The Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention researchers at the University of Michigan respond to the school shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas on May 24, 2022 which killed 19 students and 2 teachers.
Resources highlighting key areas of support for communities after a school shooting event are available from The Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention in collaboration with the National Center for School Safety. U-M experts are also available to discuss school prevention and community aftermath in the wake of the shootings in Uvalde.
New federal data analyzed by researchers at the University of Michigan and published in the New England Journal of Medicine shows that firearms are the leading cause of death for children in the United States.
Read more and watch interviews with U-M researchers in the media below.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram: Tarrant County ahead of a national trend: Guns now the leading cause of death for kids. (6/21/2022)
The death data show that Tarrant County is slightly ahead of a troublesome nationwide trend. Nationwide, 2020 was the first year that guns surpassed cars as the leading cause of death for kids and teenagers, said Dr. Patrick Carter, Co-Director of the University of Michigan’s Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention.
AOL: ‘A real chilling effect’: Expert details lack of funding for gun violence research (6/15/2022)
Dr. Rebecca Cunningham, Vice President for Research at the University of Michigan, is interviewed by Adriana Belmonte discussing the status and the need research firearm prevention research.
ClickOnDetroit: Mass gun murder in America: What’s behind it, ways to end it (6/13/2022)
Dr. Patrick Carter, Co-Director of the Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention, is interviewed by Cassidy Johncox about how researchers and scholars are working to better understand gun violence and preventative strategies and solutions.
NBC News: After Uvalde shooting, parents feel there is ‘no safe place’ for children (6/12/2022)
Dr. Marc Zimmerman, Co-Director of the Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention, recommends focusing on violence prevention strategies and taking efforts to minimize anxiety in an era of mass shootings.
Governing: Research Shows the Many Ways to Reduce Gun Violence (6/10/2022)
Dr. Patrick Carter, Co-Director of the Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention at the University of Michigan, speaks to Carl Smith about the need to approach the problem of firearm injury prevention as a public health problem with data-driven, science-based solutions.
yahoo!finance: Gun violence research funding has been ‘cut off’ in last 20 years: Expert (6/8/2022)
University of Michigan Vice President for Research Dr. Rebecca Cunningham joins Yahoo Finance Live to discuss gun violence in the U.S. and the lack of research funding into the issue.
MSNBC News: Why Biden’s focus on AR-15s wasn’t the speech Americans most needed to hear. (6/3/2022)
MSNBC opinion columnist discusses the epidemic of mass casualty events and interviews Dr. Patrick Carter, Co-Director of the Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention about the record number of U.S. firearm deaths in 2020.
How Do We Fix It? Death by Firearms— A Public Health Crisis. Dr. Patrick Carter (6/3/2022)
Dr. Patrick Carter, a professor of emergency medicine and health behavior at the University of Michigan, and a leading expert on firearm injury prevention is featured in a “How Do We Fix It” podcast episode by Richard Davies of Daviescontent.com. Dr. Carter suggests that progress can be made by focusing on gun deaths as a public health and science issue.
Science Insider: ‘An awful lot of untouched questions.’ The state of U.S. gun violence research (5/28/2022)
Dr. Rebecca Cunningham, Vice President of Research at the University of Michigan in interviewed by Science and speaks about the need for more scientific study of the causes of gun violence and ways to prevent it.
NBC’s KHQ Q6 in Spokane, WA. 360 Coverage: Solutions to gun violence ‘are not simple,’ expert says (6/1/2022)
Co-Director of the Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention Dr. Marc Zimmerman was interviewed by NBC’s KHQ Q6 in Spokane, WA following the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
Juvenile Justice Information Exchange: Critics link lax gun storage to accidental shootings involving youth, mostly in the South (6/1/2022).
Author Kenneth R. Rosen discusses accidental shootings involving youth and speaks with experts in the field including Dr. Marc Zimmerman and safe storage advocates.
Bridge Magazine. University of Michigan gun violence researchers hope to curb shooting deaths (5/31/2022)
Leaders of the Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention at the University of Michigan speak about prevention efforts to find solutions that stop shootings before they happen.
Science Insider: “An awful lot of untouched questions.” The state of U.S. gun violence research. (5/28/2022)
An interview with researcher Dr. Rebecca Cunningham, an emergency room physician and gun violence researcher at the University of Michigan on the need for more scientific study of the causes of gun violence and ways to prevent it.
- Head Topics. “An awful lot of untouched questions.” The state of U.S. gun violence research.
- Today News Post. “An awful lot of untouched questions.” The state of U.S. gun violence research
Fox San Antonio. Mom of teen killed at Santa Fe High School talks Uvalde mass shooting four years later
Interview with Dr. Patrick Carter, Co-Director of the Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention following the school shooting in Ulvalde, Texas emphasizing the need to advocate for policy-based solutions alongside behavioral, cultural and community interventions.
Governing: Map: What Are States Doing to Prevent School Shootings? (65/27/2022) Carl Smith
The most devastating school shooting in decades is prompting calls for Congress to act on gun control. Dr. Patrick Carter, Co-Director of the Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention at the University of Michigan discusses how researchers are working to understand which policies work best to reduce firearm risk.
NBC News. ‘This is our lane’: Doctors speak out against gun violence after Texas school shooting.
Enraged after the school shooting in Ulvalde, Texas, medical professionals have reignited a hashtag #ThisIsOurLane, insisting that gun violence is an urgent pediatric public health emergency.
- Head Topics. Argentina: ‘This is our lane’: Doctors speak out against gun violence after Texas school shooting.
Voice of America (VOA) News: The Quiet Epidemic of Guns Killing Children. Veronica Balderas Iglesias
The world watches closely when mass shootings like the one in Uvalde, Texas, claim innocent lives in the United States. Less visible is the rising rate of day-to-day gun deaths of children 14 and younger. Researchers including Dr. Marc Zimmerman, Co-Director of U-M’s Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention say firearms are the number one cause of death for U.S. children.
WZZM 13; Grand Rapids, Michigan: University of Michigan expert says school shootings are preventable (5/26/2022)
Interview with Dr. Patrick Carter, Co-Director of the Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention at the University of Michigan which is studying the types of programs and tools which can be used to reduce firearm injuries, particularly among adolescents. Dr. Carter says school shootings are preventable like other firearm injuries and that there isn’t one specific policy or intervention to prevent school shootings, rather there can be multiple solutions. Watch the interview.
KMAland.com, ABC News, Texas: Texas shooting highlights how guns are the leading cause of death for US kids (5/25/2022)
Dr. Jason Goldstick, an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Michigan speaks with reporters after the school shooting in Ulvalde.
PBS News Hour: 3 things to know about America’s relentless gun violence (5/25/2022)
Researchers, including Co-Directors of the Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention, Drs. Patrick Carter, Marc Zimmerman, and Rebeccah Sokol address the accelerating trend in recent years of an increased number of U.S. firearm purchases.
Zyri: Texas Massacre: Why are young people in America out to kill? (5/25/2022)
Dr. Marc Zimmerman, Co-Director of the Institute for Injury Prevention is consulted after the school shooting in Ulvalde, Texas.
Head Topics: Guns Now Leading Cause of Death for US Children (5/25/2022)
Interview with Dr. Jason Goldstick, an Associate Professor at the University of Michigan following the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.