A message from SAVIR

The young field of injury and violence prevention continues to grow; responding to the prevention needs and the acute and long-term burden of a staggering array of events. As it grows, so do the needs for solid research and quality researchers who utilize a range of rigorous scientific methods and disciplines to identify risk factors and trends, inform public policy, and guide and evaluate effective interventions. That is what SAVIR is all about.

SAVIR’s uniqueness stems from the challenge of promoting cohesion, shared knowledge, collaboration and an integrative approach between groups and individuals working in different specialties across the spectrum of injury prevention and control research. Our success depends on members volunteering and actively participating in SAVIR’s committee structure. The committees are where much of the work of the organization gets done and are how leadership will be informed of progress. I urge all members to examine the committee structure and join one or two today. And while you are doing that, please download member applications and the SAVIR brochure and sign up two of your non-member colleagues now.

Fundamentally, taking valuable time to work for SAVIR so that SAVIR can work for you is also about choosing to make something happen. The future is not a roulette wheel that we sit back and watch as uninvolved spectators. It's a matter of work. Lots of hard work; by you, by me, by all our members and partners. By doing so, through our own work, our own professions and the unifying promise of this particular organization, we can ensure that the future outcomes in injury and violence prevention are the ones that we all desire.