Our Team

IVPC leadership


Joseph Simonetti MD, MPH

Director of Mentorship and Education, Assistant Professor
  • Injury & Violence Prevention Center
  • Internal Medicine (SOM)
  • Division of Hospital Medicine (CU Anschutz); Veterans Health Administration

Joseph Simonetti, MD, MPH is an addiction medicine physician and health services researcher, with a focus on firearm injury prevention. He is a faculty member in the Injury & Violence Prevention Center at the Colorado School of Public Health and an assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. Dr. Simonetti is also a clinical investigator in the Rocky Mountain Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center for Suicide Prevention and the Denver-Seattle Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value-Driven Care at the Veterans Health Administration.

Dr. Simonetti was awarded a VA HSR&D Career Development Award to develop and pilot test a Veteran-centered lethal means safety suicide prevention intervention. He has also received research funding from the National Institutes of Health, Department of Defense, and several philanthropies. He has served as an invited member to multiple national workgroups to provide guidance on research and policy efforts on firearm injury and suicide prevention.

Education, Licensure & Certifications

  • Chief Medical Resident, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 2012
  • MPH, Health Services Research, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2012
  • Internal Medicine Residency, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 2011
  • MD, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH 2008

Resumes/CV:

Affiliations

  • Director of Mentorship and Education, Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative, University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine
  • Faculty Member, Program for Injury Prevention, Education & Research, Colorado School of Public Health
  • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine
  • Investigator, Rocky Mountain Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center for Suicide Prevention, VHA
  • Investigator, Denver-Seattle Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value-Driven Care, VHA
  • Attending Physician, MIRECC Substance Use Disorders Treatment Program

Joseph Simonetti MD, MPH

Director of Mentorship and Education, Assistant Professor
  • Injury & Violence Prevention Center
  • Internal Medicine (SOM)
  • Division of Hospital Medicine (CU Anschutz); Veterans Health Administration

Joseph Simonetti, MD, MPH is an addiction medicine physician and health services researcher, with a focus on firearm injury prevention. He is a faculty member in the Injury & Violence Prevention Center at the Colorado School of Public Health and an assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. Dr. Simonetti is also a clinical investigator in the Rocky Mountain Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center for Suicide Prevention and the Denver-Seattle Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value-Driven Care at the Veterans Health Administration.

Dr. Simonetti was awarded a VA HSR&D Career Development Award to develop and pilot test a Veteran-centered lethal means safety suicide prevention intervention. He has also received research funding from the National Institutes of Health, Department of Defense, and several philanthropies. He has served as an invited member to multiple national workgroups to provide guidance on research and policy efforts on firearm injury and suicide prevention.

Education, Licensure & Certifications

  • Chief Medical Resident, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 2012
  • MPH, Health Services Research, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2012
  • Internal Medicine Residency, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 2011
  • MD, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH 2008

Resumes/CV:

Affiliations

  • Director of Mentorship and Education, Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative, University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine
  • Faculty Member, Program for Injury Prevention, Education & Research, Colorado School of Public Health
  • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine
  • Investigator, Rocky Mountain Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center for Suicide Prevention, VHA
  • Investigator, Denver-Seattle Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value-Driven Care, VHA
  • Attending Physician, MIRECC Substance Use Disorders Treatment Program

School and youth survey team leadership


Joseph Simonetti MD, MPH

Director of Mentorship and Education, Assistant Professor
  • Injury & Violence Prevention Center
  • Internal Medicine (SOM)
  • Division of Hospital Medicine (CU Anschutz); Veterans Health Administration

Joseph Simonetti, MD, MPH is an addiction medicine physician and health services researcher, with a focus on firearm injury prevention. He is a faculty member in the Injury & Violence Prevention Center at the Colorado School of Public Health and an assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. Dr. Simonetti is also a clinical investigator in the Rocky Mountain Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center for Suicide Prevention and the Denver-Seattle Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value-Driven Care at the Veterans Health Administration.

Dr. Simonetti was awarded a VA HSR&D Career Development Award to develop and pilot test a Veteran-centered lethal means safety suicide prevention intervention. He has also received research funding from the National Institutes of Health, Department of Defense, and several philanthropies. He has served as an invited member to multiple national workgroups to provide guidance on research and policy efforts on firearm injury and suicide prevention.

Education, Licensure & Certifications

  • Chief Medical Resident, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 2012
  • MPH, Health Services Research, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2012
  • Internal Medicine Residency, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 2011
  • MD, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH 2008

Resumes/CV:

Affiliations

  • Director of Mentorship and Education, Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative, University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine
  • Faculty Member, Program for Injury Prevention, Education & Research, Colorado School of Public Health
  • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine
  • Investigator, Rocky Mountain Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center for Suicide Prevention, VHA
  • Investigator, Denver-Seattle Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value-Driven Care, VHA
  • Attending Physician, MIRECC Substance Use Disorders Treatment Program

Joseph Simonetti MD, MPH

Director of Mentorship and Education, Assistant Professor
  • Injury & Violence Prevention Center
  • Internal Medicine (SOM)
  • Division of Hospital Medicine (CU Anschutz); Veterans Health Administration

Joseph Simonetti, MD, MPH is an addiction medicine physician and health services researcher, with a focus on firearm injury prevention. He is a faculty member in the Injury & Violence Prevention Center at the Colorado School of Public Health and an assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. Dr. Simonetti is also a clinical investigator in the Rocky Mountain Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center for Suicide Prevention and the Denver-Seattle Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value-Driven Care at the Veterans Health Administration.

Dr. Simonetti was awarded a VA HSR&D Career Development Award to develop and pilot test a Veteran-centered lethal means safety suicide prevention intervention. He has also received research funding from the National Institutes of Health, Department of Defense, and several philanthropies. He has served as an invited member to multiple national workgroups to provide guidance on research and policy efforts on firearm injury and suicide prevention.

