Jason Goldstick, PhD

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Research Professor, Emergency Medicine, Medical School
Research Professor, Health Behavior and Health Equity, School of Public Health
[email protected]
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Jason Goldstick, PhD
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Research Professor
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  • About

    Jason Goldstick’s past research broadly focused on social epidemiology in a variety of settings, including infectious disease, childhood problem behaviors, substance use, and violence. Inherent to these types of problems is a necessity to devise methods for complex data structures such as longitudinal and spatially dependent data, which is what brought him to this line of research during his Ph.D. training in statistics. After graduate school, Dr. Goldstick spent two years as a research fellow in the University of Michigan School of Public Health, in the Epidemiology Department, working on infectious disease modeling. Dr. Goldstick's current work at the Injury Center involves a variety of injury-related research projects, most related to substance use and/or violence. A recurring theme in his research is the analysis of how contextual information (e.g. spatially/temporally proximate conditions) modulates individual-level outcomes; both in terms of direct effects and how they modify dependencies between variables. Dr. Goldstick is the PI of an R03 funded to study age-specific risk factors for, and comorbidities of (e.g. violence, sexual risk behaviors), substance use.

    Administrative Contacts

    Terry Ebenhoeh
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    Lisa Orrison
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    Center Memberships

    • Center Member
      Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention
    • Center Member
      Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation
    • Center Member
      University of Michigan Injury Prevention Center
    • Center Member
      Opioid Research Institute

    Recent Publications

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    • Journal Article
      Short-term temperature and precipitation patterns associated with firearm discharge incidents in Detroit, MI, USA 2021–2025: A time-stratified case-crossover study
      Larson PS, Goldstick JE, Kappelman J, Stribley SL, Jeon J, Wiebe DJ. Environmental Research, 2026 Aug 1; 302: DOI:10.1016/j.envres.2026.124479
      PMID: 42031045
    • Journal Article
      Multisite External Validation of a Clinical Screening Tool for Interpersonal Firearm Violence Risk.
      Goldstick JE, Carter PM, Delgado MK, Whiteside L, Cunningham RM. Ann Intern Med, 2026 Apr 7; DOI:10.7326/ANNALS-25-03950
      PMID: 41941742
    • Proceeding / Abstract / Poster
      Digital alcohol interventions for youth in medical settings: baseline characteristics of at-risk youth
      Walton M, Quigley J, Goldstick J, Kotov M, Woolford S, Ahmed S, Langlois D, Tzilos Wernette G, Bourque C, Resnicow K, Bonar E. 2026 Apr 30;
    • Proceeding / Abstract / Poster
      Digital alcohol interventions for youth in medical settings: baseline characteristics of at-risk youth
      Walton MA, Quigley J, Goldstick JE, Kotov M, Woolford S, Ahmed S, Langois D, Tzilos Wernette G, Bourque C, Resnicow K, Bonar EE. 2026 Apr 30;
    • Journal Article
      Social media interventions and the moderation of baseline substance use: A secondary data analysis.
      Tomlinson DC, Bonar EE, Florimbio AR, Goldstick JE, Young SD, Walton MA. Addict Behav, 2026 Apr; 175: 108611 DOI:10.1016/j.addbeh.2026.108611
      PMID: 41539117
    • Additional Scholarship
      More than 600,000 US-sourced firearms traced to crime within a year of purchase, new research finds
      Goldstick J. 2026 Feb 20;
    • Journal Article
      Exploring Risk Tolerance Among Individuals Who Use Opioids.
      Lothumalla S, Tomlinson DC, Campbell M, Jannausch M, Wilkins C, Menke N, Walton MA, Bonar EE, Goldstick JE, Lin MD, MS LA, Coughlin LN. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 2026 Jan 29;
    • Journal Article
      Effects of a Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Program on Community Violence in Boston, Massachusetts : A Target Trial Emulation.
      Jay J, Pino E, Georges M, Courtepatte A, Harris J, Gause E, Abaya R, Rothman EF, Goldstick J. Ann Intern Med, 2026 Jan 27; DOI:10.7326/ANNALS-25-01678
      PMID: 41587478

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