This summer, Institute faculty member Hsing-Fang Hsieh was invited to participate in the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, & Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Gun Violence Prevention Roundtable hosted by...
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Surgeon general declares firearm violence a public health crisis: U-M experts available
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has declared firearm violence a public health crisis, saying it’s time to deploy approaches similar to lifesaving anti-smoking and traffic safety campaigns to...
Supreme Court to decide if domestic abusers can own guns
EXPERT ADVISORY The University of Michigan’s April Zeoli, one of the nation’s leading researchers on firearms and domestic violence, can discuss the U.S. Supreme Court’s impending decision on United...
Media Mention: Southfield congregants take saws to guns in new buyback program
St. David's Episcopal Church announced its plan to partner with law enforcement and the anti-gun organization End Gun Violence Michigan to launch a series of six gun buyback events in churches...
Media Mention: Tip Lines Can Lower Violence Exposure in Schools
The most visible school security measures — police officers, cameras, metal detectors — have dominated research and public debate on school safety for decades. School administrators looking for the...
What parents in Michigan – and everywhere – should know about secure gun storage after the Crumbley convictions
Drs. April Zeoli and Justin Heinze join Dr. Frank E. Vandervort in this editorial, published in The Conversation, that speaks about the evidence base behind safe storage policies and other firearm...
Media Mention: Opinion: Youth gun offenses up 200% in Buncombe; gun violence is public health problem
According to the N.C. Department of Public Safety, firearms are the leading cause of injury-related death of children and young people in North Carolina. Last year, Gov. Roy Cooper announced...
Media Mention: Sufficiently Analogous Episode Two: U.S. v Rahimi and the future of Domestic Violence Protective Order Firearm Prohibitions
The Center’s director of law and policy, Kelly Roskam, JD, and law and policy advisor, Tim Carey, JD discuss U.S. v Rahimi. The upcoming decision from the Supreme Court could decide if those subject...
Media Mention: Teachers worry about getting hurt on the job when they intervene in student fights
Dr. Justin Heinze speaks with WFDD about school violence and how teachers are impacted. Listen to the conversation
Media Mention: Ohio trails only Texas, Florida in unintentional shootings by kids: Can that be changed?
Unintentional shootings like this have played out 205 times across Ohio since 2015, according to data from Everytown For Gun Safety. Despite being the seventh largest state by population, Ohio is...
Faculty Member is Honored at NIH Event
On May 20, Institute faculty member, Elyse Thulin, PhD, was honored and shared a presentation at the National Institutes of Health's 17th Annual Matilda White Riley Behavioral and Social Sciences...
Media Mention: Stopping the gun violence epidemic
Last year, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a landmark package of bills that included the establishment of extreme risk protection orders (ERPOs) in Michigan. U-M faculty with diverse research...