Rebecca Cunningham, MD
William G. Barsan Collegiate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Professor of Health Behavior and Health Education at the School of Public Health
Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation Profile
Emergency Medicine Profile
Community Violence Intimate Partner Violence Suicide Unintentional Injury
Dr. Rebecca Cunningham is vice president for research and innovation at the University of Michigan, where she is responsible for fostering the excellence and integrity of research across all three campuses. She has vast experience as a researcher, administrator, educator and clinician, including more than 20 years spent as an emergency medicine physician at U-M and Hurley Medical Center in Flint, Michigan. Cunningham’s career has focused on injury prevention, opioid overdose, substance misuse prevention, firearm injury prevention and public health. She is the former Director of the U-M Injury Prevention Center, established a national consortium to improve firearms safety, served as associate vice president for research-health sciences and is the former associate chair for research for the U-M Department of Emergency Medicine.
Dr. Cunningham's Firearm-Related Work
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Publications
Media Mentions
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Media Mention: Why Even Public Health Experts Have Limited Insight Into Stopping Gun Violence in America
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Media Mention: School shooting in Uvalde, Texas brings awareness to recent data showing firearms are the leading cause of death for children in the U.S.
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U-M Researchers Respond to School Shooting in Ulvade, Texas
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Conference: The Science of Firearm Injury Prevention: Charting the Path Forward with Data and Innovation