A key barrier to addressing firearm injury in the United States is the lack of timely data. Through a new and nearly real-time system developed at the University of Michigan, injury prevention...
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Media Mention: Detailed data on Michigan’s red flag law gun seizure cases gets sparse
Lansing — A change in the way court systems are reporting Extreme Risk Protection Order data makes it difficult to assess what specific circumstances across the state are triggering the confiscation...
Media Mention: New England students utilize Sandy Hook Promise tools for safety
One day before prom, in an advanced placement government classroom at Oakdale High School southeast of Frederick, Maryland, a group of students gathered to film the school’s morning announcement....
Media Mention: Preventing tragedy: How communities can use extreme risk protection orders to save lives
Protecting every member of Michigan Technological University’s community is top of mind for Reid DeVoge, deputy chief of Public Safety and Police Services. So last year, following the loss of a...
Reframing healthcare violence as systemic failure
Patel, M. R., Carter, P. M., & Zimmerman, M. A. (2026). Reframing healthcare violence as systemic failure. Journal of Hospital Medicine. Advance online publication....
Geographic Patterns of Firearms with Short Time-to-Crime in the U.S. and the Americas, 2015–2023
Weigend Vargas, E., & Goldstick, J. E. (2026). Geographic patterns of firearms with short time-to-crime in the U.S. and the Americas, 2015–2023. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 108,...
Prevalence of thoughts of shooting others among US adults
Hicks, B. M., & Ilgen, M. A. (2026). Prevalence of thoughts of shooting others among US adults. JAMA Network Open, 9(3), e260734. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.0734 No abstract...
Media Mention: Michigan’s ‘red flag’ gun law use jumps 31% in 2025
Use of Michigan’s “red flag” gun law jumped 31% from 2024 to 2025, according to a report released this week, prompting cautious optimism from supporters but hardly quelling debate about the policy....
Panel Discussion: An update on the gun violence prevention movement
Gun violence is increasingly seen as a public health issue. In the face of cuts across the federal government gun violence prevention funding, groups and researchers are relying more and more on...
Institute postdoctoral fellow receives 2025 Jess Kraus Award in Injury Epidemiology
Dr. Mike Henson-Garcia, a postdoctoral fellow at the U-M Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention, was recently awarded the 2025 Jess Kraus Award in Injury Epidemiology for his publication titled...
Media Mention: How Often Do Kids Bring Guns to School? Here’s What We Know
Despite the lack of quality information, available data and research offer clues about why some students bring guns to school, and why school officials have struggled to respond. For many students,...
Podcast: Preventing intimate partner homicide with red flag laws
Over half of all female homicide victims in the United States are killed with a gun, most often by an intimate partner. In this episode, University of Michigan School of Public Health researcher...