Harvard Injury Control Research Center
Our mission is to reduce the societal burden of injury and violence through surveillance, research, intervention, evaluation, outreach, dissemination, and training.
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Hemenway wins HSPH Inaugural Community Engagement Award.
David Hemenway received the Harvard Chan Student Association’s inaugural Community Engagement Award which recognizes faculty, researchers or staff who have served as a source of inspiration by demonstrating a commitment…
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Hemenway wins public health leadership award
David Hemenway gave a talk at Brookline Public Library and received the 19th Annual Alan Balsam Public Health Leadership Award from the Friends of Brookline Public Health for his outstanding…
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About 1 million Americans become new gun owners each year
Using data from the HICRC sponsored National Firearms Survey, we examined differences between new and long-standing gun owners. New owners are younger, own fewer guns, are more likely to own…
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HICRC hosts two outstanding injury experts this Spring as Visiting Scientist
Marcelo Justus (dos Santos), a PhD economist from Brazil is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Economics in the University of Campinas (Unicamp). An expert on statistical analysis, he has written…
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The importance of good data systems
In an essay in a statistical journal, David Hemenway highlights the important of data systems (i.e., data collected consistently and comparably across sites and over time), provides examples of the need to…
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Firearm storage in homes with children at risk for self-home
Using data from the HICRC-sponsored National Firearms Survey of close to four thousands adults, HICRC researchers found that millions of US children live in homes in which firearms are left…
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Few urban Mexican homes contain firearms
Data from a 2017 household telephone survey of over 1,300 adults living in nine Mexican cities found that only 3% of homes contain firearms. Most individuals who report owning firearms…
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Most veterans do not own firearms
Using data from the HICRC sponsored National Firearms Survey, which oversampled US veterans, researchers provided detailed, nationally representative information on firearm ownership among US veterans. About 47% of male veterans…
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Lessons learned from generating Boston’s first report on bicycle injuries
HICRC’s Dahianna Lopez worked with the Boston Police Department, with help from bicycle advocates, to produce Bostn’s first cyclist safety report. The report highlighted issues and areas where polices could…