🧐 Did you know? Most respondents in CA were unaware of ERPOs; however, after reading a brief policy description, majorities endorsed ERPOs as appropriate and said they would be willing to serve as petitioners for family members of concern. Learn more here: cvp.ucdavis.edu/research/has...

Interested in attending CVP presentations at the Reduce the Risk GVRO Convening this Friday? Here's the full list 👇

📣 Join us this Friday in Sacramento! CVP faculty will present at the Reduce the Risk CA Gun Violence Prevention Convening, covering GVRO data, threat assessment, suicide prevention & more. Registration is still open: reducetheriskconvening.eventify.io/p/#/overview

Published in the journal PLOS One, the latest research from CVP finds that Republicans and conservatives are more likely than Democrats or liberals to justify political violence in 17 surveyed situations. Yet, there is hope: most Americans reject it completely. #PoliticalViolence #Research

📣 We're hiring an Academic Program Manager - please share with your networks! We're seeking an experienced administrative manager for our multidisciplinary research + public education/outreach program and ~30 person team. Apps due 9/26. Learn about our team and the position: buff.ly/qJvsTld

Bridging the Gaps to Prevent Hate-Fueled Violence That's the theme of the 2026 Eradicate Hate Global Summit. The summit is already underway, and take note: CVP's Garen Wintemute will share research on political violence on Thursday/9:20a ET. Registration for the live stream is free. buff.ly/zEB8ajt

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2026 Eradicate Hate Global Summit

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⏰ Last call! Applications for our Violence Prevention Research Analyst job opening close TODAY 9/14 at MIDNIGHT, Pacific time. If you've been meaning to apply, now's the moment — don't let it slip past you. Know someone perfect for this? Tag them below! 👇 #Hiring #ApplyNow #AcademicJobs

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📣 We're hiring a Violence Prevention Research Analyst! Join a team using experimental & quasi-experimental methods to evaluate firearm, criminal justice & social policy & their effects on violence, safety & community well-being. Apps due 9/14. Learn about our team and the position: buff.ly/qJvsTld

📣 We're hiring a Violence Prevention Research Analyst! Join a team using experimental & quasi-experimental methods to evaluate firearm, criminal justice & social policy & their effects on violence, safety & community well-being. Apps due 9/14. Learn about our team and the position: buff.ly/qJvsTld

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Violence Prevention Research ProgramVPRP is an industry-leading program of violence research and policy development.

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⏰ Less than THREE weeks left until CA's Gun Violence Prevention Convening! 📣 This statewide convening brings together ~100 leaders to celebrate CA's gun violence prevention leadership, reflect on 10 years of GVRO implementation, and explore future collaboration. Register today: buff.ly/cyxwwUL

UC Davis Centers for Violence Prevention@ucdaviscvp.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Register now: 100 Seats for CA Gun Violence Prevention Convening, Sept 25 in Sacramento. @ucdaviscvp.bsky.social faculty are presenting! Hosted by @caloes.bsky.social, the goal is to strengthen collaboration, share promising practices, + advance CA's work to prevent gun violence. buff.ly/cyxwwUL

Register now: 100 Seats for CA Gun Violence Prevention Convening, Sept 25 in Sacramento. @ucdaviscvp.bsky.social faculty are presenting! Hosted by @caloes.bsky.social, the goal is to strengthen collaboration, share promising practices, + advance CA's work to prevent gun violence. buff.ly/cyxwwUL

🎉 Congrats to CVP's @buggs44.bsky.social + Wraparound Program's Chevist Johnson! In a distinguished cohort of AAFSA Aggie Acknowledgements across @ucdavis.bsky.social @ucdavishealth.bsky.social, they are being honored for their work in violence intervention. excellence.ucdavis.edu/news/aafsa-a...

