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Media Mention: U-M expert talks crime trends, root causes after violent week
Three people were found dead blocks away from each other in Grand Rapids earlier this week, all in the span of a few hours. All this week, neighbors and officials have responded to this tragedy as...
Media Mention: Kids who survive gun injuries experience increases in pain and psychiatric disorders
Survivors of gun injuries often face a long, painful recovery. When the gun victims are children or teens, family members also struggle. In the year following a firearm injury, child and adolescent...
Media Mention: Abuse victims say gun surrender laws save lives. Will the Supreme Court agree?
Dr. April Zeoli potential impacts of United States v. Rahimi with the Associated Press, which is being heard by the United States Supreme Court on November 7 Additional mention: On Point NBC New...
Media Mention: The ATF’s Gun Tracing Database Is a Black Box. A Lawsuit Could Change That.
An activist has sued the agency for information about U.S. guns smuggled to Mexico and Central America, data that researchers say would provide insights into cross border firearms trafficking. On...
Can hospitals help to reduce violence?
Hospital-based violence intervention programs steer victims to safer, productive lives. Research shows challenges to reducing assaults on a broad scale. Dr. Patrick Carter spoke with the Association...
Media Mention: Can hospitals help to reduce violence?
Hospital-based violence intervention programs steer victims to safer, productive lives. Research shows challenges to reducing assaults on a broad scale. The question is, what impact can HVIPs...
Media Mention: About the Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention
Lauren Mahoney, a Los Angeles filmmaker, spoke with Institute team members at the 2023 National Research Conference for the Prevention of Firearm-Related Harms to learn more about the state of...
Media Mention: A public health response helped reduce fatal car wrecks in Texas. Can it do the same for gun deaths?
Many public health experts say if we understand what spurs violent acts, how people obtain guns, and how mishandling firearms can accidentally injure or kill, we might find a more agreeable path to...
Media Mention: VOA experts on the tragedy in Maine: America must change its mentality
Drs. Marc Zimmerman and April Zeoli speak with Voice of America about firearm injury prevention and effective policies.
Media Mention: Maine shooting: could red flag laws have prevented the violence?
As the fallout deepens from the catastrophic mass shootings in Lewiston, Maine, that left at least 18 people dead and many wounded, questions are being asked about how an army reservist who had...
Mass shooting in Maine: U-M experts available to comment
University of Michigan experts are available to discuss various aspects of the mass shooting in Maine, from firearm injury prevention to public policy and the psychology of traumatic events with...