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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David Hemenway discusses the lack of data and funding for firearms research
In “Fighting the silencing of gun research” in the journal Nature, David Hemenway argues that as anti-science sentiment sweeps the world, it is vital to stop the suppression of firearms studies. …
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Public Opinion on Carrying Firearms in Public Places
Using data from a nationally representative on-line survey conducted in 2015, authors Julia Wolfson and Stephen Teret from Johns Hopkins and HICRC’s Deborah Azrael and Matthew Miller examined US public…
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HICRC New England Journal of Medicine Perspective on Florida’s Physician Gag Rule Decision
A NEJM Perspective describes the long-awaited US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit 10-1 decision that affirmed that the First Amendment applies to speech between doctors and patients. The…
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HICRC New England Journal of Medicine Perspective on “Docs v Glocks”
A NEJM Perspective on the case of Wollschlaeger v. Governor of Florida describes the issues at stake in the upcoming decision concerning a Florida law which regulates physician’ speech concerning…
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HICRC article on the epidemiology of gun theft victimization
Using data from a nationally representative on-line survey conducted in 2015, authors David Hemenway, Deborah Azrael and Matthew Miller examine the demographic and behavioral characteristics of gun owners who report…
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HICRC hosts two outstanding injury experts, on sabbatical this Spring, as Visiting Scientists
Roderick McClure, an Australian physician (MBBS) and injury epidemiologist (PhD) is one of the outstanding professionals in the injury prevention field. He started the Monash injury center in Australia, and was…
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HICRC article on the epidemiology of homicide perpetration by children
Using data from the National Violent Death Reporting System, authors David Hemenway and Sara Solnick examine homicides by children aged 0-14. Nearly 90% of the perpetrators were boys, over 90%…
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HICRC article estimates that over 20% of firearm acquisitions in the past 2 years had no background check
Using data from a HICRC sponsored nationally representative survey of more than 1600 firearm owners, authors Matthew Miller, Lisa Hepburn and Deborah Azrael find that 22% of gun owners who…
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David Hemenway receives 3rd Annual Pioneer Award from the Injury Free Coalition for Kids
At the 21st annual meeting of the Injury Free Coalition for Kids held in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, David Hemenway received the Pioneer Award “for his leadership and exemplary career in…