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Media Mention: Many Caregivers Aren’t Asking About Firearms in Homes Their Children Visit. What Increases the Odds of Them Asking?
Firearm injuries are the leading cause of death in children and teens in the US, and many of these injuries take place in other people’s homes. Increased focus is being placed on the ways that...
Teens say they can access firearms at home, even when parents lock them up, new research shows
More than half of U.S. teens living in households with firearms believe they can access and load a firearm at home. Even when their parents report storing all firearms locked and unloaded, more than...
Media Mention: The Roundup: Catch Up on the Latest Research Illuminating the Effects of Gun Violence
Trace analysis published last year found that the federal government had invested more than $137 million in gun violence research since 2020 — an unprecedented amount. In 2025, there have already...
Media Mention: Students aim to prevent school violence with help from Sandy Hook Promise
One day before prom, in an advanced placement government classroom at Oakdale High School southeast of Frederick, Maryland, a group of students gathered to film the school’s morning announcement....
Media Mention: Opinion: Seeking a Better Alternative to Active-Shooter Drills
A jaw-dropping statistic published last March in JAMA Open Network: One in 15 American adults has witnessed a mass shooting. Fear of mass shootings drove American public schools to establish...
Schools with higher attendance rates see fewer firearm-related expulsions, study finds
Higher student attendance coincides with fewer illegal gun-related expulsions in Michigan public K-12 schools, according to research led by the University of Michigan. A new study published in the...
Gun Violence Task Force makes recommendations to address gun violence, reduce firearm-related deaths, injuries
The Michigan Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, housed within the Michigan Department of Health & Human Services, released its first report today, sharing recommendations designed to address...
Media Mention: Prescott, Zeoli receive IHPI honor for impact on health policy and practice
The recipients of the University of Michigan Institute for Healthcare Policy & Innovation (IHPI)’s 2025 policy impact awards — Hallie Prescott, M.D., M.Sc., and April Zeoli, Ph.D., M.P.H. — have...
Media Mention: Michigan universities have lost millions in grant funding. They could lose billions more.
When university researchers receive federal grants, the schools take a percentage for overhead costs, typically around 30% of the total, though it can be far higher. The Trump administration...
Media Mention: What Generation Is Most Affected by Gun Violence?
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s WONDER database, which collects mortality information from death certificates at the state level, firearms were indeed the leading cause...
Media Mention: Zeoli, Dus receive 2024 public engagement awards
University of Michigan associate professors April Zeoli and Monica Dus have made far-reaching impacts through their work in firearm safety and supporting the U.S. Navy on science and education,...