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Announcing 2021 Injury and Violence Prevention Student Research Grants
May 27, 2021The Injury and Violence Prevention Center is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2021 Injury and Violence Prevention Student Research Grants. The one-year grant awards, in the amount of $1,500 per student, were selected by a panel of center faculty from a dozen applications submitted by students from various disciplines and schools.Full story -
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Data on gun violence would save lives—just like it has for car crashes
Apr 8, 2021In an op-ed published in The Hill, Dr. Emmy Betz, associate professor of epidemiology and deputy director of PIPER, explains why a comprehensive approach that includes research, education, and engineering is needed to address gun violence.Full story -
One in five Colorado high school students has access to firearms
Mar 29, 2021Twenty percent of high school students have easy access to a handgun, according to a new study from the Colorado School of Public Health published today in The Journal of Pediatrics.Full story -
Psychiatric diagnoses are associated with selection of lethal means in suicide deaths
Jan 3, 2021A recent study examining the association between the presence of a psychiatric diagnosis and means of suicide could lead to expanding suicide prevention measures.Full story -
To fight suicide, maps offer safe gun storage optionsOpens in a new window
Nov 5, 2020Dr. Emmy Betz, associate professor of epidemiology at ColoradoSPH, spoke with U.S. News & World Report about the Colorado Firearm Safety Coalition's safe gun storage map and the importance of this work as gun sales, stress, and isolation are on the rise during the COVID-19 pandemic.Opens in a new window Full story