School of Public Health faculty members Justin Heinze and Marc Zimmerman are set to lead a new statewide initiative to enhance school safety and prevent school violence, including school shootings. The Michigan School Safety Initiative will be available to all K-12 schools in the state, providing training and assistance to district leadership and staff regarding evidence-based best practices.
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation on Monday, May 22 enacting extreme risk protection orders, also known as red flag laws. April Zeoli, professor of Health Management and Policy and policy core director at the U-M Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention, discusses the laws and what research tells us about their use in preventing firearm injuries and death.
University of Michigan faculty experts can discuss school shootings and the aftermath in a community in the wake of the Michigan State University shootings.
This year, the National Research Conference on Firearm Injury Prevention will take place in Washington, D.C. This is the largest research conference held for this field of study and is co-organized by the University of Michigan, Columbia University, and the Rand Corp.
The University of Michigan's Center for Academic Innovation created a new free firearm injury prevention online course this month. It is a publicly accessible online learning opportunity.
University of Michigan researcher April Zeoli discusses the implications of a recent Texas judge's decision to strike down the federal law prohibiting access to firearms on domestic violence protection orders.