John M. Violanti

PhD

John M. Violanti.

John M. Violanti

PhD

John M. Violanti

PhD

Research Topics

Psychological and biological indicators of chronic police stress; subclinical cardiovascular and metabolic disease in police; shift work and health, epidemiology of police suicide; PTSD

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Summary

John Violanti, PhD is a research professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo and a member of the University at Buffalo graduate faculty. He was formerly a full professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology Department of Criminal Justice. He is a police veteran, serving with the New York State Police for 23 years as a trooper, criminal investigator, and later as a coordinator of the Psychological Assistance Program (EAP) for the State Police.

Violanti has been involved in the design, implementation, and analysis of police stress and health studies during his entire career. Recent projects include a longitudinal study on psychological stress and cardiovascular disease in police officers and the impact of shift work on police health outcomes funded by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health.

Violanti has authored over 100 peer-reviewed articles on police stress and PTSD, police mortality, suicide, and cardiovascular health. He has also written and edited seventeen books on topics of police stress, psychological trauma, and suicide. He has lectured nationally and internationally at academic institutions and police agencies on matters of suicide, stress and trauma at work.

Education

  • MS, Counseling Psychology, University at Buffalo, 1988
  • PhD, Sociology, University at Buffalo, 1981
  • MS, Social Sciences, University at Buffalo, 1975
  • BA, Psychology, University at Buffalo, 1973

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