Unintentional shootings like this have played out 205 times across Ohio since 2015, according to data from Everytown For Gun Safety. Despite being the seventh largest state by population, Ohio is...
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Faculty Member is Honored at NIH Event
On May 20, Institute faculty member, Elyse Thulin, PhD, was honored and shared a presentation at the National Institutes of Health's 17th Annual Matilda White Riley Behavioral and Social Sciences...
Media Mention: Stopping the gun violence epidemic
Last year, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a landmark package of bills that included the establishment of extreme risk protection orders (ERPOs) in Michigan. U-M faculty with diverse research...
Study shows emergency department screening tool can help better identify youth at risk of experiencing firearm violence
Clinicians across the United States may be better able to identify young adults and youth at risk of firearm violence exposure by implementing a new screening questionnaire, according to a study...
Injury Prevention Science and Firearm Injury in Pediatric Health
In an accompanying editorial published in JAMA, Drs. Patrick Carter, Laura Seewald and Marc Zimmerman note the findings from a recent study highlight the critical and urgent need for the U.S. to...
Michigan Youth Violence Prevention Center Co-hosts First Youth Learning Exchange in Washington, D.C.
Earlier this week, members of the Michigan Youth Violence Prevention Center (MI-YVPC) hosted and participated in the first annual Youth Learning Exchange event in Washington, D.C. The Exchange...
Media Mention: Should the U.S. government decide who qualifies as a gun dealer?
The Justice Department has taken steps to close the so-called "gun show loophole." But there's a murky legal question: Who counts as a gun seller? Dr. April Zeoli speaks with NPR about the new rule.
Extreme risk protection order: What to know if needed
The University of Michigan has published a web-based toolkit designed to support the use and implementation of Michigan’s new extreme risk protection order, or ERPO, law. Also known as a red flag...
Active shooter drills are meant to keep schools safe, but are they doing harm?
A new national effort to understand how active shooter drills may affect the health and well-being of K-12 students and school staff begins this week with the first meeting of a committee operating...
Media Mention: How a new rule on the gun show ‘loophole’ would impact West MI
Tens of thousands of firearm dealers across the country will now be required to run background checks on buyers. On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Justice and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms,...
2024 Capitol Hill Policy Briefing – U.S. Gun Violence Exported Abroad
Eugenio Weigend Vargas, postdoctoral fellow at the University of Michigan Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention, participated in a panel for the 2024 Capitol Hill Policy Briefing - U.S. Gun...
U-M Livestream: Reducing the Risk: Firearms and Mental Health
U-M livestream: Reducing the Risk: Firearms and Mental Health Experts from the University of Michigan Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention will discuss tips about safe firearm safe storage and...