Gun Violence Prevention Projects

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    Adverse Childhood Experiences, Youth Well-Being and, Exposure to Gun Violence

    This work is evaluating the impact of gun violence on child health, developmental, and learning outcomes with implications for school and community-wide interventions.

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    Alcohol and Gun Violence

    This work is exploring the various associations between alcohol use and gun violence, with implications for community-wide interventions and policies.

  • Firearm Injury and the Healthcare System

    This work studies firearm injury and homicide and the ways in which the healthcare system plays a role in the prevention of and response to gun violence.

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    Firearm Regulation

    This body of research examines current firearm laws at the state and federal levels and their significant impact on gun violence.

  • Mass Shootings: Policies and Prevention

    This work is evaluating the impact of gun violence on child health, developmental, and learning outcomes with implications for school and community-wide interventions.

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    Mental Health Support and Interventions to Prevent Gun Violence

    Through this critical work, SURGE researchers and their colleagues are evaluating the relationship between mental illness and gun violence, with implications for mental health interventions.

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    Place - Based Interventions to Prevent Gun Violence

    This innovative research has established the relationship between the restoration of blighted and vacant land and its impact on gun violence, fear, and crime in urban neighborhoods.

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    Policing, Criminal Justice, and Gun Violence

    This work is exploring the connections between police practices, the criminal justice system, and gun violence.

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    School Gun Violence

    This work, which is being led by SURGE researchers, is exploring the numerous ways gun violence impacts school communities, including students, teachers, school leaders, and families.

Multiple letters have been signed by 65 scientists from institutions across the US and sent to the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in support of new initiatives allowing scientists to compete for research designed to reduce gun violence:

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