Press Releases
Public Health on Target: Bridging the Gap Between Healthcare and the Firearm Industry
February 16, 2022
Because effective public health initiatives require the meaningful engagement of the population it intends to serve, AFFIRM at the Aspen Institute (AAI) attended the 2022 SHOT Show in Las Vegas last month to meet with firearm industry leaders, experts, manufacturers, retailers, and trainers to discuss health-based approaches to firearm injury prevention. The SHOT Show is the nation's largest professional event for the sport-shooting, hunting, and outdoor industry (estimated 47,000 attendees) and is hosted by The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the national trade association for the firearms industry.
American Foundation for Firearm Injury Reduction in Medicine (AFFIRM) and the Aspen Institute Join Forces
July 29, 2021
Two nationally known non-partisan organizations with a commitment to reduce gun violence and prevent firearm injuries and deaths in the US have joined forces. On July 8, 2021, the board of directors of AFFIRM — the country’s leading organization dedicated to ending the nation’s firearm injury epidemic using a public health approach — voted to become an initiative of the Aspen Institute. In this new arrangement, AFFIRM at the Aspen Institute — as the enterprise will now be known — will be run under the auspices of the Institute’s Health, Medicine & Society (HMS) Program.
AFFIRM Joins National Effort to Build Trust in Healthcare
May 21, 2021
As a member of the ABIM Foundation’s Trust Practices Network, AFFIRM submitted best practices designed to build trust in healthcare by fostering collaboration between healthcare workers and firearms stakeholders through careful and nonjudgmental listening and communication—a key aspect of trust.
AFFIRM Research Speaks Out on Atlanta Spa Shootings, Emphasizes Need for Prevention
March 22, 2021
This mass shooting exposes the continued threat of racism, misogyny, and xenophobia in our country, especially against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. It is only one of the latest episodes of firearm-related violence, and occurs at a time when the rates of homicide, suicide, and intimate partner violence all continue to increase.
EmF and AFFIRM Announce Dr. Tamara O’Neal Memorial Research Award in Firearm Injury Research Mentorship Grant Request for Proposal
January 27, 2021
This grant aims to support underrepresented academic physicians and scientists who, like Dr. O’Neal, have chosen to dedicate their lives to supporting and enhancing underserved urban communities. The recipient of this award will receive $40,000 in grant funding to support a specific research project addressing the population that Dr. O’Neal cared deeply about serving.
AFFIRM's Work Receives Three-Year Grant from the CDC
September 29, 2020
The long-awaited funding comes after a twenty four-year drought on federally funded research into the causes of firearm injury and prevention methods.
EMF and AFFIRM announce recipients of first firearm injury prevention research grants
June 20, 2019
The Emergency Medicine Foundation (EMF) and AFFIRM Research announced today the recipients of their first round of firearm injury prevention research grants. The organizations announced that they have co-funded two innovative, mentored research grants to develop health-focused, non-partisan solutions to the firearm injury epidemic.