National Violent Death Reporting System
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In 2002 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) began implementing the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS). NVDRS is a state-based surveillance system that links data from law enforcement, coroners and medical examiners, vital statistics, and crime laboratories to assist each participating state in designing and implementing tailored prevention and intervention efforts. NVDRS provides data on violence trends at national and regional levels; each state can access all of these important data elements from one central database.
States that are funded for NVDRS operate under a cooperative agreement with CDC to whom all violent deaths are voluntarily reported. NVDRS funded six states initially. In 2016 CDC received funding to expand the system. NVDRS is currently in 40 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. The goal is to include eventually all 50 states, all U.S. territories, and the District of Columbia in the system.
NVDRS State Profiles
Alabama
Alabama Department of Public Health
RSA Tower, Suite 960
201 Monroe Street
Montgomery, AL 36104
Principal Investigator: Dr. Jim McVay
Phone: 334-206-5600
Fax: 334-206-5609
E-mail: jim.mcvay@adph.state.al.us
Alaska
Alaska Department of Health and Social Services
3601 C Street, Suite 540
P.O. Box 240249
Anchorage, AK 99524-0249
Principal Investigator:
Deborah Choromanski Hull-Jilly, MPH, CLS
Phone: 907-269-8078
Fax: 907-269-2041
E-mail: deborah_jilly@health.state.ak.us
Project Coordinator:
Scott Saxon
Phone: 907-269-8050
Fax: 907-269-2041
E-mail: scott_saxon@health.state.ak.us
Arizona
Arizona State University
500 N. 3rd Street, Suite 200
Principal Investigator: Charles M. Katz, Ph.D.
Phone: 602-496-1471
Fax: 602-496-1494
E-mail: ckatz@asu.edu
California
California Department of Public Health
P.O. Box 997377, MS 7214
1616 Capitol Avenue, MS 7214
Sacramento, CA. 95899-7377
Principal Investigator: Steve Wirtz, Ph.D
Phone: 916-552-9831
E-mail: steve.wirtz@cdph.ca.gov
Colorado
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Vital Statistics Program/Colorado Violent Death Reporting System
4300 Cherry Creek Drive South
Denver, CO 80246
Principal Investigator: Kirk Bol, MSPH
Phone: 303-692-2170
Fax: 303-691-7821
Email: kirk.bol@state.co.us
Connecticut
Connecticut State Department of Public Health
410 Capitol Avenue, MS 11-HLS
Hartford CT, 06134
Principal Investigator: Chinedu R. Okeke MD, MPH-TM, MPA
Phone: 860-509-7654
Fax: 860-509-7855
E-mail: Chinedu.okeke@ct.gov
Delaware
Health and Social Services Division of Public Health
417 Federal Street
Dover, DE 19901-3635
Principal Investigator: Dr. Mathew Christensen
Phone: 302-744-4791
Fax: 302-739-6631
E-mail: mathew.christensen@state.de.us
District of Columbia
Department of Health
899 North Capitol St NE
Washington, DC, 20002
Principal Investigator: John Oliver Davies”Cole, PHD, MPH, CPM
Phone: 202”442”9138
Mobile: 202”834”3272
E-mail: john.davies”cole@dc.gov
Georgia
Georgia Department of Public Health
2 Peachtree Street NW
Atlanta, GA 30303
Principal Investigator: Rana Bayakly, MPH
Phone: 404-657-2617
Fax: 404-463-0780
E-mail: rana.bayakly@dph.ga.gov
Hawaii
Hawaii State Department of Health
Office of Health Status Monitoring
1250 Punchbowl Street
Honolulu, HI 96813
Principal Investigator: Alvin T. Onaka, Ph.D.
Phone: 808-586-4604
Fax: 808-586-4606
E-mail: alvino@hawaii.edu
Illinois
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Child Health Data Lab
225 E. Chicago Ave, Box 156
Chicago, IL 60611
Principal Investigator: Maryann Mason, PhD
Phone: 312-227-7026
Fax: 312-227-9523
E-mail: mmason@luriechildrens.org
Indiana
Indiana State Department of Health
Division of Trauma and Injury Prevention
2 North Meridian Street
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Principal Investigator: Katie Hokanson
