Firearms have surpassed motor vehicles as the leading cause of death among children and adolescents in the United States, according to new federal data analyzed by researchers at the University of...
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Call for submissions: Pilot grants to support firearm injury prevention work
The Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention, based in the Office of the Vice President for Research, has initiated its inaugural round of pilot grants to generate knowledge and advance innovative...
Most older adults support steps to reduce firearm injury risk, U-M study shows
A strong majority of American adults over 50—including the 37% of older adults who own guns or live with someone who does—supports specific steps that could reduce the risk of firearm injury and...
Media Mention: Turning a psychiatric crisis into a chance to prevent firearm injury
A new effort to reduce the risk of firearm injury by offering free gun locks and educational resources to people receiving care for a mental health crisis is now under way at Michigan Medicine....
Media Mention: Inside the Secret Service study that analyzed school attack plots
WXYZ Detroit interviews researchers from the National Center for School Safety, Drs. Justin Heinze and Hsing-Fang Hsieh in a report published this spring, the Secret Service analyzed 67 disrupted...
Perceived police bias, community violence amplify youth firearm carriage, U-M study shows
Nearly two-thirds of all violence-related deaths among adolescents and young adults across the United States are caused by firearms. In an effort to reduce firearm injuries and deaths, a team of...
Media Mention: How Mass Shootings Like Oxford Impact Communities and Mental Health
University of Michigan public health and psychology expert Dr. Marc Zimmerman talks about how mass violence affects everyone and how to cope on National Public Radio's WDET 101.9 FM in Detroit,...
Study: Community violence, views of police drive youth firearm carriage
In an effort to reduce firearm injuries and deaths, a team of University of Michigan researchers is partnering with hospitals and communities to better understand what motivates young people to...
Media Mention: Manslaughter charges against Michigan shooter’s parents break new legal ground
Reuters writes about the first case against parents of a teenager for failing to secure a gun used by a student in a school shooting. Read the full article.
Media Mention: Examining firearm violence in the wake of the Oxford shootings
Co-Director of the Institute for Firearm Injury prevention and Co-Principal Investigator of the National Center for School Safety, Marc Zimmerman talks with ABC Channel 7's WXYZ in Detroit, Michigan...
Stateside Podcast: When the shooter is a child
Listen to Michigan Radio's Stateside Podcast following the school shooting in Oxford, Michigan on December 1, 2021 including Dr. Marc Zimmerman, Co-director of the Institute for Firearm Injury...
U-M experts available to discuss prevention, aftermath of school shootings
University of Michigan experts can discuss school shootings and the aftermath in a community in the wake of the shootings Nov. 30, 2021 at Oxford High School in Michigan. Read more about the expert...