Great to be back in Denver to consult on neuropsychology for research and to see colleagues and old friends like Dr. Carolyn DiGuiseppi and @emmybetz.bsky.social. Stay cool CU Anschutz!
Emmy Betz, MD, MPH
@emmybetz.bsky.social
MD MPH * Emergency physician, researcher, mom, Coloradan * Director of CU Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative * #MedSky cufirearminjuryprevention.org
Kudos to Adit Ginde, MD, on a $4.7M DoD award to lead the AURORA Project through the @cucombatcenter.bsky.social, evaluating autonomous oxygen titration technology to reduce cognitive burden on medics, conserve O₂ supplies & improve #emergency care. @emmybetz.bsky.social
HBO's "Task" is a great show...and I especially loved this inclusion of secure gun storage! It's a a quick reference, but it helps normalize an important part of responsibile gun ownership that can save lives at home @markruffalo.bsky.social @meganranney.bsky.social
Thank you Rep Jason Crow for the @cuanschutz.bsky.social Town Hall, and for taking my question about programs and research for violence prevention. Thanks also for encouraging the academic and medical communities to keep fighting for science, health, and for those who can't fight for themselves
At the @cuanschutz.bsky.social Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative, we turn Studies➡️Solutions P2P partners w/ firearm businesses across the US to offer: 🔒 Discounted locking devices 📦 On-site, temporary storage of firearms 📄 Secure storage and injury prevention educational materials
Come learn about the "Gun Shop Project" for suicide prevention - join @injurycenterco.bsky.social Dr Erin Kelly and @hsph.harvard.edu Cathy Barber in a webinar next week, hosted by The Joyce Foundation 📅 Tuesday, July 29, 2025 🕚 11:00 a.m. MT tinyurl.com/yunr6zek @cuanschutz.bsky.social
Appreciate the supportive report from GunsAmerica! I'm proud of the Pause to Protect program we've built to equip firearm retailers with tools & resources to prevent injury & death, including from suicide. @cuanschutz.bsky.social @injurycenterco.bsky.social gunsamerica.com/digest/pause...
Pause to Protect: Bridging the Gun Divide Through Actionable Safety
Pause to Protect doesn’t just talk about gun safety—it acts on it.
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Great day with EM/trauma clinicians at "Firearm Injury Prevention Leadership Engagement and Development (FIP-LEAD)" - designed to equip organizational/community leaders to advance collaborative, evidence-informed, locally-driven prevention! @cuanschutz.bsky.social @injurycenterco.bsky.social
At a forum led by @emmybetz.bsky.social, the CU Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative (FIPI) highlighted efforts to bring people together to find solutions to firearm violence and injuries. My story for the CU Department of Emergency Medicine at @cuanschutz.bsky.social. #cucityofhealth
Finding a Path Forward on Gun Issues: A Panel with Diverse Views Shares Ideas
The CU Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative highlights efforts to bring individuals together across differences to find solutions to prevent firearm-related harms.
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Hey @cuanschutz.bsky.social - LMK who's missing from our starter pack! go.bsky.app/GHo5CJs
Sometimes, firearm owners need a safe, temporary out-of-home storage option Out-of-home firearm storage maps make it easy to find locations willing to consider voluntary, short-term storage: Explore the national map 👉 pausetoprotect.org @cuanschutz.bsky.social @injurycenterco.bsky.social 1/2
Fantastic news about additional support to the Fund for a Safer Future. We *can* prevent violence - but we need program and research funds to do it. Grateful to all those who support this work! www.fundforasaferfuture.org
June 22: What a great evening! After Builders' documentary “The Tennessee 11” we talked collaborative firearm injury prevention with Colorado leaders and CU FIPI Advisory Network members. Thank you to our amazing panelists for sharing your perspectives and experiences! @cuanschutz.bsky.social
Hey Colorado - get your tickets today! 📅 Sunday, June 22, 2025 ⌚ 6:30pm-9:00pm 📍 Central Denver, CO (exact location provided upon registration) 🎫 Purchase tickets 👉 hhttps://web.cvent.com/event/e4b9a57f-35bb-40fb-8891-0728c5bfc5e0/summary
Congrats to Janine Higgins, PhD, our Director of Operations, on receiving @cumedicalschool.bsky.social Distinguished Faculty Professionalism Award! Thank you for your outstanding contributions to the CCTSI and the CU community. Well deserved!👏 @cudeptofmedicine.bsky.social @emmybetz.bsky.social
Youth suicide is hard to talk about - but it *is* preventable. If you have guns at home, please make sure that kids and teens don't have unsupervised access. Thx @adcouncil.bsky.social and WP Creative Group #AgreeToAgree www.washingtonpost.com/creativegrou...