AAFSA Aggie Acknowledgements 2026

The IDEA presents the 2026 AAFSA Aggie Acknowledgements, a space to share the outstanding accomplishments of our faculty and staff. Through Aggie Acknowledgements, the African American Faculty and…

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"The study is not a catalog of monsters[...] It’s a measurement—the first in history—of how many of our neighbors have concluded, with polling-grade precision, that we should burn it all down, so long as somebody else strikes the match." thegrimhistorian.substack.com/p/has-americ...

Has America Crossed the Asshole Threshold?

Civilizations can carry a surprising number of parasites and live. But there’s a line — Rome crossed it, the Gilded Age toed it, and for the first time in history, we can measure it.

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Unrestricted access to firearms not only creates risk; it transforms survivable domestic violence into irreversible tragedy. In @busph.bsky.social Public Health Post, @ucdaviscvp.bsky.social's Sativa Banks calls for policy action and enforcement to save lives. publichealthpost.org/health-equit...

The Gun In the Room: The Lethality of Intimate Partner Violence

Unrestricted access to firearms not only creates risk; it transforms survivable domestic violence into irreversible tragedy.

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📋️ Have you registered yet? Not Just a Report: Disseminating Firearm Violence Research for Impact" is tomorrow! Hosted by @thehavi.bsky.social, we'll be learning from CVP's @buggs44.bsky.social + Danté Johnson of @annieecaseyfdn.bsky.social. kpcenterforgunviolenceresearch.org/event/webina...

Webinar | Not Just a Report: Disseminating Firearm Violence Research for Impact - Kaiser Permanente Center for Gun Violence Research and Education

Speakers will include:

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SB 895, the California Science and Health Research Bond Act, would place a multibillion-dollar bond on the Nov. ballot. The bill is supported by University of California & UAW, representing our graduate student researchers. https://leadership.ucdavis.edu/news/support-sb-895-and-uc-davis-research

Support for SB 895 and UC Davis Research

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Do ‘red flag’ laws help prevent violence? New CVP research led by Dr. Veronica Pear and published in PNAS Nexus found that people issued extreme risk protection orders, aka 'red flag' laws, had lower arrest rates during the order — and even after it expired. health.ucdavis.edu/news/headlin...

Data suggests ‘red flag’ laws are linked to sustained reductions in arrests

Individuals issued extreme risk protection orders, also known as “red flag” laws, had lower arrest rates during the order — and even after it expired.

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🎉 We're excited to celebrate our colleagues, Hilary Gonzales and Junjie Yu, members of the first cohort to complete the School of Medicine's Research Administration Training Certificate Program, which builds skills and relationships among research administrators. Congratulations!

20 research administrators graduate from School of Medicine Training Certificate Program

The School of Medicine Research Administration Training Certificate Program graduated its first cohort and will be ready for new applications from UC Davis research administrators in June.

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In the year since the assassination of former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman, concerns about political violence have continued to grow. What fuels political violence? How can we prevent it? Dr. Wintemute joined @mprnews.org to help navigate those questions: www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...

What fuels political violence and how to prevent it

MPR News guest host Catharine Richert talks about political violence in the U.S. and how to prevent it.

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“Services for young people impacted by firearm violence are too often fragmented. Young people often leave the hospital after a shooting with their physical injuries treated … but without a clear pathway into ongoing mental health.” -CVP's Dr. Kravitz-Wirtz Will California do more?

Young survivors of gun violence push to expand free mental health

In California, about 2,000 youth are killed or hospitalized annually due to gun violence. Advocates and experts say getting timely mental health care to young survivors and witnesses is critical.

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📣 Good news alert! On new CVP research on political violence trends from 2024-2025, Dr. Wintemute shares: "Across the political spectrum, the large majority of Americans continue to reject political violence, even during a period of intense political strain." health.ucdavis.edu/welcome/news...

Survey shows little shift in Americans’ views on political violence

Despite ongoing polarization in the U.S., a large, nationally representative survey of adults finds support for political violence remained largely stable from mid‑2024 to mid‑2025.

