Stateside Podcast: When the Shooter Is a Child
Marc Zimmerman featured on Stateside Podcast
On this podcast, professor Marc Zimmerman discusses youth violence and how the COVID-19 pandemic could have exacerbated an uptick in school violence.
Violence Results
Shooting at Oxford High School Highlights Need for Increased Firearm Injury Prevention Strategies
Q&A with Justin Heinze
The mass shooting at Oxford High School in Michigan is the deadliest in the state's history. Justin Heinze, assistant professor in the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, discusses the importance of preparation and mitigation strategies for such events, as well as how the larger community might help survivors of this shooting.
$2.2M Grant To Fund Research on Link Between Vacant Lot Reuse, Firearms Violence Reduction
New research from Justin Heinze
University of Michigan researchers received a $2.2 million grant to assess the effect of community-driven, vacant lot remediation and reclamation efforts on reductions in firearm-related injury and mortality. Led by Justin Heinze, assistant professor of Health Behavior & Health Education, the project builds on more than a decade of U-M research in Michigan exploring the effects of vacant lot reuse on youth violence.
U-M Receives $6M CDC Grant to Advance Youth Firearm Violence Prevention Research
A $6 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention awarded this week to the University of Michigan will support researchers so they can partner with communities on innovative projects that ultimately aim to reduce youth firearm violence.
Exposure to Violence in Adolescence Linked to Intimate Partner Violence, Mental Distress Later in Life
New Research from Elyse Thulin
People who experienced violence as children at home and in their community are at higher risk for violence with their partners later in life, new research shows.
Recent Acts of Racism and Violence: Dean Bowman Addresses Racial Violence
F. DuBois Bowman
Dean Bowman sent the following letter to the University of Michigan School of Public Health community last Friday to address the public health crisis of racism in communities across the nation.