Our world-class violence researchers here at Tulane have worked to find the causes of violence and its devastating impact. With the creation of the Violence Prevention Institute (VPI), Tulane brings together the top minds in our community to focus on how we can solve this enormously complicated and cross-cutting problem. The VPI will focus its research on violence in our city and across the world. It will also help us solve the problem of violence in our own community at Tulane by addressing the prevalence of sexual assault and domestic violence revealed by our 2017 campus climate survey. We will only find the answers when we work together across disciplines, engage with community partners and collectively make this a clear priority.
If we didn't want to think big, work hard, and make history - we wouldn't be Tulane.
- President Mike Fitts, Tulane University
Mission: VPI is an equity focused hub supporting communities to foster transformative research, training, and advocacy to address systemic, structural, and interpersonal violence.
The VPI is housed in the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Department of Social, Behavioral, and Population Sciences (SBPS) and can support members of the Tulane community interested in the following:
- Connecting with Tulane's deep bench of violence prevention faculty for possible teaching and/or research collaboration opportunities
- Learning about violence-related events across the University and other violence-related resources
- Identifying local community organizations working on violence prevention for possible field-based experiences and other collaborations
Areas of Focus
