About the 2022 Conference

The 2022 National Research Conference on Firearm Injury Prevention was held on November 29-December 1, 2022, with the goals of:

  • promoting interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary scientific research,

  • nurturing and supporting the next generation of researchers in the field,

  • creating opportunities and supporting researchers from communities and populations affected by firearm-related harms, as well as creating specific opportunities for researchers from underrepresented populations, and

  • highlighting rigorous peer-reviewed scientific research and evidence-based practice.

The event was co-organized by the University of Michigan Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention, the RAND Corporation, the Columbia Scientific Union for the Reduction of Gun Violence (SURGE), and the National Collaborative on Gun Violence Research (NCGVR). Federal sponsors included the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/ National Institutes of Health (NICHD/NIH) FACTS Initiative, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the National Institute for Justice. Philanthropic sponsors included the Joyce Foundation, Arnold Ventures, the California Wellness Foundation, the Missouri Foundation for Health, the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation, the Tow Foundation, Kaiser Permanente, Fund for a Safer Future, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

2022 Conference Recap

A full schedule of the conference is available as a PDF here.

Abstract booklets are available below:

Recording of conference keynote presentations can be viewed here.

2022 Conference Award Recipients

Name of Individual Category Presentation
Nour Abdul-Razzak Innovation Award Unpacking the impacts of a youth behavioral health intervention: Experimental evidence from Chicago
Cynthia Ewell Foster Innovation Award Store Safely: A culturally tailored universal prevention strategy for rural families
Angelica M. D’Souza, Chelsie Coren, Jessica Robinson, Terrance Henderson, Jalon Arthur Innovation Award Research-practitioner partnerships to develop data-informed approaches to CVIs
Amelia C. Mueller-Williams Equity and Justice Award Long-term trends of firearm suicide among American Indian and Alaska Native young adult men, 1999-2020
Jordan Costa, Paul Carrillo Equity and Justice Award Community violence intervention strategies: The state of street outreach
Nazsa Seval Baker, PhD Equity and Justice Award It doesn’t add up: Performance of the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Questionnaire with Black male firearm violence survivors in a hospital-based violence intervention program
Michael R. Ulrich Translational Science Award The implications of the Bruen Decision on racial disparities in gun violence
Max Kapustin Translational Science Award Promising approaches to ending community violence: Evidence from Chicago
Giselle Babiarz, Benjamin Hartung, Ruth Abaya, Megan Todd Translational Science Award Impact of state-level preemption of local firearm ordinances on firearm mortality rates in five Pennsylvania counties
Christina L. Jacovides, MD Multidisciplinary Science Award Increased tree canopy coverage is associated with lower shooting incidence in Philadelphia
Mudia Uzzi Multidisciplinary Science Award Assessing the intersection of historic and contemporary structural racism on firearm violence in Baltimore City
Fatima S. Elgammal, M.D. Multidisciplinary Science Award Violence still unrelenting: An analysis of two decades and 12,088 gunshot wounds at a Level 1 Trauma Center
Monica P. Bhatt IMPACT Science Award Predicting and preventing gun violence: An experimental evaluation of READI Chicago
Carla Tilchin IMPACT Science Award Augmented synthetic control methods demonstrate overall effectiveness of a Cure Violence intervention in Baltimore City, Maryland
Gala True, PhD IMPACT Science Award Community-engagement and coalition-building to promote lethal means safety and prevent veteran firearm suicide