Join us on March 10 for our 2nd Annual Research Day! Throughout the event you will hear from Institute faculty, staff and students about the latest in firearm injury prevention research and how our...
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Characteristics of people who report firearm suicidal ideation in the USA
Mueller-Williams, A. C., Ilgen, M. A., & Hicks, B. M. (2024). Characteristics of people who report firearm suicidal ideation in the USA. Injury Prevention. Advance online publication....
Collaboration and consent in decisions to initiate emergency dispatches for suicide risk: A national qualitative study
Denneson, L. M., Tompkins, K., Hindenburg, M. M., Reguinga, A., Bohnert, K. M., Ganoczy, D. A., Ilgen, M. A., & Britton, P. C. (2024). Collaboration and consent in decisions to initiate...
Media Mention: Michigan lawmakers pass gun safety bills
Lawmakers in Lansing worked through a long agenda during the last few weeks of session. The Capitol was filled with protestors, advocates, and groups like End Gun Violence Michigan, calling for...
Media Mentions: Wisconsin School Shooting
Institute team members are available to discuss various aspects of the school shooting in Wisconsin, from firearm injury prevention to public policy and the psychology of traumatic events with...
U-M Livestream: Celebrate Safely: Holiday Firearm Safety Matters Webinar
Experts from the University of Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research, Michigan Medicine, the Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention and the Marquette County Health Department will...
Media Mention: Solutions to U.S. Gun Violence Hinge on Election
In 2020, the last time the presidency was on the ballot, firearm injuries became the leading cause of death among children. This June, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy declared firearm violence a public...
Summer 2025 Internship Informational Session
The Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention is happy to announce that we are offering five intern positions for Summer 2025. The internship is open to upper class undergraduate students and graduate...
Media Mention: Michigan Gun Violence Prevention Task Force holds first meeting
Members begin work to address gun violence, reduce firearm-related deaths, injuries LANSING, Mich. – The Michigan Gun Violence Prevention Task Force held its first meeting Monday, Oct. 21, to begin...
Watch Now: NCGVR Webinar – New Findings on Firearm Violence in the United States
Former Institute faculty member Michelle Degli Esposti, PhD, participated in a webinar with the National Collaborative on Gun Violence Research to share information from a study conducted while she...
Media Mention: In 2019, Congress Finally Funded Gun Violence Research. Here’s How It’s Changed the Field
In the mid-2010s, as a series of mass shootings set new records for lethality and turned the public’s attention toward America’s gun violence epidemic, the same question was raised again and again:...
Examining community-level protection from Alaska Native suicide: An Indigenous knowledge-informed extension of the legacy of Michael Chandler and Christopher Lalonde
Rasmus S, Wexler L, White L, Allen J. Examining community-level protection from Alaska Native suicide: An Indigenous knowledge-informed extension of the legacy of Michael Chandler and Christopher...