Research Press Releases Community Faculty Veteran and Military Health Firearm Injury Prevention COMBAT
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.
Montana Free Press
November 02, 2023
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.
The New England Journal of Medicine
November 02, 2023
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.
Becker's Hospital Review
October 03, 2023
Richard Zane, MD, chair of the University of Colorado Department of Emergency Medicine, was quoted on rapidly developing technology at UCHealth.
PBS
September 09, 2023
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.
Colleen Miracle
