Mission and Vision
Vision
Our research, training, and partnerships will be the catalyst for dramatic reductions in injury, violence, and overdose in Georgia and the Southeast United States.
Mission Statement
Advancing equity-centered prevention of injury, violence, and overdose by leading innovative research, training, and capacity building with community groups, practitioners, professionals, and trainees.
IPRCE Strategic Plan (2020-2025)
We've completed a year-long strategic planning process and compiled this report of the process and the outcomes, including themes, goals, and short, mid, and long-term initiatives.
Core Values
Community: Developing a shared purpose to build policies, programs, and activities with faculty, public health professionals, practitioners, and community groups. Achieve Impact: We pursue ambitious, meaningful outcomes that lead to decreases in injury, violence, and overdose. We use data to inform decisions, decrease barriers while increasing facilitators, and to define needed initiatives.
Innovative: We focus our people and assets on research, training, and programs that are most likely to advance injury prevention; pursuing creative and novel initiatives that when applied locally will create impact in the community.
Equity-centered: Work towards practices, policies, and structures in which all people have a fair and just opportunity for health and where advancing social justice is recognized as the prevention of injury, violence, and overdose outcomes.
Compassion: Actively understand and empathize with the experiences and challenges of others without judgment or assumptions.
Trust: Building a culture that supports honesty, psychological safety, and mutual respect.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Statement
IPRCE cultivates an environment that fosters inclusivity, equity, and a sense of belonging. Our center is committed to building a culture that supports and encourages diverse voices, ideas, and contributions with a lens towards health equity and intention to address healthcare disparities.
Engaging young leaders at IPRCE's 2024 Youth Violence Prevention Symposium: A panel discussion on solutions and strategies to create safer communities.
Dr. Jules Netherland, an IPRCE Distinguished Lecturer, shared her insights on "White Faces, Black Lives: The Color of Opioids in the U.S."
Core Faculty Member, Dr. Alaina Steck, guest lectures on poisoning and harm reduction in an Emory graduate course on injury and violence prevention.