Our Approach
Vision
Create a future without firearm-related injuries, deaths, or other harms.
Mission
To use collaboration, education, and research to prevent all types of firearm-related injuries and deaths in our homes and communities.
Core Areas
The Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative strives to coordinate, synergize, and stimulate effective, innovative approaches to firearm injury prevention in Colorado 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 diverse 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.
- Education: Outstanding education is needed to disseminate promising, effective approaches among affected communities, policy makers, front-line gatekeepers, and the public. Education and mentorship also strengthen and expands the next generation of firearm-injury prevention researchers, practitioners, and professionals.
Annual Reports
- April 2023 – March 2024: Building Collective Momentum
Featured Partners
- American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma
- Buckley Space Force Base
- Colorado Emergency Nurses Association
- Colorado Firearm Safety Coalition
- Colorado Office of Gun Violence Prevention
- CU Anschutz Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Community Engagement
- Denver Health At-Risk Mentoring and Intervention (AIM) Program
- Denver Youth Program
- Department of Defense Suicide Prevention Office
- Farley Health Policy Center
- Injury & Violence Prevention Center
- The BulletPoints Project
- Trailhead Institute’s Firearm-Related Harm and Violence Prevention Office
- UCHealth At-Risk Mentoring and Intervention (AIM) Program
- VA Eastern Colorado Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC)
- VA Rocky Mountain Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC)
Funding
The Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative is funded by the University of Colorado School of Medicine, 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 Colorado School of Medicine and the Colorado 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 Colorado.