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Last week, the Center joined the Firearm Research Society in attending the 2025 National Research Conference for the Prevention of Firearm-Related Harm. Top experts joined from across the country to discuss the latest information on gun violence prevention. During this event, many of the Center’s team members presented on various aspects of our work.

Below, we’ve highlighted several of the presentations our team shared during this important event. 

Senior Research Data Analyst, Liz Wagner, ScM shared specific policies that may reduce fatal police shootings in the aftermath of a slate of2020 police reforms, with effects potentially varying by race/ethnicity. 

Paul Nestadt, MD and Nathan Irvin, MD, discussed the importance of ERPOs from a clinical perspective and shared their potential use cases in hospitals. 

Center co-director, Josh Horwitz, JD analyzes the Department of Justice's proposed firearm rights restoration rule and offers data-backed policy recommendations.

Assistant Scientist, Carla Tilchin, PhD, MSPH explored the negative effects that the stress and trauma faced by Community Violence Intervention workers have on their mental health, and a program meant to mitigate further damage. 

Director of Clinical Programs and Practice Katherine Hoops, MD, JD and Natasha Houshmand, MD presented the exact protocol and implementation plans utilized in their ACTFAST program. 

Professor Shannon Frattaroli, PhD, MPH reported on the initial findings from the ERPO Navigator programs, while also evaluating the purpose of informing policy and practice in states where ERPO is law.  

Center Co-director Cass Crifasi, PhD, MPH analyzed the effect ERPO petitioning has had on the overall firearm mortality rate in Florida. 

Director of Community Engaged Research and Partnerships Sylvia Washington, PhD discussed how gun-violence research in the U.S. has largely overlooked Black women and girls who face the highest and disproportionately severe rates of firearm harm, and why it should be a more prominent focus for violence prevention. 

The Center, in collaboration with the Consortium for Risk-Based Firearm Policy, submitted a comment to the U.S. Department of Justice on its proposed rule governing the restoration of firearm rights to individuals prohibited from possessing firearms under federal law.  Learn more about what this could mean for the future of gun violence prevention by reading our comment. 

Center experts Cass Crifasi, MPH and Daniel Webster, MPH, joined dozens of gun violence experts across the country in charting out a roadmap for reducing firearm harm by 2040. This roadmap is the product of the 2025 JAMA Summit on Firearm Violence, where the authors used Center research to create five key actions to help achieve their goal: 

• Focus on Communities and Change Fundamental Structures That Lead to Firearm Harms  
• Harness Regulatory and Technological Opportunities   
• Change the Narrative on the Preventability of Firearm Harms  
• Take a Whole-Government and Whole-Society Approach  
• Spark a Research Revolution on Preventing Firearm Harms 

Missed the live webinar? We’ve got you covered. The webinar recording is now available—tune in anytime to hear more about what Americans really think about gun violence prevention policies. 

All future SnapTalks can be found on our YouTube channel. 

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NPR: A gun violence 'action plan' calls for a new emphasis on prevention 

The Trace: A Blueprint for Reducing Gun Violence by 2040, According to Experts 

The Crozet Gazette: Shooting Victim’s Wife Promotes Gun Violence Prevention 

JAMA Network: Toward a Safer World by 2040: The JAMA Summit Report on Reducing Firearm Violence and Harms 

CNN: Women face a much higher risk of homicide, especially from guns, during pregnancy 

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