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Christopher Knoepke, PhD, MSW, LCSW, law enforcement lead for the CU Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative, was quoted in an article from The Guardian on the Colorado Springs Club Q shooting.
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The CU Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative was mentioned in an article from Face the Fight on impact of veteran suicide prevention.
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Emmy Betz, MD, MPH, was interviewed by PBS regarding the announcement from the U.S. surgeon general, declaring gun violence as a public health crisis.
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Christopher Knoepke PhD, MSW, LCSW, law enforcement lead for the CU Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative, was interviewed by CPR on "red flag laws."
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Emmy Betz, MD, MPH, professor of emergency medicine and founding director of the CU Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative, was quoted on the new report findings.
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A primary focus of the University of Colorado Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative (FIPI) is to work closely with communities, including firearm owners, to prevent firearm injuries and deaths. Research shows that firearm owners often trust law enforcement, military personnel, and firearm retailers to share messaging on responsible firearm ownership and injury prevention compared to physicians or medical professionals. These findings have led FIPI to take new approaches for partnership and education on secure firearm storage.
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Emmy Betz, MD, MPH, professor of emergency medicine and director of the CU Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative, was quoted in a U.S. Army article based on her webinar, Securing Hope: Strategies for Lethal Means Safety.
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Last April, the University of Colorado Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative (FIPI) launched with a $4.5 million investment from the CU School of Medicine to work toward preventing firearm-related injuries and deaths in homes and communities across Colorado and the U.S. through collaboration, research, and education.
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Benjamin Li, MD, assistant professor of emergency medicine and emergency medicine physician with Denver Health, spoke with FOX31 about the importance of safe firearm storage.
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Emmy Betz, MD, MPH, professor of emergency medicine and director of the CU Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative, was interviewed by The Atlantic regarding physicians asking patients about access to firearms and counseling them toward responsible storage.
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Chris Knoepke, PhD, MSW, assistant professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and law enforcement lead for the CU Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative, was first author on a recent study published by JAMA Network Open. He is leading research on ERPO usage, especially in Colorado's Second Amendment Sanctuaries.
A team of researchers at the University of Colorado School of Medicine Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative and collaborators published a study in JAMA Network Open today on the impact of Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPOs) in Colorado’s “Second Amendment Sanctuaries.”
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CU Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative Director Emmy Betz MD MPH, professor of emergency medicine, was a guest on on NPR's "The Middle with Jeremy Hobson" radio show.
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Emmy Betz, MD, MPH, professor of emergency and director of the Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative, was interviewed by CPR News about the new CDPHE dashboard.
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Emmy Betz, MD, MPH, professor of emergency medicine and director of the CU Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative, was interviewed for WAMU's 1a program.
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University of Colorado Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative researchers Ginny McCarthy, MPH, MDiv, and Erin Wright Kelly, DrPH, MA, attended the Hand In Hand Multicultural Center gun violence forum this past weekend in Springfield, Missouri. Ginny and Erin were interviewed for KY3 News.
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In 2021, approximately 70% of U.S. service members who died by suicide did so with a firearm, most commonly a personal, rather than military-issued, firearm. National leaders and public health experts, including the White House in January 2024, have encouraged approaches to promote secure storage of home firearms. Researchers are now interested in who is the most effective messenger to encourage secure storage.
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Emmy Betz, MD, MPH, professor of emergency medicine, was interviewed for Brain & Life magazine on keeping loved ones with dementia safe from firearms.
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Erin Kelly, DrPH, MA, director of research and evaluation for the CU Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative and research associate for the CSPH Injury and Violence Prevention Center, led the survey project and emphasizes that the results will create an ongoing opportunity to assess and address community-specific concerns.
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For the first time in Colorado, a survey has been conducted to gather residents’ perceptions and beliefs around firearm injury risk, ownership, storage, and opportunities for prevention. The survey, which will be repeated yearly, will help inform ongoing firearm injury prevention strategies and advance the understanding of firearm-related topics that pertain to Colorado.
