Rep. Lucy McBath (D-Ga.) on Tuesday renewed her push for legislation expanding red flag laws to address gun violence. At a press conference on Capitol Hill, McBath touted her Federal Extreme Risk...
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Media Mention: Whitmer signs order extending Michigan Gun Violence Prevention Task Force
Governor Gretchen Whitmer joined local Kalamazoo leaders on Thursday to speak about the importance of gun violence prevention and sign an executive order that re-establishes the Michigan Gun...
Application of Florida ‘extreme risk’ firearm law varies widely across counties, study finds
A Florida law designed to prevent gun violence by temporarily removing firearms from people at risk of harming themselves or others is used unevenly across the state, according to a new study. The...
Systematic Review of Non-Medical Costs of Firearm Injury
Hutton, D. W., Lefler, T. W., Yang, D., Mai, S., Holtz, M., Zhang, H., Modi, H. S., Hillegass, W. B., Zimmerman, M., & Carter, P. M. (2026). Systematic Review of Non-Medical Costs of Firearm...
Child access prevention laws and firearm storage in the US: Associations by law stringency and social vulnerability
Oliphant, S. N., Degli Esposti, M., Hastings, K. G., Hartman, H. A., Ehrlich, P. F., Carter, P. M., & Sokol, R. L. (2026). Child access prevention laws and firearm storage in the US:...
A scoping review of theoretical and conceptual frameworks in U.S. firearm injury research
Lee, E., Stilwell, S. M., Murphy, H., Scott, B. A., Schliebe, M., & Heinze, J. (2026). A scoping review of theoretical and conceptual frameworks in firearm injury research. Preventive Medicine,...
Provider Adaptations to Legislative Efforts to Ban Gender-Affirming Care for Adolescents
Hughes, L. D., Hughto, J. M. W., Wolfe, H. L., Kelly, P. J. A., Kidd, K. M., Restar, A. J., Geronimus, A. T., & Gamarel, K. E. (2026). Provider adaptations to legislative efforts to ban...
The Integrated Knowledge, Dissemination, and Action Framework: A Model for Community-Engaged Translation, Dissemination, and Action
Uphold, H., Warren, B., Cabine, K., Franzen, S., Michaels, K., French Turner, T., Lewis, E. Y., Starrs, L., Ramirez, Y., Sadler, R., Harris, A., Zimmerman, M., Grodzinski, A., Mehdipanah, R.,...
Media Mention: What happens when schools restrict phones? U-M Youth Policy Lab convenes national conference as new studies get underway
On April 10, the University of Michigan's Youth Policy Lab (YPL) convened a National School Cell Phone Policy Conference, inviting researchers, practitioners, and policymakers from Michigan and...
Jennifer Paruk, PhD, MPH
Dr. Paruk is a Research Investigator at the University of Michigan’s Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention. She earned her masters in public health from Boston University and her PhD in criminal...
We collected data on how 779 Michigan school districts are regulating student cellphones − here are the trends
What is the best way to handle cellphones in schools? That’s a question Michigan educators are grappling with this spring after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed into law a ban on smartphone use in...
Media Mention: How to cover the link between housing access and gun violence
Housing access and risk of gun violence are closely connected. Among the studies showing the connection is a recent analysis from the University of Chicago, which found a link between evictions and...