GREMAP attended the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) 2023 Conference in Milwaukee, WI in full force this past May. Hosted by the Centers for Disease Control and the American Public Health Association, this conference aimed to bring together various NVDRS stakeholders to discuss findings from NVDRS and their implications for how NVDRS data can develop, expand, monitor, and sustain violence prevention programs, policies, and practices. Our presentations included:

• “Understanding the Utility and Limitations of the Narrative Texts in the National Violent Death Reporting System: Review and Recommendations”, co-presented by Linh Dang and Eskira Kahsay
• “Retirement-Related Suicide during the Great Recession: Perspectives from the National Violent Death Reporting System”, presented by Aparna Ananthasubramaniam
• “Area-level Income Polarization and Suicide and Deaths from Undertermined Intent”, presented by Viktoryia Kalesnikava
• “Leveraging machine-learning tools to explore salient themes related to suicide across the life course”, presented by Dr. Mezuk

Overall, the NVDRS Conference was a great opportunity to meet and interact with the other NVDRS stakeholders and are hopeful for collaborations in the future!

Above: The team arriving in Milwaukee via the Lake Express ferry!; Bottom left: Dinner with stakeholders from the Puerto Rico Violent Death Reporting System (PR-VDRS); Bottom Right: the GREMAP team during NVDRS conference activities (left to right: Alejandro Rodriguez-Putnam, Lily Johns, Dr. Mezuk, Aparna Ananthasubramaniam, Viktoryia Kalesnikava, Eskira Kahsay, and Linh Dang)