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Emmy Betz, MD, MPH, professor of emergency medicine and director of the CU Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative, was quoted in this Wall Street Journal article on gun storage options that can save lives.
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With Colorado home to six military bases, the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus has become a hub for active-duty medical students, fellows, and collaborators. With a commitment to providing a supportive learning and work environment, the CU Center for Combat Medicine and Battlefield (COMBAT) Research has grown its research scholar and fellow programs along with supporting active-duty and National Guardsman research collaborators.
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“The fact is that access to a firearm matters,” said Erin Kelly, a researcher at the Colorado School of Public Health at the University of Colorado Anschutz. “Whether it's in the face of suicide or in the face of community violence, more people are likely to die if a gun is used.”
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Emmy Betz, MD, MPH, professor of emergency medicine, was interviewed for a Denverite article on gun violence and guns' lethality in hostile situations.
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Emmy Betz, MD, MPH, was interviewed for The Journalist's Resource on the Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative's research mission and perspective on non-divisive reporting.
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Emmy Betz, MD, MPH, professor of emergency medicine, was interviewed about a survey she co-authored on each state’s process for reporting mental health records to NICS.
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Emmy Betz, MD, MPH, professor of emergency medicine and director of the CU Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative, was quoted on gun storage in this Montana Free Press article.
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Emmy Betz, MD, MPH, professor of emergency medicine and director of the CU Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative, was interviewed as part of the New England Journal of Medicine's Double Take video series.
Emmy Betz, MD, MPH, has been elected as a new member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM). Betz, director of the University of Colorado Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative and professor of emergency medicine in the University of Colorado School of Medicine, is the sixth faculty member from the CU School of Medicine to receive the honor from NAM. Becoming a NAM member is considered one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine.
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Preventing suicide among military service members and their family members is one of the top priorities for the United States Department of Defense (DoD). The 2021 DoD Annual Suicide Report found that 70% of suicides among service members are enacted with a firearm, as are 60% of suicides among service member spouses.
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Emmy Betz, MD, MPH, director of the University of Colorado Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative and professor of emergency medicine in the CU School of Medicine, led a study that examined Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPOs) cases for older adults in six states. The study was funded by the National Collaborative on Gun Violence Research and published earlier this month in the journal Clinical Gerontologist.
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Firearms are involved in more than half of suicides in the U.S. The gun suicide rate has reached an all-time high, and for the first time, the rate is higher among Black kids and teens than white ones, according to a recent analysis by Johns Hopkins University. William Brangham speaks with Emmy Betz, MD, professor of emergency medicine and director of the CU Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative, to learn more.
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Emmy Betz, MD, MPH, professor of emergency medicine and director of the CU Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative, was interviewed for NPR's All Things Considered.
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Emmy Betz, MD, professor of emergency medicine and director of the CU Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative, was interviewed on CPR about firearm storage.
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Researchers at the University of Colorado School of Medicine continue to inform medical practice on military battlefields and provide time-sensitive solutions. Faculty in the CU Department of Emergency Medicine, Department of Surgery, Department of Anesthesiology, and their research teams are leading a myriad of projects to improve care for critically ill, trauma, and burn patients, as well as investigating mental health and resiliency care for military communities.
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Christopher Knoepke, PhD, MSW, LCSW, law enforcement lead for the University of Colorado School of Medicine’s Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative, received a two-year grant from the Fund for a Safer Future and is leading a project with the Colorado Attorney General’s office and law enforcement agencies throughout the state to create new videos and discussion guides on extreme risk protection orders (ERPOs).
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July marked the one-year anniversary of the launch of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. Dr. Betz, professor of emergency medicine, was interviewed by SciLine.
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SciLine interviewed Emmy Betz, MD, professor of emergency medicine, who discussed the critical need to raise awareness about 988, the increasing numbers of suicide deaths in the U.S. and the signs that someone is thinking about suicide.
