Updates

As the academic year comes to a close, we are celebrating several outstanding accomplishments from our faculty and students. We are proud to recognize core faculty member Dr. Natalie Ricciutti, recipient of the UNC Charlotte Cato College of Education Early Career Faculty Award. Dr. Ricciutti’s work focuses on community readiness, substance use, and adverse childhood […]

We are celebrating several students who showcased their research at the UNC Charlotte Undergraduate Research Conference. The students presented projects focused on violence prevention, bystander intervention, and community health, including: Through their work on NIH-funded research projects, these students continue to demonstrate innovation, leadership, and commitment to prevention science. Congratulations to Zihui Qiu, Brianna Jones, […]

The UNC Charlotte Violence Prevention Center proudly celebrates Director Dr. Apryl Alexander, who delivered a keynote address for the Society of Behavioral Medicine. Her presentation, “Transforming Data Into Dialogue,” focused on the power and importance of public scholarship, highlighting how researchers can make complex issues accessible and meaningful for broader communities. As an example of […]

Associate Director of Research Dr. Annelise Mennicke recently presented at Trinity College Dublin. During her visit, Dr. Mennicke delivered presentations to undergraduate social work students and graduate sociology students focused on her research using bystander intervention approaches to address problematic alcohol use. Her work aims to reduce alcohol-related harms, including sexual assault, through prevention-focused and […]

The UNC Charlotte Violence Prevention Center invites students, faculty, researchers, practitioners, and community partners to attend the inaugural Violence Prevention is Public Health Symposium. This event will bring together interdisciplinary perspectives to explore how violence prevention intersects with public health, systems, technology, policy, and lived experience. Violence prevention does not occur in isolation. Addressing it […]

Dr. Rob Cramer, Associate Director of Training, has been selected as one of 45 international researchers invited to join Lund University’s Programme for Global Excellence in Sweden. He will serve as a Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Medicine, supporting the launch of the ReLife Centre and collaborating on co-designed mental health and suicide prevention […]

The UNC Charlotte Violence Prevention Center team visited the University of Warwick Department of Psychology to share their work and strengthen international collaborations. Skyler Prowten, VPC trainee, delivered a seminar on community-engaged research, supported by Dr. Rob Cramer, Associate Director of Training, and Dr. Samantha Cacace, Core Faculty. The visit also included interdisciplinary discussions focused […]

The UNC Charlotte Violence Prevention Center is featured in Inside Charlotte for our partnership with Atrium Health’s Project BOOST, a hospital-based violence intervention program. Through this collaboration, the VPC, Atrium Health, and the UNC Charlotte Urban Institute are working together to connect and use cross-sector data to better understand intervention outcomes and strengthen community safety […]

We at the VPC are pleased to announce the launch of a continuing education training partnership with the South Piedmont Area Health Education Center (AHEC). This regional partnership will meet healthcare workforce skills training needs throughout North Carolina, the United States, and beyond. This is truly an exciting development that will grow the impact of […]