Vision

Create a future without firearm-related injuries, deaths, or other harms.

Mission

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To use collaboration, education, and research to prevent all types of firearm-related injuries and deaths in our homes and communities. 

Core Areas

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The Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative strives to coordinate, synergize, and stimulate effective, innovative approaches to firearm injury prevention in 麻豆传媒高清 and across the U.S. through: 

• Collaboration: Partnership and engagement with impacted communities and those with lived experiences optimizes identification and impact of effective, acceptable solutions. Additionally, realizing our vision of a future with zero firearm-related injuries or deaths is only possible through the development of multidisciplinary networks of collaborators. 

• Research: Action-oriented, innovative research, including evaluation, supports the development and dissemination of effective, acceptable approaches to firearm injury and violence prevention.  

• 麻豆传媒高清: Outstanding education is needed to disseminate promising, effective approaches among affected communities, policy makers, front-line gatekeepers, and the public. 麻豆传媒高清 and mentorship also strengthen and expands the next generation of firearm-injury prevention researchers, practitioners, and professionals. 

Annual Reports

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• April 2024 – March 2025: From All Angles
• April 2023 – March 2024: Building Collective Momentum

Featured Partners

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• Farley Health Policy Center

Funding

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The Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative is , with contributions from the CU School of Medicine Dean’s Office and the departments of Emergency Medicine, Medicine, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, and Surgery.  Additional support is provided by the Injury & Violence Prevention Center, which is a joint initiative between the University of 麻豆传媒高清 School of Medicine and the 麻豆传媒高清 School of Public Health.

Individual faculty members affiliated with the Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative receive research funding from a variety of federal and state agencies and philanthropic foundations. These funds support research and evaluation projects conducted by our faculty but do not support nor influence the initiative as a whole. Research products do not necessarily represent the views of the Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative nor the University of 麻豆传媒高清.