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Teens say they can access firearms at home, even when parents lock them up, new research shows
More than half of U.S. teens living in households with firearms believe they can access and load a firearm at home. Even when their parents report storing all firearms locked and unloaded, more than...
National Gun Violence Awareness Event at C.S. Mott
This awareness event aims to engage families, care providers, and staff in meaningful conversations around firearm safety, safe storage, and suicide prevention. Through educational resources,...
Gun Violence Task Force makes recommendations to address gun violence, reduce firearm-related deaths, injuries
The Michigan Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, housed within the Michigan Department of Health & Human Services, released its first report today, sharing recommendations designed to address...
Zainab Hans
Dr. Hans is Research Investigator at the University of Michigan’s Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention. She has a PhD in Economics from Wayne State University and completed her postdoctoral...
Media Mention: What Generation Is Most Affected by Gun Violence?
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s WONDER database, which collects mortality information from death certificates at the state level, firearms were indeed the leading cause...
Suicidal thoughts and behaviors among gender-minority adolescents in the emergency department
Mesznik K, King CA, Horwitz A, et al. Suicidal thoughts and behaviors among gender-minority adolescents in the emergency department. Acad Emerg Med. 2025; 00: 1-13. doi:10.1111/acem.15090 Abstract...
Computing 3-Step Theory of Suicide Factor Scores From Veterans Health Administration Clinical Progress Notes
Meerwijk, E.L., Shotqara, A.S., Finlay, A.K., Reeves, R.M., Tamang, S.R., Ilgen, M.A. and Harris, A.H.S. (2025), Computing 3-Step Theory of Suicide Factor Scores From Veterans Health Administration...
Mental Defeat Predicts Increased Suicide Risk in Chronic Pain: A 12-Month Prospective Study
Themelis, K., Gillett, J.L., Karadag, P., Cheatle, M.D., Ilgen, M.A., Balasubramanian, S., Singh, S.P. and Tang, N.K.Y. (2025), Mental Defeat Predicts Increased Suicide Risk in Chronic Pain: A...
Systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis: Reducing self-harm in adolescents: Pooled treatment effects, study, treatment and participant moderators
Wright-Hughes, A., Farrin, A. J., Fonagy, P., Ougrin, D., Stahl, D., Wright, J., Irving, D., Mughal, F., Truscott, A., Diggins, E., Chanen, A., Cooney, E., Carter, G., Clover, K., Dadds, M.,...
Indigenous Community-Level Protective Factors in the Prevention of Suicide: Enlarging a Definition of Cultural Continuity in Rural Alaska Native Communities
Allen J, Wexler L, Apok CA, Black J, Chaliak JA, Cueva K, Hollingsworth C, McEachern D, Peter ET, Ullrich JS, Grogan-Kaylor A, Lee K, Fok CCT, Berman M, Rataj S; ANCHRR RSC; Rasmus S. Indigenous...
Media Mention: Zeoli, Dus receive 2024 public engagement awards
University of Michigan associate professors April Zeoli and Monica Dus have made far-reaching impacts through their work in firearm safety and supporting the U.S. Navy on science and education,...