On the Heights: March 2025
Departmental news, research highlights, community achievements, and more to help you stay connected with the Michigan Public Health community.
Firearms
$998K awarded to U-M researchers to evaluate effectiveness of school-based firearm storage campaign
The study seeks to inform national implementation strategies for secure firearm storage by leveraging community and educational partnerships.
University of Michigan School of Public Health and Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention researchers recently secured a $998,907 grant from the National Institute of Justice to evaluate a community-led, school-based secure firearm storage campaign in high schools across Michigan.
Marc Zimmerman elected to the National Academy of Medicine
Michigan Public Health researcher Marc Zimmerman was elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM). Induction into the NAM is the highest honor for health and medicine researchers in the United States.
April Zeoli appointed to the Michigan Gun Violence Prevention Task Force
Governor Gretchen Whitmer appointed Michigan Public Health professor April Zeoli to the state’s Gun Violence Prevention Task Force. Zeoli studies the impact of firearm laws on interpersonal firearm violence.
Safe firearm storage toolkit developed by the University of Michigan now available online
A digital toolkit designed to support adherence to Michigan’s newly enacted safe firearm storage law is now available through the University of Michigan.
SCOTUS to decide if domestic abusers can own guns
Commentary from Michigan Public Health researcher and professor April Zeoli
The University of Michigan's April Zeoli, one of the nation's leading researchers on firearms and domestic violence, discusses the U.S. Supreme Court's impending decision on United States v. Rahimi, a ruling that will either nullify or preserve laws that allow courts to grant restraining orders that prevent domestic abusers from possessing a firearm.