Hey Denver! Join us on June 22 for a documentary and discussion on how we can work together to prevent #gunviolence and #firearminjury Details & tickets: web.cvent.com/event/e4b9a5... @cuanschutz.bsky.social @injurycenterco.bsky.social
Read about our community impact, Summit on Health AI, innovative research, kudos, and more in our 2024 Annual Report! buff.ly/jv2Hvox @bmkwan.bsky.social, @cervantes-lily1.bsky.social, @emmybetz.bsky.social, @cuanschutz.bsky.social, @cobioethics.bsky.social, @famdocdon.bsky.social
Join me and colleagues for a webinar on tips and tricks on how to write a stellar submission for the 2025 National Research Conference for the Prevention of Firearm-Related Harms Wed May 21 12-1 MT / 2-3 ET "PICK ME! How to write a winning abstract" Register: ucdenver.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Preview: Live in The Doctor's Lounge, with guest, Yale's Dean of the School of Public Health, and my good friend Dr. Megan Ranney. We'll be Live on Substack tomorrow (Tuesday) at 1pm ET to discuss the latest. Submit your questions on Inside Medicine👇 open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
Preview: Live in The Doctor's Lounge, with guest Dr. Megan Ranney.
Join us tomorrow, April 29, at 1 p.m. for a live Q&A on Substack Live.
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Excited to be joining the brilliant @jeremyfaust.bsky.social tomorrow for a live convo (my first foray into Substack) … Let us know what you want to hear us talk about, please! 🧪🛟🩺 open.substack.com/live-stream/...
LIVE SOON: Jeremy Faust, MD on Substack
Starting Apr 29 at 1:00 PM EDT
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I'm at @elamprogram.bsky.social in a session about broader impact - and perfect timing for these videos to drop! Thx @washingtonpost.com @adcouncil.bsky.social l.bsky.social for the opportunity to talk about how each of us can help prevent firearm suicide www.washingtonpost.com/creativegrou...
We shared an airline seat armrest. And turns out that - despite different ages, genders, home cities, jobs, and political views - we share a belief in human capacity for kindness, joy, and teamwork. It was nice to meet you, Mark. Thanks for the conversation ❤️✈️
It's our birthday! The @cuanschutz.bsky.social Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative turns two today - and we're not slowing down! Read more: medschool.cuanschutz.edu/docs/librari...
Always a pleasure to talk about our collaborative work in firearm #InjuryPrevention! "One theme remains clear: meaningful change happens through trust, connection, and meeting people where they are." @cuanschutz.bsky.social @injurycenterco.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7-D...
Looking Back, Moving Forward: There's Still More to Talk About.
YouTube video by Uniformed Services University
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A close friend just had an MRI catch an early breast cancer - and after surgery she's now cancer free. Thanks to the scientists digging into this and supporting women's health!
Jeremy Berg@jeremymberg.bsky.social · last yr.Listening to NPR this morning and heard this story... www.npr.org/2025/04/21/n... In the middle I heard a familiar voice... 1/n
THIS I am deeply worried about our field and how these cuts will direclty hurt the American public. And we in injury prevention science will continue on as best we can! www.npr.org/sections/sho...
With CDC injury prevention team gutted, 'we will not know what is killing us'
Workers who track data on car crashes, drownings, traumatic brain injury, falls in the elderly, and other perils lost their jobs. Advocates worry life-saving work will stop.
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It’s up to ALL OF US to keep this momentum going. Here’s how you can help: 🚨 Share all the protest footage you can find 🚨 Use the @resist.bot to take 5 actions 🚨 Tap in your friends, don’t let them sleep through this moment Join us at www.FiftyFifty.one. #PeoplesMovement #50501Movement #April19
Researchers and gun violence prevention advocates had hoped state research hubs like New Jersey’s, though few in number, would serve as a fallback in the absence of federal dollars and play a bigger role in funding going forward.
Major Gun Violence Research Center Threatened by Proposed Cuts
Governor Phil Murphy’s move to slash a New Jersey research hub comes as the state braces for leaner budgets under the Trump administration.
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