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Register today! Distinguished Faculty Seminar: Andrew Papachristos, PhD
Join the Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention in welcoming Andrew Papachristos, PhD to the University of Michigan on January 15, 2026. Dr. Papachristos present on his firearm violence prevention...
Institute student wins U-M Data Science & AI Summit Poster Competition
Anay Halwasiya has been selected as a winner in this year's U-M Data Science & AI Summit Poster Competition. The winning poster was titled: "Overcoming Moderation Barriers: Applying LLMs to...
Institute team members attend, present at the 2025 National Research Conference for the Prevention of Firearm-Related Harms
The fourth annual National Research Conference for the Prevention of Firearm-Related Harms was held in Tempe, AZ last week, bringing together more than 560 researchers to discuss the latest trends...
University of Michigan Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention Researchers Receive CDC Funding to Develop Crime-Prevention Program for Lakota Youth
University of Michigan Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention researchers Dr. Katie Edwards and Dr. Marc Zimmerman have received a $1.2M, three-year research award from the Centers for Disease...
New Gun Violence Prevention Task Force report makes commonsense recommendations to reduce gun violence, save lives in Michigan
The Michigan Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, which includes community partners, state departments, medical experts, law enforcement professionals, tribal representatives and academic...
Media Mention: School matters: Resource program curbs Michigan’s high absenteeism rate
A program that puts caseworkers in schools where students struggle to regularly attend is apparently working in Michigan: The chronic absenteeism rate dropped by 8%. Chronic absenteeism, or missing...
Media Mention: Mankind Murals Celebrates 10 Years of Helping Revitalize Mansfield Community
Over the cheers of a gathered crowd, an audible "pop!" could be heard as Luke Beekman popped the cork on a bottle of champagne. A ceremony was held Thursday to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the...
Media Mention: Reframe adolescent firearm fatalities in public health, not politics
Since 2020, firearms have been the leading cause of death for children between ages one and 17. In 2021, about 4.6 million children lived in homes that stored guns loaded and unlocked, even though...
Gun Violence and Intimate Partner Violence: A Review of the Literature and Where We Stand
Institute faculty member, Dr. April Zeoli and Institute postdoctoral fellow, Dr. Stephen Oliphant, will serve as a panelists on a joint webinar hosted by The Joyce Foundation and the MacArthur...
Media Mention: Mary Sheffield will be Detroit’s new mayor. Here are some of her top priorities
For the first time in its history, Detroit will be led by a woman when Mary Sheffield takes office in January. Sheffield defeated the Rev. Solomon Kinloch locking up about 77% of the vote. “We will...
Media Mention: More Than a Third of Middle Schoolers Turn to Technology for Reporting Peers in Distress
More than a third of middle school students have used technology-facilitated reporting systems (TFRS) to report concerns about friends who are in distress, according to a study in the Journal of...