The University of Michigan received a $5.5 million federal grant recently to launch a National Institutes of Health firearm research coordinating center that will oversee community-based research...
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Media Mention: ‘You can’t arrest your way out of this’: Muskegon Heights works to reduce cycle of youth gun violence
The Michigan Youth Violence Prevention Center met with the community for a listening session Tuesday, September 13 to identify violence drivers and finding possible solutions. The CDC-funded center...
Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention welcomes first cohort
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...
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...