Drs. Jason Goldstick and Cynthia Ewell Foster speak with Detroit News about firearm-related injuries being the No. 1 cause of death for children and adolescents in 2021 and firearms being...
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Media Mention: Safe storage proposal looks to tackle gun suicides among youth
A bill introduced in the state legislature criminalizes improperly storing a firearm where it may be accessed by a minor. The proposed safe storage rule would require gun owners who plan to leave a...
Media Mention: The data on firearms following another mass shooting in Michigan
“In the most recent years, we’ve seen the highest absolute number of firearm deaths that we’ve ever seen,” said Dr. Patrick Carter, co-director of the University of Michigan Institute for Firearm...
What the data shows about mass shootings
Dr. Marc Zimmerman speaks with Imam Abdul Malik Mujahid about the mass shooting on Michigan State University's campus on February 13, 2023 and what the data shows about firearm injuries in the...
Media Mention: Michigan’s firearm laws “could do more”
There is room for Michigan to improve its gun laws, said April Zeoli, an associate professor with the University of Michigan’s Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention. “In the landscape of all 50...
Media Mention: Michigan lawmakers want to curb gun violence. What gun safety researchers suggest
Lawmakers cite public support for the proposals they plan to introduce first. Gun safety experts, meanwhile, point to research that shows putting other policies on the table in Lansing could reduce...
U-M researchers share critical findings at 2022 National Research Conference on Firearm Injury Prevention
Findings from the pilot study of the Store Safely project were presented on December 1 at the 2022 National Research Conference on Firearm Injury Prevention by Cynthia Ewell Foster, Ph.D., who leads...
National conference convenes leaders in firearm injury prevention research
In an effort to expand the pipeline for, and foster collaboration in, the field of firearm injury prevention research, more than 500 researchers are gathering Nov. 30-Dec. 1 for the 2022 National...
U-M launches comprehensive firearm injury prevention open online course
The University of Michigan’s Center for Academic Innovation launched a new firearm injury prevention online course this month that is free and publicly accessible, offering the most comprehensive,...
Summer 2023 U-M Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention Internship: Informational Session on November 14 at 5 PM
The Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention is now accepting applications for internship positions in the Summer 2023. The internship is open to upper class undergraduate students and graduate...
Letters to the editor in response to studies of guns in the home and homicide and suicide
Wiebe, D. J., Flynn, K., & Branas, C. C. (2017). Letters to the editor in response to studies of guns in the home and homicide and suicide. Injury epidemiology, 4(1), 1-8. Abstract...
Homicide and Suicide Risks Associated with Firearms in the Home: A National Case-Control Study
Wiebe, D. J. (2003). Homicide and suicide risks associated with firearms in the home: a national case-control study. Annals of emergency medicine, 41(6), 771-782. Abstract Study objective: I test...