Thank you for attending GLEPHA's webinar on Exploring the Scottish Experience: Reflections from recent Harm Reduction Initiatives last week.
If you missed it, here's the recording on our YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxGpFZBS6v8
When the worlds of Law Enforcement and Public Health collaborate, they create a net for the most vulnerable members of our communities.
Join the 8th International Conference on Law Enforcement & Public Health (#LEPH2026) in Leeds, UK this September.
👉 leph2026.org
Early Bird discount till 31 May
ONE WEEK LEFT to register for the GLEPHA Webinar on Scotland's pioneering Harm Reduction Initiatives
📅 Friday, 17 April 2026, 10am UK time
📍 Online via Zoom (free)
✏️ Register here: glepha.com/webinar-expl...
With hundreds of abstracts submitted, #LEPH2026 presents a unique opportunity to learn from global research and world-leading practice across law enforcement and public health.
Early‑Bird tickets are available until 31 May 2026:
leph2026.org
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🚨 Seminar Alert: Compassion Fatigue in Policing 🚨
Join Peter Romanis @utas.edu.au for a deep dive into reframing the response to trauma exposure and organizational stress in law enforcement.
🗓️ Friday, April 10, 2026
🕛 12-noon AEDT
📍 Hobart & Online
🔗 Join via Zoom: utas.zoom.us/j/84797669177
Students, apply for the 2026 GLEPHA Student Awards!
Are you an emerging scholar exploring the intersection of law enforcement and public health?
ℹ️ Apply by June 30th glepha.com/2026-glepha-...
#LawEnforcement #PublicHealth #StudentAwards
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New AI chatbot PreventAdvisor: Support prevention science, policy, and practice
🔗Try the chatbot here: ai.institut-utrip.si
💰 Promo code “1month” for a discounted first month
PreventAdvisor was launched this month by Inštitut Utrip whose Director is Mr Matej Košir, a GLEPHA member
Working in violence prevention? Join NICJR & @glepha.bsky.social to launch the Global Violence Prevention Network! Connect with international experts, bridge the research-practice gap, and help define this new community.
📅 April 8 | 9 AM PT
🔗 Register here: lnkd.in/e8ScpkzQ
Announcing our new Special Interest Group on Policing for Road Safety 🛣️
The group provides an interdisciplinary forum for academics, practitioners, and policy professionals to advance understanding of road policing and its role in reducing harm on our roads
Find out more glepha.com/special-inte...
Scotland has the highest reported rates of drug-related deaths in Europe. The response? Innovative harm reduction. 🏴
Join us for a FREE Zoom webinar exploring recent harm reduction-focused developments in Scotland:
📆 Fri 17 April, 10am UK
🔗 Register: glepha.com/webinar-expl...
We are proud to announce a new 12-month partnership with the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to support Fijian police, prosecutors, legal officials, health partners, and community leaders to respond effectively to #Fiji’s emerging #HIV epidemic.
Find out more: bit.ly/PHP-PIN
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⌛️ There’s 1 week to submit an abstract for LEPH2026!
Be sure to submit your innovative research, policy development, or practice-based initiatives by 16 March!
leph2026.org/abstracts-pr...
Working at the intersection of #LawEnforcement and #PublicHealth? 🤝
You have 3 WEEKS left to submit your abstract for #LEPH2026! Help shape global practice around vulnerability, safety, and community well-being.
Submit your proposal today: 🔗 leph2026.org
#CallForAbstracts
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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS for #LEPH2026
Abstracts should address innovative research, policy development, or practice-based initiatives that contribute to safer, healthier communities and relate to the conference’s themes: leph2026.org
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Recent paper on Adverse Childhood Experiences from GLEPHA SIG Co-Convenor Professor Zara Quigg from Public Health Institute, Liverpool John Moores University (UK) and co-convenor of the Special Interest Group on Violence Prevention recently published a representative household study of over 5,000 UK adults which shows that adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), particularly when experienced in accumulation, are associated with increased exposure to violence in adulthood and the criminal justice system. View the open access published paper: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12916-025-04459-3
Prof Zara Quigg from @ljmuofficial.bsky.social (UK) and co-convenor of @glepha.bsky.social's Special Interest Group on Violence Prevention recently published a representative household study of over 5,000 UK adults on adverse childhood experiences.
