The father of a school shooter was convicted of murder. What is lost and gained by the new precedent? Dr. Justin Heinze speaks with Christianity Today about youth violence prevention and how new...
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Summary for Patients: Multisite External Validation of a Clinical Screening Tool for Interpersonal Firearm Violence Risk
What is the problem and what is known about it so far? Young adults seen in the emergency department are at increased risk for firearm violence, either as victim or shooter. However, there is no...
Michigan firearm injury data now available in near-real-time
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...
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...
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,...
Timing patterns of interpersonal violence, mental health and school attack tips submitted by youth to a statewide anonymous reporting system
Thulin, E. J., Bitar, M.-E., Stilwell, S., French, A., & Heinze, J. (2026). Timing patterns of interpersonal violence, mental health and school attack tips submitted by youth to a statewide...
Media Mention: Thoughts don’t kill people, but study suggests options for keeping guns from doing so
Millions of Americans have thought about shooting someone, a new University of Michigan study finds. And if they didn’t already own a firearm, some of them have thought about getting one to make...
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...