About the 2025 Conference
The 2025 National Research Conference for the Prevention of Firearm-Related Harms was held on November 19 -21, 2025, in Tempe, AZ. The conference highlighted the current state of science and research on firearm injury prevention across the lifespan, and featured a Keynote Speech by Sean Joe, PhD, MSW, Benjamin E. Youngdahl Professor of Social Development and the Founding & Principal Director of the Racing and Opportunity Lab at Washington University in St. Louis School of Social Work. During the conference's closing ceremony, Dr. Pizarro announced the launch of the Society's Conference Searchable Abstract Database, which will house all presentation abstracts from this and past conferences. The database is currently under construction, and will be announced upon its completion.
This year’s Society leadership team included its President, Dr. Jesenia Pizarro, Secretary, Therese Richmond, Treasurer, Dr. Daniel Semenza, and Founding & Past President Dr. Sonali Rajan. The event was organized by the Research Society for the Prevention of Firearm-Related Harms, Arizona University’s Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions, and Columbia Scientific Union for the Reduction of Gun Violence (SURGE).
Relive the Highlights
The Agenda for the 2026 conference is available as a PDF here.
2025 Abstract Information is available here.
Conference Press Releases
2025 Conference Award Recipients
Greenwald Family Award for Firearm Violence and Injury Prevention Research Excellence
Rinad S. Beidas - Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Innovation Award
Angela Bruns - Gonzaga University
Terri deRoon-Cassini - Medical College of Wisconsin
Equity and Justice Award
Michael Poulson - University of Chicago
Amelia Noor - Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Translational Award
Jamie Song - University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Jack Kappelman - University of California, Los Angeles
Multidisciplinary Award
Jessica Bishai - University of Michigan School of Public Health
Teresa Neumann - University of Michigan Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention
Impact Award
Catherine Barber - Harvard Injury Control Research Center and Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
Eugenio Weigand Vargas - University of Michigan School of Public Health
2025 Conference Photos
Thank you to our sponsors!
A heartfelt thank you to our sponsors and exhibitors. Your support powers our mission and helps bring this vital community together.
The California Wellness Foundation, the Columbia Scientific Union for the Reduction of Gun Violence (SURGE), Everytown for Gun Safety, Fund for a Safer Future, the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation, the Joyce Foundation, Kaiser Permanente Center for Gun Violence Research & Education/The Health Alliance for Violence Intervention, the MacArthur Foundation, Northwell Health Center for Gun Violence Prevention, Rutgers New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center, the University of Colorado Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative, the University of Washington Firearm Injury & Policy Research Program, Yale School of Public Health Firearm Injury Prevention Program
Thank you to our wonderful exhibitors!
Arizona State University Academy for Justice, Black and Brown Research Collective, Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions, National ERPO Resource Center at Johns Hopkins, Rockefeller Regional Gun Violence Consortium, Romo GIS, SAFE: Scrubs Addressing Firearm Epidemic, SAVIR, The Armory Project, UC Davis Center for Violence Prevention, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, University of Michigan Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention, and Walk the Talk America — thank you for being part of this community and for advancing the conversation in new and creative ways.