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A new dataset, released by researchers from the Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, maps the geographic distribution of mass shooting incidence rates. In their study, published July 26 in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Network Open, the authors provide clear metrics on mass shootings in each state and the District of Columbia from 2014 through 2022.
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The United States has more than 10 times the number of mass shooting incidents than other developed countries, yet little research has shown the distribution and types of shootings, geographically.
Supporting a family member who is struggling with mental health becomes even more crucial when the family member has access to a firearm. Many firearm suicide attempts are made hastily, after only deliberating a few minutes to a few hours, and 90% of attempts are fatal.
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Emmy Betz, MD, professor of emergency medicine, interviewed for a story on the mission behind Guns to Gardens, a faith-based group part of a national movement of churches to tackle gun violence.
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Emmy Betz, MD, professor of emergency medicine, was interviewed as part of a "9Wants to Know" investigation, which looked at every shooting in Colorado during a week in May and June in 2022 and paints a picture of violence that can happen anywhere.
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Emmy Betz, MD, MPH, professor of emergency medicine, was interviewed by CBS4 news on the launch of the Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative and the need for research and resources as the number of Coloradans dying by firearm increases.
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The University of Colorado School of Medicine has officially launched the Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative, bringing CU Anschutz experts together to serve as a trusted community and national resource for firearms-related research and solutions.
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Emmy Betz, MD, writes about developing the first online “firearm storage map” showing locations willing to consider temporary, voluntary firearm storage in Colorado. "These programs are a promising and non-partisan way to try to save lives."
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On Wednesday, The Center for Combat Medicine and Battlefield (COMBAT) Research hosted leaders from Uniformed Services University (USU) on the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus for a research affiliation agreement ceremony to highlight the continued research partnership between USU and the CU School of Medicine.
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Emmy Betz, MD, said every type of shooting can leave lasting scars, visible and invisible.
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Emmy Betz, MD, director of the Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative and Joe Simonetti, MD, assistant professor and Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative collaborator, served on a 14-person panel at a gun violence forum presented by Students Demand Action.
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The American Medical Association interviews Emmy Betz, MD, professor of emergency medicine and director of the Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative, on firearm-related injury and suicide—and the role physicians can play in helping to prevent it.
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The Denver Post interviews Emmy Betz, MD, professor of emergency medicine and director of the Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative, on whether new injury prevention research would support the proposals on age restrictions for firearms.
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Dr. Emmy Betz gives ideas and perspective on health outcomes after mass shootings, mental health implications, and other tools to prevent gun violence.
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CDPHE partners with the Colorado School of Public Health and the Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative to create gun violence prevention resource bank.
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“We need to be looking at what's happening every single day in urban communities and across the country, in terms of suicide, if we really wanna look at where the bulk of gun deaths are,” said Emmy Betz, a professor and deputy director of the Injury and Violence Prevention Center at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.
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The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has identified firearm suicide prevention as a key priority, but critical gaps remain in preventing deaths by firearm among service members. According to the 2020 DoD Annual Suicide Report, approximately 60-80% of suicides among service members are enacted with a firearm.
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U.S. Rep. Jason Crow visited the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus on Monday to learn more about current programs and research on the campus that address the U.S. military’s medical needs, including solutions in combat casualty care, critical and emergency care, surgical trauma, and acute mental health. The Center for Combat Medicine and Battlefield (COMBAT) Research hosted the visit that included additional CU leadership and research groups for a supportive discussion on current military medical challenges.
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On Veterans Day, we honor those who serve and have served in the U.S. military. For two University of Colorado School of Medicine researchers, Veterans Day is also a time to reflect on the importance of mental health support for veterans at risk for suicide. Through intervention strategies and close collaboration with veterans and clinicians, they are working on strategies and tactics to prevent veteran suicides by firearm.
