In February 2024, Michigan enacted a safe storage law mandating secure firearm storage when minors are present, seeking to prevent children’s unintended access to firearms and ultimately curb...
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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...
Four from U-M elected to National Academy of Medicine
Four University of Michigan faculty have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine, one of the highest honors in medical research, including Institute co-director Marc Zimmerman. Kenneth...
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:...
Acceptability and feasibility of video-based firearm safety education in a Colorado emergency department for caregivers of adolescents in firearm-owning households
Haasz, M., Betz, M. E., Ambroggio, L., Cafferty, R., King, C. A., Wong, S., ... & Sigel, E. (2024). Acceptability and feasibility of video-based firearm safety education in a Colorado emergency...
Two Dads Defending Democracy: A Conversation Across Differences
Join the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy for a conversation between two high-profile advocates from opposite ends of the political spectrum who found common ground on contentious issues...
Media Mention: LETTER: How much longer will we delay conversation about guns and community safety?
Explore questions surrounding the need for evidence-based firearm injury prevention solutions. Read the full letter
Two firearm injury prevention research faculty members honored with recognition and achievement awards
The Office of the Vice President for Research will honor six research faculty members from across the University of Michigan for their significant contributions and leadership, including two from...
Conversations between clinicians and their patients about firearms could save lives
Health care providers who counsel their patients about firearm safety and prevention could prevent future injury or death, including suicides, violent injuries and unintentional injuries resulting...
State-to-State Variation in Rates and Causes of Child and Adolescent Mortality in the US
Weigend Vargas E, Stallworth P, Carter PM, Goldstick JE. State-to-State Variation in Rates and Causes of Child and Adolescent Mortality in the US. JAMA Pediatr. 2024 Sep 3. doi:...
Custom injury prevention priority scoring: Local ranking procedures to assess unique community needs: Local Pediatric Injury Prevention Priority Scoring
Croughan, A. L. M., Rix, K., Myers, S. R., Wiebe, D., & Nance, M. L. (2024). Custom injury prevention priority scoring: Local ranking procedures to assess unique community needs: Local Pediatric...