New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center

🚨New Paper Alert from #NJGVRC
"Preventing and mitigating fraudulent research participants in online qualitative violence and injury prevention research."
#NJGVRC PI: Devon Ziminski
📚Read more here ➡️ ow.ly/zjq050XA3ZU

New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center Is Funding Over $1.1 Million in Firearm Violence Prevention Grants

New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center Is Funding Over $1.1 Million in Firearm Violence Prevention Grants www.rutgers.edu/news/new-jer...

#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
@rutgerssph.bsky.social

📢 Check out our latest blog highlighting over
1.1 million grant funding to researchers advancing evidence-based solutions to prevent gun violence. Visit our website to read the full blog⏬
gunviolenceresearchcenter.rutgers.edu/gvrc-blog/11...

📢 #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

🚨New Paper Alert from #NJGVRC
"Salience of social support for firearm carrying and storage in the U.S."
#NJGVRC PI: @daniel-semenza.bsky.social , and colleagues.
✅out the visual abstract for the details
Read the full paper ➡️:https://ow.ly/nSSv50XoC8K

🔒 #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

Racial Disparities Persist in Victim Compensation for Homicide Survivors

#NJGVRC dir of research Daniel Semenza and colleagues' new paper📖⬇️
Racial Disparities Persist in Victim Compensation for Homicide Survivors www.rutgers.edu/news/racial-...

🚨New Paper Alert from #NJGVRC
"Racial Disparities in Victim Compensation Among Homicide Survivors in the United States"
#NJGVRC PI: Daniel Semenza, and colleagues.
✅out the visual abstract for the details: ow.ly/XnRI50XhIIx

🚨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....

🚨New Paper Alert from #NJGVRC
"The Influence of Firearm Dealer Openings and Closings on Local Shootings in the U.S."
#NJGVRC PI: @daniel-semenza.bsky.social, and colleagues.
✅out the visual abstract for the details
Read the full paper ➡️: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Why the Collapse of Firearm Violence Prevention Is a Threat to U.S. Lives

Just in! 📰 Check out the release on RutgersToday, about the new #NJGVRC research on firearm-related harm in the United States. #NJGVRC
PI @daniel-semenza.bsky.social and colleagues
Take some time to read the release ⬇️
👉 www.rutgers.edu/news/why-col...

Firearm Violence Prevention in Peril: A Call to Defend Our Public Safety Infrastructure | AJPH | Vol. 115 Issue 11 American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) from the American Public Health Association (APHA)

🚨 New Paper 📝 Alert from #NJGVRC! “Firearm Violence Prevention in Peril: A Call to Defend Our Public Safety Infrastructure” #NJGVRC PI:
@daniel-semenza.bsky.social
Journal:
@amjpublichealth.bsky.social
📚 Read more➡️ ow.ly/Ahtf50X8Tba

📣 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

Examining Demographic Characteristics of Firearm Owners Currently Engaged in Mental Health Treatment Objective Research on the demographic characteristics and mental health profiles of those with firearm access is scarce. To address this gap, the current study examined the demographic characteristi...

🚨 New Paper 📝 Alert from #NJGVRC
“Examining Demographic Characteristics of Firearm Owners Currently Engaged in Mental Health Treatment”
#NJGVRC PI: Allie Bond, PhD
📚 Read more➡️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

FY25 - GVRC Progress Report

Now Available!
The #NJGVRC Progress Report 2025📊.
💡Discover how our data-driven research is transforming policy and advancing public safety. 📚 Read the full report: issuu.com/newjerseygun...

Firearm Violence and Dental Health Listen to Firearm Violence and Dental Health by NJGVRC #np on #SoundCloud

🎙️ Firearm violence affects more than you think — even dental health. On #InternationPodcastDay, hear him discuss his 2025 study on how gun violence impacts health, care access, and more.
#GunViolence #PublicHealth #PodcastDay #DentalHealth
ow.ly/YpUg50X4tNA

🎙️ 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.

👂📖 ➡️ ow.ly/9GO750X0jZq
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.

RGVRC Member Highlight: Michael Anestis | Rockefeller Institute of Government Learn more about the research of Dr. Michael Anestis, a member of the RGVRC and the executive director of the New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center at Rutgers University.

🔎 Learn more about @mikeanestis.bsky.social, executive director of the #NJGVRC. The RGVRC 📰 series, 🔦spotlights experts working to better understand, prevent, and respond to firearm violence — through research, policy, and lived experience. 📑 Read the full article www.rockinst.org/blog/rgvrc-m...

Allie Bond to Join the Rutgers School of Public Health and New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center

Allie Bond to Join the Rutgers School of Public Health and New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center sph.rutgers.edu/news/allie-b...

📹 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

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.