Phone: 317-234-2865
Fax: 317-233-8199
E-mail: khokanson@isdh.in.gov
Iowa
Office of Disability, Injury & Violence Prevention
Iowa Department of Public Health
321 E. 12th St.
Des Moines, IA 50319-0075
Principal Investigator: Kathy Stone MSW
Program Director: Binnie LeHew MSW
Phone: 515-281-5032
Email: Kathy.Stone@idph.iowa.gov
Email: Vivian.Lehew@idph.iowa.gov
Kansas
Bureau of Health Promotion
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
1000 SW Jackson Street, Suite 230
Topeka, KS 66612-1274
Principle Investigator: Brandon Skidmore
Program Director: Lori Haskett
Phone: 785-296-8916
FAX: 785-296-8059
Email: bskidmore@kdheks.gov
Email: LHaskett@kdheks.gov
Kentucky
University of Kentucky
Kentucky Injury Prevention Research Center/KVDRS
333 Waller Avenue, Suite 200
Lexington, KY 40504
Principal Investigator:
Sabrina Walsh, DrPH
Phone: 859-257-6711
Fax: 859-257-3909
E-mail: slwals0@uky.edu
Louisiana
Department of Health and Hospitals
1450 Poydras Street
Suite 2032
New Orleans, LA 70112-1277
Project Director/Principal Investigator: Jane Herwehe, MPH
Phone: 504-568-3504
E-mail: Jane.Herwehe@la.gov
Maine
Maine Office of Chief Medical Examiner
State House Station #37
Augusta, ME 04333-0037
Co-Principal Investigator: Margaret Greenwald MD
Phone: 207-624-7185
Fax: 207-624-7178
E-mail: margaret.greenwald@maine.gov
University of Maine
Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center
York Complex
Orono, ME 04469-5784
Project Director: Marcella H. Sorg, PhD
Phone: 207-581-2596
Fax: 207-581-1266
E-mail: mhsorg@maine.edu
Maryland
Maryland Department of Health & Mental Hygiene
201 West Preston Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
Program Coordinator: Clifford S. Mitchell, MD, MPH
Phone: 410-767-7438
Fax: 410-333-5030
E-mail: Cliff.Mitchell@maryland.gov
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Massachusetts Violent Death Reporting System
250 Washington Street, 4th Floor
Boston, MA 02108
Principal Investigator: Lauren Larochelle
Phone: (617) 624-5664
Fax: (617) 624-5099
E-mail: lauren.larochelle@state.ma.us
Michigan
Michigan Dept of Community Health
Injury and Violence Prevention Section
P.O. Box 30195
Lansing, MI 48909
Principal Investigator: Patricia Smith, MS
Phone: 517-335-9703
Fax: 517-335-9669
E-mail: smithpatk@michigan.gov
Minnesota
Minnesota Department of Health
Injury and Violence Prevention
85 East Seventh Place, Suite 220
PO Box 64882
St. Paul, MN 55164-0882
Principal Investigator: Jon Roesler, MS
Phone: 651-201-5487
Fax: 651-201-5800
E-mail: jon.roesler@state.mn.us
Missouri
Department of Health and Senior Services
920 Wildwood Drive
Jefferson City, MO 65102
Principal Investigator: Dr. Venkata Garikapaty
Phone: 573-526-0452
Fax: 573-526-0225
E-mail: Venkata.Garikapaty@health.mo.gov
Nebraska
Division of Public Health
301 Centennial Mall So.
P. O. Box 95026
Lincoln, NE 68509-5026
Principal Investigator: Ashley Newmyer, MPH
Phone: 402-471-4377
E-mail: ashley.newmyer@nebraska.gov
New Hampshire
New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services
Maternal and Child Health Section
29 Hazen Drive, 2nd Floor East
Concord, NH 03301
Principal Investigator: JoAnne Miles, MPH
Phone: 603-271-5384
Fax: 603-271-4519
E-mail:joanne.e.miles@dhhs.state.nh.us
New Jersey
New Jersey Department of Health
Center for Health Statistics
PO Box 360
Trenton, NJ 08625-0360
Principal Investigator: Bretta Jacquemin, MPH
Phone: 609-984-6703
Fax: 609-984-7633
E-mail: bretta.jacquemin@doh.state.nj.us
New Mexico
New Mexico Department of Health
1190 S. St. Francis Drive
Santa Fe, NM 87505
Principal Investigator: Tierney Murphy, MD, MPH
Phone: 505-827-6816
Fax: 505-827-2796
E-mail: tierney.murphy@state.nm.us
New York
New York State Department of Health
Bureau of Occupational Health and Injury Prevention
Empire State Plaza, Corning Tower Building, Room 1315
Albany, New York 12237
(518) 402-7900
Principal Investigator: Kitty H Gelberg, PhD
Phone: 518- 402-7909
