Gun violence is among America’s most deadly and costly public health crises. But unlike other big killers — diseases like cancer and HIV or dangers like automobile crashes and cigarettes — sparse...
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Media Mention: Dr. Hsieh and Firearm Injury Prevention Among Asian Americans
In November, NINR participated in the 2023 National Research Conference for the Prevention of Firearm-Related Harms, held in Chicago. Dr. Hsing-Fang Hsieh, research assistant professor in the...
School threat assessment toolkit now available to schools for violence prevention
University of Michigan, University of Virginia partner on effort to keep schools safe A new toolkit designed to support U.S. schools’ violence prevention efforts has been published by the National...
University of Michigan Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention Research Day
The hybrid event highlighted the Institute’s accomplishments over the past three years, as well as key research and programs that we are conducting in the State of Michigan and nationwide with...
University of Michigan Wolverine Caucus
March 13, 2024 12:00 p.m. EST GCSI Ties Bar | 120 N Washington Ave., Lansing, MI 48933 Register here Last March, members of the Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention were in Lansing to discuss...
Bioethics Grand Rounds: Toward a Firearms Justice Framework: Lessons from Reproductive Justice in the Effort to Mitigate the Health Impact of Gun Violence
March 13, 2024 12:00 p.m. EST BSRB Kahn Auditorium | 109 Zina Pitcher Pl, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Register here Join us, along with Michigan Medicine’s Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences of...
Media Mention: MI residents must now lock up guns when a minor is in the house
Michigan residents are now required by law to safely store their guns while a minor is in the house. There’s a range of devices Michigan residents can get to safely store their firearm, and many...
Media Mention: Active shooter defense is becoming big business in Texas. Experts ask if it’s paying off
As the rate of gun deaths grows in Texas, the pro-business state has turned to solutions that have transformed what it’s like to walk into schools and remade business priorities for executives who...
U-M livestream: What the state’s new gun laws mean for Michigan residents
Watch the recording of the event and learn more about the new laws U-M livestream: What the state's new gun laws mean for Michigan residents DATE: Noon-1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22 EVENT: "Michigan's...
Media Mention: Stateside: Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024
On today's Stateside, we listened to the Genesee County Prosecutor's reasons for charging a man under Michigan's new safe firearm storage rules. The 2-year-old daughter of the accused shot herself...
Media Mention: How will experts measure effectiveness of Mich.’s new safe storage laws?
The new storage law, which went into effect Feb. 13, is part of several new legal strategies being used in Michigan to help stem gun violence as firearm-related injuries have become the leading...
Media Mention: Michigan’s new ‘red flag’ gun law now effect, as of Feb. 13 — Here’s a look at how it works
Starting today in Michigan, if a person is found to be at risk of harm to themselves or others with a gun, the state's new so-called 'red flag' law can temporarily take away their firearms. WWJ's...