Texas VIPR Webinar Series
We are excited to present the Texas Violence and Injury Prevention Research Center Webinar Series. This monthly series will explore current research, education, and advocacy as it relates to violence and injury prevention across the lifespan and in larger social and institutional structures. Join us on the third Tuesday of each month from 12 - 1 PM.
Tuesday, January 20, 12 - 1 PM
Next-Gen Prevention Science: VIPR Summer Student Project Showcase
Join Aisha Khemani and Mahtab Dastur, Rice University undergraduate students share their VIPR Summer Research projects. Students were under the mentorship and supervision of Dr. Alex Testa, Associate Professor in the Department of Management, Policy, and Community Health at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health, San Antonio Regional Campus. Aisha and Mahtab are part of our inaugural VIPR Summer Research and Practice Experience 2025 cohort.
Each student spent the summer working on an independent research project under the supervision of Dr. Testa. Aisha examined data from the 2023 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System to assess the relationship between state firearm policy context in the US states and household firearm storage. Mahtab conducted a study using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health to examine the impact of violent victimization during adolescence on educational mobility in adulthood.