The third annual National Research Conference for the Prevention of Firearm-Related Harms was held in Seattle last week, bringing together more than 770 researchers to discuss the latest trends and findings in the field of firearm injury prevention science.
The University of Michigan Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention played a crucial role in the organization of the inaugural 2022 conference, the 2023 conference and again this year, continuing to serve on both the Board of Directors and leadership team of the Research Society for the Prevention of Firearm-Related Harms – a society that was announced following the success of the 2022 event.
Institute faculty, junior faculty and postdoctoral students led more than 40 presentations during the meeting in Seattle, among the over 400 given throughout the full three day program.
Of those, two won awards:
- Multidisciplinary Science Award: Haley Crimmins, Initial Findings from a Study of Public Art and Firearm-Related Crime in Detroit
- Impact Science Award: Jason Goldstick, Prospective Validation of a Clinical Screening Tool for Future Firearm Violence Risk.
This year’s conference hosted researchers from 250 different institutions and featured science from multiple disciplines including, medicine, public health, anthropology, business, economics, criminal justice, law, sociology, social work, political science, and engineering. Programming included topics such as firearm suicide prevention, community and youth firearm violence, school shootings, intimate partner firearm violence, firearm injury prevention policy, data access and development, and disparate community impact.
Learn more about the conference and view all U-M presentations