View the paper: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Attention #PhD researchers! Apply for #funded delegate places at the #LEPH2026 Conference and Postgraduate Day in Leeds!
Offered by the @vp-centre.bsky.social, these bursaries include:
✅ Full Delegate Fees
✅ 6-night accommodation
⏰ Apply by 9 Feb 2026, 17:00 GMT
leph2026.org/funded-places/
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS for leph2026.org
the 8th International Conference
on Law Enforcement & Public Health
at Leeds, UK, 6-9 Sep 2026
We invite researchers, practitioners, policymakers,
and community leaders to submit abstracts!
@vp-centre.bsky.social
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS for the 8th International Conference on Law Enforcement & Public Health #LEPH2026, Leeds, UK, 6-9 Sep 2026
▶️ leph2026.org
✅ Come showcase world-leading research and inventive practice
✅ Connect with a global audience of experts & practitioners
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🚨 New report 🚨
Dr Alishya Dhir's report shares findings from her funded Translational Fellowship project “Racially Minoritised Women’s experiences of technology-facilitated sexual violence and reporting to the police”.
Read the report 👇
vulnerabilitypolicing.org.uk/racially-min...
Funded places for PhD Students!
@vp-centre.bsky.social will sponsor the attendance fees and accommodation for 16 PhD students to attend LEPH2026 Conference and the Postgraduate Day in Leeds, UK this September.
🔗 Apply by 9 Feb 2026, 17:00 GMT: leph2026.org/funded-places/
Postgraduate students sat around a table in discussion.
We’re delighted to offer bursaries covering the cost of delegate fees and accommodation for up to 16 PhD students to attend the LEPH2026 conference (6-9 September) and Postgraduate Day (5 September 2026).
Deadline: Monday 9 February 2026, 17:00 GMT
Read more and apply:
leph2026.org/funded-places/
Great Hall at the University of Leeds
LEPH2026 will focus on vulnerability, policing & public health.
Join us in Leeds to dive deep into evidence, practice & cross-sector collaboration.
Register now:
leph2026.org
Interested in Harm Reduction?
Join Eurasian Harm Reduction Association's WEBINAR:
Transforming drug registry in Eastern European and Central Asian countries: from repressive mechanisms to protection of patient rights
📆 28 Oct 2025, 2-4pm Vilnius/ Kyiv
🔗 More info & Registration: bit.ly/4onzyPy
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The program particularly welcomes contributions with clear equity implications, including work with Indigenous and First Nations peoples, racialised communities and those with lived experience.
Explore all the themes here: leph2026.org
12. Training and education to reimagine LEPH curricula and professional roles
13. Policing and health in secure or emergency settings, including custody and overdose response
14. The role of police in resilience and environmental justice
9. Professional wellbeing of those working in policing, health and social care
10. Communities and supportive contexts through governance, funding and legislative reform
11. Partnerships and system change to build trust and redesign services
6. Reducing harm in marginalised communities through drug policy, harm reduction and decriminalisation
7. Globalisation of LEPH, including migration, human rights and transnational cooperation
8. Connective professionalism and intersectionality in practice and community engagement
3. AI, digital technology and data in LEPH, including ethics, surveillance and predictive analytics
4. Trauma-informed approaches across policing, public health and early intervention
5. Determinants of health and criminalisation, including poverty, homelessness, LGBTQI+ issues and diversion
Key themes include:
1. Violence prevention across systemic, gender-based, online, police and youth contexts
2. Vulnerabilities in public health and law enforcement, including mental health, disability, neurodiversity and aging
