Roshanak Mehdipanah (she/her) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Behavior and Health Equity in the School of Public Health. She completed her PhD at the University of Pompeu...
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Media Mention: Easy to conceal, harder to detect: Knives more prevalent than guns in schools
Students are reported for possession of non-firearm weapons about 20 times as often as they are for firearms. But schools are still relatively safe places, and many crime statistics in schools have...
Research and Evaluation for Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program (Byrne SCIP)
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Adaptable Community-Engaged Intervention for Violence Prevention: Michigan Model
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Youth Empowerment Solutions (YES) Online Self-Paced Training and Marketing Campaign
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Rigorous Examination of Anonymous Reporting System Data to Prevent Youth Suicide and Firearm Violence: An Applied Natural Language Approach
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Michigan Gun Violence Prevention Virtual Summit
Michigan has passed an astounding amount of gun violence prevention legislation in 2023: universal background checks, extreme risk protection orders, safe storage, and protections for...
Media Mention: Shooters getting younger: Record number of juveniles charged with gun-related murder
In 2022, 25 teens were charged with committing murder or aggravated murder that year or late the year before in Franklin County Juvenile Court. So far this year, 20 juveniles have been charged with...
U-M participates in national conference that highlights latest firearm-related harms research
The second annual 2023 National Research Conference for the Prevention of Firearm-Related Harms was held in Chicago earlier this month, bringing together more than 650 people to discuss the latest...
Institute awarded $300k to expand reach and impact of firearm injury prevention efforts
The University of Michigan Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention has received a $300,000 grant to continue its development and implementation of multidisciplinary research projects and strategic...
Media Mention: U-M expert talks crime trends, root causes after violent week
Three people were found dead blocks away from each other in Grand Rapids earlier this week, all in the span of a few hours. All this week, neighbors and officials have responded to this tragedy as...
Media Mention: Kids who survive gun injuries experience increases in pain and psychiatric disorders
Survivors of gun injuries often face a long, painful recovery. When the gun victims are children or teens, family members also struggle. In the year following a firearm injury, child and adolescent...