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Dr. Buggs: “We saw historic reductions in homicides, which means that countless fewer families had to bury loved ones. [...]It is beyond disheartening that rather than investing and [studying] what worked and pouring into what worked, we are doing the opposite.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Trump’s cuts to intervention programs could increase violent crime, experts say

Community programs are more effective at reducing violence than simply making arrests, advocates say

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June is Gun Violence Awareness Month. We #WearOrange to honor every life lost and changed by gun violence. We #HonorWithAction by recommitting to our mission to conduct research that informs policy and programs that prevent violence, enhance safety, and heal communities. #GunViolenceAwarenessMonth 🧡

Is political violence a modifiable health behavior? @ucdaviscvp.bsky.social director and @nam.edu member Garen Wintemute says emphatically yes - and he offers practical tips for how clinicians can intervene. nam.edu/news-and-ins...

Treating Political Violence as a Health Behavior We Can Change - NAM

"It doesn't matter who you are … you have skin in this game.”

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🎙️ON AIR: We're talking to @adriennelaf.bsky.social and @ucdaviscvp.bsky.social's Garen Wintemute about the rise in political violence, and its acceptance by some Americans. ❓Do people who condone political violence have any place in the Democratic or Republican parties? 📻 Listen:

The `Blood Populism’ Driving Political Violence in America | KQED

We talk to the Atlantic’s Adrienne LaFrance about “blood populism,” and why she believes people who support political violence should be seen not as partisans but extremists.

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Tune in: The `Blood Populism’ Driving Political Violence in America starts in 10 min! @ucdaviscvp.bsky.social director Garen Wintemute + Adrienne LaFrance, exec editor @theatlantic.com, will join @kqedforum.bsky.social for a deep dive conversation on political violence www.kqed.org/forum/201010...

The `Blood Populism’ Driving Political Violence in America | KQED

We talk to the Atlantic’s Adrienne LaFrance about “blood populism,” and why she believes people who support political violence should be seen not as partisans but extremists.

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Is the mainstream liberal critique of Trump pushing people toward actual violence? @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social spoke with 5 political violence researchers, including CVP's Garen Wintemute, to learn and grapple with the issues. Read on for his findings:

Zack Beauchamp@zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I've spent years arguing that Trump is a dire threat to democracy. The White House has blamed people like me for the WHCD shooting attempt. So I decided to test their claims by talking to five leading researchers on political violence. And I learned a lot (THREAD) www.vox.com/politics/487...

⏰ Wednesday! Our colleagues at the UC Davis Center for Healthcare Policy and Research are hosting a webinar featuring CVP's Dr. Shani Buggs. Register here to learn about person-centered violence intervention and more: ucdavishealth.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

UPDATE: the application deadline has been extended one week to Friday, March 20! 🗓️ We look forward to seeing your application!

UC Davis Centers for Violence Prevention@ucdaviscvp.bsky.social · 7mo ago

🎉 Great news: we're hiring! Help us spread the word? 📣 We're seeking a hybrid, full-time Research Data Analyst to join our multidisciplinary research program focused on causes, consequences, and prevention of violence. ⏰️ Don't wait - apps are due Friday, March 13! cvp.ucdavis.edu/get-involved...

🎉 Great news: we're hiring! Help us spread the word? 📣 We're seeking a hybrid, full-time Research Data Analyst to join our multidisciplinary research program focused on causes, consequences, and prevention of violence. ⏰️ Don't wait - apps are due Friday, March 13! cvp.ucdavis.edu/get-involved...

Join our Team

VPRP is an industry-leading program of violence research and policy development.

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Emergency medicine physician Garen Wintemute is reshaping how we understand firearm violence as a public health issue. He helped launch the first publicly funded center dedicated to this research. More here: www.ucdavis.edu/news/among-a... #FromLabstoLives Image: Wintemute stands outside in a suit.