In an effort to expand the national pipeline for firearm injury prevention research, the University of Michigan has welcomed its inaugural cohort of six new faculty members to the Institute for...
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Media Mention: New federal gun law could be a breakthrough for victims of abuse
Federal law has long barred people convicted of domestic violence or subject to a domestic violence restraining order from being able to buy a gun. But that restriction had only applied to an...
Podcast: How Anonymous Reporting Systems in Schools Can Reduce Violence
Hsing-Fang Hsieh, PhD, and Justin Heinze, PhD, join this episode of Michigan Minds to discuss the Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention research, how the field of firearm injury prevention is...
Media Mention: Will closing the ‘boyfriend loophole’ in gun legislation save lives? Here’s what the research says
The U.S. Congress has passed a bipartisan gun safety bill, representing the first federal gun safety legislation to be passed in a generation. The legislation, which will now be signed into law by...
Media Mention: Mass-shooting survivors, parents of victims call for action
National Public Radio A1 includes Dr. April Zeoli in a conversation on June 28 ,2022 about the bipartisan gun legislation, the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act. Listen to the full podcast (32...
Media Mention: The Senate gun bill would close the ‘boyfriend loophole.’ Here’s what that means
National Public Radio interviews Dr. April Zeoli about the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act on June 23, 2022. Read the article and listen to the full interview.
Media Mention: For gun violence researchers, bipartisan bill is a ‘glass half full’
The New York Times features an article about American researchers who focus exclusively on how to prevent gun violence, including Dr. April Zeoli on June 26, 2022. Read the full article.
Media Mention: Asian Americans are buying guns in record numbers. What’s caused this surge?
More than 5 million people became first-time owners during the pandemic as gun sales to the community rose by about 43%. Asian Americans who experienced or witnessed increased acts of racism at the...
Media Mention: With new federal funding, scientists rebuild the field of gun violence research
National Public Radio's program All Things Considered interviews University of Michigan's Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention Co-Director Dr. Patrick Carter on August 15, 2022 about new federal...
Anonymous reporting systems in schools can reduce violence, increase student connectedness
Students are more likely to report warning signs of potentially threatening behavior if an anonymous reporting system is available to them, according to a new study led by researchers at the...
Media Mention: Protect Minnesota interviews Dr. Marc Zimmerman
Protect Minnesota interviews Dr. Marc Zimmerman, Marshall H. Becker Collegiate Professor and co-Director of the Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention at the University of Michigan on 8/9/2022....
New federal firearm and mental health law: U-M experts react
Michigan News - In the wake of President Biden’s signing of a new Bipartisan Safety Communities Act that focuses on firearm injury prevention, school safety and mental health services, experts from...