E-mail: kitty.gelberg@health.ny.gov
Nevada
Department of Behavioral and Public Health
4150 Technology Way
Carson City, NV 89706
Principal Investigator: Cody Phinney, MPH
Phone: 775.684.4200
E-mail: cphinney@health.nv.gov
North Carolina
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
1915 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1915
Principal Investigator:
Scott Proescholdbell, MPH
Phone: 919-707-5442
Fax: 919-870-4844
E-mail: scott.proescholdbell@dhhs.nc.gov
Project Manager:
Tammy Norwood
Phone: 919-707-5432
Fax: 877-406-5026
E-mail: tammy.norwood@dhhs.nc.gov
Ohio
Ohio Department of Health
246 North High Street, 8th floor
Columbus, OH 43215
Principal Investigator:
Jolene DeFiore-Hyrmer, MPH
Phone: 614-644-0135
Email: jolene.dhyrmer@odh.ohio.gov
Program Manager:
Luke Werhan, MPA
Phone: 614-644-8816
Fax: 614-564-2488
Email: luke.werhan@odh.ohio.gov
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State Department of Health
1000 NE 10th Street
Oklahoma City, OK 73117-1299
Principal Investigator: Pam Archer, MPH
Phone: 405-271-3430
Fax: 405-271-2799
E-mail: pama@health.ok.gov
Oregon
Oregon Department of Health
800 NE Oregon Street, Suite 772
Portland, OR 97232-2162
Principal Investigator:
Lisa Millet, MSH
Phone: 971-673-1059
E-mail: lisa.m.millet@state.or.us
Project Epidemiologist:
Xun Shen, MD, MPH
Phone: 971-673-1098
E-mail: Xun.Shen@state.or.us
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Department of Health
Bureau of Health Promotion and Risk Reduction
Room 1008, Health & Welfare Building
625 Forster Street
Harrisburg, PA 17120-0701
Principal Investigator: Cynthia Malinen
Phone: 717-787-5900
E-mail: cmalinen@pa.gov
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics
57 Quisqueya St., Suite 2000
San Juan, Puerto Rico 00917-5484
Principal Investigator: Diego E Zavala, MSc, PhD
Phone: 787-840-2575 x 2245
E-mail: dzavala@psm.edu
Alt. E-mail: dzavala@aiusacs.org
Rhode Island
Rhode Island Department of Health
3 Capitol Hill, Room 407
Providence, RI 02908
Principal Investigator: Samara Viner Brown, MPH
Phone: 401-222-5122
Fax: 401-222-5517
E-mail: samara.viner-brown@health.ri.gov
South Carolina
South Carolina Department of Health
Mills/Jarrett Building, Box 101106
Columbia, SC 29211
Principal Investigator: Keisha S. Adams, MPH
Phone: 803-545-4387
Fax: 803-253-4001
Email: adamsks@dhec.sc.gov
Utah
Utah Department of Health
Violence and Injury Prevention Program
PO Box 142106
Salt Lake City, UT 84114-2106
Principal Investigator:
Patricia Keller, MPH, RN
Phone: 801-538-6864
Fax: 801-538-9134
E-mail: trishakeller@utah.gov
Project Coordinator: Anna Fondario
Phone: 801-538-6201
Fax: 801-538-9134
E-mail: afondario@utah.gov
Vermont
Vermont is part of the Maine/Vermont Violent Death Reporting System, and for questions, please contact the Maine VDRS investigators.
Virginia
Virginia Department of Health
Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
400 East Jackson Street
Richmond, VA 23219-3694
Principal Investigator:
Virginia Powell, PhD
Phone: 804-205-3856
Fax: 804-786-1877
E-mail: virginia.powell@vdh.virginia.gov
Washington
Washington State Department of Health
PO Box 47853
Olympia, WA 98504-7853
Principal Investigator: Therese Hansen
Phone: 360-236-2869
Fax: 360-236-2830
E-mail: therese.hansen@doh.wa.gov
West Virginia
Department of Health and Human Resources
One Davis Square
Suite 100E,
Charleston, West Virginia 25301-1729
Principal Investigator: Matthew Izzo
Phone: 304-558-6920 x4004
E-mail: matthew.d.izzo@wv.gov
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Department of Health Services
1 West Wilson Street, Rm 233
Madison, WI 53703
Principal Investigator: Linda Hale
Email: Linda.Hale@dhs.wisconsin.gov
Project Coordinator: Brittany Grogan, MPH
Phone: 608-267-9008
Fax: 608-267-3824
E-mail: Brittany.Grogan@dhs.wi.gov
- Page last reviewed: June 21, 2016
- Page last updated: August 25, 2016
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