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The first episode focuses on dementia, and how to navigate aging, gun ownership, and safety with expert advice from emergency room physician and firearm safety researcher Dr. Emmy Betz from the University of Colorado School of Medicine.
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Dr. Betz interviewed for "Ricochet: An American Trauma", an hour-long documentary examining the US gun violence crisis and the people it impacts most. Dr. Betz provides a perspective from the emergency room regarding these types of injuries and deaths.
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An opinion piece on military suicides from firearms, written by researchers including Emmy Betz, MD, professor of emergency medicine.
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Emergency physician, Emmy Betz, MD, wants parents to talk with their kids about guns and mental health to prevent suicide deaths.
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“On the whole, older drivers are safe,” says Dr. Marian Betz, an expert in healthy aging at the University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus. “They tend to drive slower than younger drivers and have a lot of experience. But some health conditions common with aging may make it riskier to get behind the wheel. Stiffer joints and weaker muscles can make it harder to steer or brake safely. Eye diseases and some medications can cause vision problems. Hearing loss can blunt the sounds of horns or sirens. And cognitive changes, even mild ones, may impair quick decisions behind the wheel.
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“It feels like there’s this wonderful [burst of] topics being studied, the questions being asked, the answers we’re getting, as well as the growth of the people doing the work, which is what we’ve needed for decades,” Emmy Betz, MD, MPH, associate professor of emergency medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, said in an interview. “We’re still way behind, but hopefully it will continue,” noted Betz, who received 2 NIH awards.
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In 2010, total U.S. traffic deaths fell to their lowest level since the 1950s – due in part to more motorists buying into “buckling up and embracing safety innovations.” Motor vehicle death rates have remained roughly steady since that time despite more people driving.
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In a county with many recreational firearms enthusiasts and a high rate of suicide, the partnership works to distribute cable locks for guns to the community to encourage people to store their weapons safely.
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This map was developed to help community members seeking local options for temporary, voluntary firearm storage.
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An emergency room physician and a gun shop owner, who advocate together for suicide prevention, say they are concerned a recent increase in gun sales in Colorado could leave more people at risk for suicide.
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Access to certain things in the home, whether it be firearms or medication, can be dangerous for someone at risk of suicide. Now researchers with the University of Colorado School of Medicine at the Anschutz Medical Campus, have created a free tool to help address the issue.
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On today’s program of “Bearing Arms’ Cam & Co,” Cam speaks with Dr. Emmy Betz of the Colorado Firearms Safety Coalition about a new interactive map that helps gun owners figure out where they can safely and temporarily store firearms if need be, and Kareem Shaya of Open Source Defense joins Cam to talk about his idea to revamp the existing background check system, provide more privacy for gun owners, and offer up a way to help gun owners sell their privately owned firearms to those legally allowed to buy them.
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Around half of all Americans older than 65 live in a home with a firearm. And one in three senior citizens dies with some form of dementia. By one estimate, by 2050, as many as 12 million people with dementia may live in homes with guns.
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How can we support and protect people we love with the going gets rough? This inspiring talk, injury prevention expert Emmy Betz shares her experience at the nexus of conversations about trauma, guns and suicide.
The Guardian
July 11, 2024
Christopher Knoepke, PhD, MSW, LCSW, law enforcement lead for the CU Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative, was quoted in an article from The Guardian on the Colorado Springs Club Q shooting.
American Democracy & Health Security
July 02, 2024
Leslie Osborn, MD, visiting assistant professor of emergency medicine, was recognized as an American Democracy & Health Security "Lamplighter."
Las Vegas Review-Journal
July 02, 2024
“This is a big challenge when it comes to driving, because people don’t react appropriately and self-regulate,” said Emmy Betz, a professor of emergency medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine who has studied advance driving directives.
Face the Fight
June 27, 2024
The CU Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative was mentioned in an article from Face the Fight on impact of veteran suicide prevention.
The Guardian
