The fourth annual National Research Conference for the Prevention of Firearm-Related Harms was held in Tempe, AZ last week, bringing together more than 560 researchers to discuss the latest trends and findings in the field of firearm injury prevention science.
Institute faculty, junior faculty, staff and postdoctoral students led more than 35 presentations during the meeting, covering topic areas such as school safety, secure storage, and firearm-related suicide prevention.
Throughout the three-day program, there were more than 400 presentations.
This year’s conference featured science from over 20 disciplines including, medicine, public health, anthropology, business, economics, criminal justice, law, sociology, social work, political science and engineering. Programming included topics such as firearm suicide prevention, community and youth firearm violence, school shootings, intimate partner firearm violence, firearm injury prevention policy, data access and development and disparate community impact.
Institute team members received three awards for their work:
- Teresa Neumann – won the Multidisciplinary Science Award for her poster titled, “How Humility Plays an Integral Role in Community-Academic Partnerships in Firearm Research” with co-authors Victor Medina Del Toro, Tazkira Ahad, Marc Zimmerman and Daniel Lee
- Jessica Bishai – won the Multidisciplinary Science Award for her oral presentation titled, “Reclaiming Space, Reducing Violence: Vacant Lot Reuse Strategies and Community Engagement in Detroit” with co-authors Roshanak Mehdipanah, Hsing-Fang Hsieh, Jason Goldstick, Rebeccah Sokol, Jaclyn Goodrich, Shaun Bhatia, Stephen Oliphant, Kathleen Howe, Marc Zimmerman, Elizabeth Gonzalez, Xuran Meng, Alison Grodzinski and Justin Heinze.
- Eugenio Weigend Vargas – won the Impact Science Award for his presentation titled, “State Level Bans on Assault Weapons and Firearms Trafficking to Mexico, 2015-2024” with co-authors Jason Goldstick and Patrick Carter
The University of Michigan Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention played a crucial role in the organization of the inaugural 2022 conference as well as the 2023 and 2024 conferences. Institute faculty members also continue to serve on both the Board of Directors and leadership team of the Research Society for the Prevention of Firearm-Related Harms – a society that was announced following the success of the 2022 event.
View the full list of presentations and visit the conference website to learn more about next year’s conference which will be held in December.
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