Education, Licensure & Certifications

  • Chief Medical Resident, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 2012
  • MPH, Health Services Research, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2012
  • Internal Medicine Residency, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 2011
  • MD, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH 2008

Resumes/CV:

Affiliations

  • Director of Mentorship and Education, Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative, University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine
  • Faculty Member, Program for Injury Prevention, Education & Research, Colorado School of Public Health
  • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine
  • Investigator, Rocky Mountain Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center for Suicide Prevention, VHA
  • Investigator, Denver-Seattle Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value-Driven Care, VHA
  • Attending Physician, MIRECC Substance Use Disorders Treatment Program

Joseph Simonetti MD, MPH

Director of Mentorship and Education, Assistant Professor
  • Injury & Violence Prevention Center
  • Internal Medicine (SOM)
  • Division of Hospital Medicine (CU Anschutz); Veterans Health Administration

Joseph Simonetti, MD, MPH is an addiction medicine physician and health services researcher, with a focus on firearm injury prevention. He is a faculty member in the Injury & Violence Prevention Center at the Colorado School of Public Health and an assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. Dr. Simonetti is also a clinical investigator in the Rocky Mountain Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center for Suicide Prevention and the Denver-Seattle Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value-Driven Care at the Veterans Health Administration.

Dr. Simonetti was awarded a VA HSR&D Career Development Award to develop and pilot test a Veteran-centered lethal means safety suicide prevention intervention. He has also received research funding from the National Institutes of Health, Department of Defense, and several philanthropies. He has served as an invited member to multiple national workgroups to provide guidance on research and policy efforts on firearm injury and suicide prevention.

Education, Licensure & Certifications

  • Chief Medical Resident, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 2012
  • MPH, Health Services Research, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2012
  • Internal Medicine Residency, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 2011
  • MD, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH 2008

Resumes/CV:

Affiliations

  • Director of Mentorship and Education, Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative, University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine
  • Faculty Member, Program for Injury Prevention, Education & Research, Colorado School of Public Health
  • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine
  • Investigator, Rocky Mountain Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center for Suicide Prevention, VHA
  • Investigator, Denver-Seattle Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value-Driven Care, VHA
  • Attending Physician, MIRECC Substance Use Disorders Treatment Program

Office of Gun Violence Prevention leadership


Joseph Simonetti MD, MPH

Director of Mentorship and Education, Assistant Professor
  • Injury & Violence Prevention Center
  • Internal Medicine (SOM)
  • Division of Hospital Medicine (CU Anschutz); Veterans Health Administration

Joseph Simonetti, MD, MPH is an addiction medicine physician and health services researcher, with a focus on firearm injury prevention. He is a faculty member in the Injury & Violence Prevention Center at the Colorado School of Public Health and an assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. Dr. Simonetti is also a clinical investigator in the Rocky Mountain Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center for Suicide Prevention and the Denver-Seattle Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value-Driven Care at the Veterans Health Administration.

Dr. Simonetti was awarded a VA HSR&D Career Development Award to develop and pilot test a Veteran-centered lethal means safety suicide prevention intervention. He has also received research funding from the National Institutes of Health, Department of Defense, and several philanthropies. He has served as an invited member to multiple national workgroups to provide guidance on research and policy efforts on firearm injury and suicide prevention.

Education, Licensure & Certifications

  • Chief Medical Resident, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 2012
  • MPH, Health Services Research, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2012
  • Internal Medicine Residency, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 2011
  • MD, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH 2008

Resumes/CV:

Affiliations

  • Director of Mentorship and Education, Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative, University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine
  • Faculty Member, Program for Injury Prevention, Education & Research, Colorado School of Public Health
  • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine
  • Investigator, Rocky Mountain Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center for Suicide Prevention, VHA
  • Investigator, Denver-Seattle Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value-Driven Care, VHA
  • Attending Physician, MIRECC Substance Use Disorders Treatment Program

Joseph Simonetti MD, MPH

Director of Mentorship and Education, Assistant Professor
  • Injury & Violence Prevention Center
  • Internal Medicine (SOM)
  • Division of Hospital Medicine (CU Anschutz); Veterans Health Administration

Joseph Simonetti, MD, MPH is an addiction medicine physician and health services researcher, with a focus on firearm injury prevention. He is a faculty member in the Injury & Violence Prevention Center at the Colorado School of Public Health and an assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. Dr. Simonetti is also a clinical investigator in the Rocky Mountain Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center for Suicide Prevention and the Denver-Seattle Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value-Driven Care at the Veterans Health Administration.

Dr. Simonetti was awarded a VA HSR&D Career Development Award to develop and pilot test a Veteran-centered lethal means safety suicide prevention intervention. He has also received research funding from the National Institutes of Health, Department of Defense, and several philanthropies. He has served as an invited member to multiple national workgroups to provide guidance on research and policy efforts on firearm injury and suicide prevention.

Education, Licensure & Certifications

  • Chief Medical Resident, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 2012
  • MPH, Health Services Research, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2012
  • Internal Medicine Residency, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 2011
  • MD, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH 2008

Resumes/CV:

Affiliations

  • Director of Mentorship and Education, Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative, University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine
  • Faculty Member, Program for Injury Prevention, Education & Research, Colorado School of Public Health
  • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine
  • Investigator, Rocky Mountain Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center for Suicide Prevention, VHA
  • Investigator, Denver-Seattle Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value-Driven Care, VHA
  • Attending Physician, MIRECC Substance Use Disorders Treatment Program

Injury & Violence Prevention Center (IVPC)

Colorado School of Public Health

CU Anschutz

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13001 East 17th Place

3rd Floor West , Mail Stop B119

Aurora, CO 80045


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