsu.bsky.social 📚 AI avatars can enhance safe firearm storage messaging and prevention.

🎥 Dr. Mike Anestis, Executive Director of #NJGVRC, kicks off the RFP video series featuring FY24-25 grant awardees. Funding research is key to better understanding and preventing all forms of gun violence."Gun violence prevention science is, and why it's so important that the state of New Jersey..."

#NJGVRC🔬 Research Spotlight: GVRC Funded RFP Project 🔬
Becoming a Shooter: How Gun Shape, Deviance, and Desistance Among Urban Youth
📚 Lead Researcher/RFP Recipient: PhD candidate Megan King at Princeton University. 👉 Guns shape the lives, identities, and behaviors of urban youth.

🧠 New #NJGVRC study🚨
A rise in homicide rates predicts more suicides—especially firearm-related, in rural areas, and among White populations.
PI: @daniel-semenza.bsky.social
Co-PIs: @mikeanestis.bsky.social and Kimberly Burke, PhD
📊 Data: 48 states, 1968–2019
🔗 Read more: ow.ly/9zY550WxFcQ