Most school shooters obtain the firearm from home. And the number of guns within reach of high school-age teenagers has increased during the pandemic – highlighting the importance of locking...
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Media Mention: Teenage homicides sharply rise in Michigan, FBI crime stats show
The number of Michigan teenagers killed by homicide jumped by 70% from 50 in 2019 to 85 in 2020. That’s more than double the 31% increase of all homicides for the same period, according to the FBI’s...
Summer 2022 Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention Internships
The University of Michigan Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention is a new transdisciplinary institute that works to engage the breadth of expertise across the University of Michigan, with input...
$6M grant to advance youth firearm violence prevention research
A $6 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention awarded to the University of Michigan will support researchers so they can partner with communities on innovative projects that...
Childhood exposure to gun violence increases risk of violent behavior as adults
Witnessing gun violence in real life or in fiction can have a mental toll on children. The effects, including using guns themselves, sometimes are seen many years later, according to a new...
Media Mention: Gun violence is preventable. Four steps Lansing could take to save lives.
Gun violence is at crisis levels in the Lansing area. Read the full article here on July 5, 2021 by the Lansing State Journal with strategies for prevention including interview with Marc Zimmerman,...
University to establish new Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention
The University of Michigan will launch a new Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention to generate knowledge and advance innovative solutions that reduce firearm injury, a public health crisis that...
Podcast Series: Firearm Injury Prevention Research at the University of Michigan
In 2021, the University of Michigan launched the new Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention to generate knowledge and advance innovative solutions that reduce firearm injury, a public health crisis...
Cindy Ewell Foster, PhD; Preventing Youth Suicide, Michigan Minds Special Series: Firearm Injury Prevention
Cindy Ewell Foster is partnering with residents in the Upper Peninsula to develop a firearm safety education program that aims to reduce morbidity and mortality among youth. Listen to this 16 minute...
Media Mention: ‘We have to look in the mirror’: Professors say data, science has answers to ending gun violence
University of Michigan professors, Marc Zimmerman and Patrick Carter react to the mass shootings in Boulder, CO and Atlanta, GA. Read the full coverage here by Fox 17 West Michigan news on March 23,...
Firearms research at U-M gets a $4.6M boost with three new grants from CDC
In a milestone of research funding, three teams of University of Michigan researchers have received funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to address issues related to firearm...
Poll: Active shooter drills – Youth believe benefits unclear
Active shooter drills in schools have a negative effect on students’ emotional health and yield questionable results, according to a national poll of youth by University of Michigan researchers....