Texas Violence and Injury Prevention Research Center

The Violence & Injury Prevention Research Center (VIPR), a CDC-funded Injury Control Research Center, is a worldwide leader in violence and injury prevention through research, outreach, training, and education. VIPR is unique in our initial focus on intentional injuries; centering of health equity; focus on the shared risk and protective factors across the social ecology; integrating of research, education, and outreach within a community-based participatory model; and emphasis on health policy and implementation science.