John M. Violanti, Ph.D. - Honorary Advisor

Current Position - Research professor in the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine (SPM), School of Public Health and Health Professions at SUNY Buffalo, and has been associated with SPM for 22 years. Dr. Violanti is also a member of the SUNY Medical School graduate faculty. He is a police veteran, serving with the New York State Police for 23 years as a trooper, The Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI), and later as a coordinator of the Psychological Assistance Program (EAP) for the State Police.

Description of work - He has been involved in the design, implementation, and analysis of numerous police related stress, suicide, and health studies over the past 17 years. Recent projects at Social & Preventive Medicine include a 40-year retrospective police mortality study and studies on police stress and health, the most recent involving collection of data on physiological stress and subclinical cardiovascular and metabolic consequences in police officers.

Relevant Work - Dr. Violanti has authored over 45 peer-reviewed journal articles on police suicide, stress and PTSD, and police mortality. He has also written and edited nine books on topics of police stress, psychological trauma, and suicide. He has been an invited lecturer on topics of police stress and suicide to the FBI Academy at Quantico , Virginia several times. He has lectured nationally and internationally at academic institutions and police agencies on matters of police suicide, stress and trauma.

Contact Information -

Social & Preventive Medicine
School of Public Health and Health professions
State University of NY at Buffalo
270 Farber Hall
Buffalo , NY 14214

Phone 716 829 2975 ext 732
Fax 716 829 2979
E-mail: violanti@buffalo.edu