Patrick M Carter, MD
Injury Prevention Center Director
Co-Director
Institute for Firearm Research
Professor of Emergency Medicine
Professor of Health Behavior and Health Equity
[email protected]

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Patrick M Carter, MD
Professor
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  • About

    Dr. Patrick Carter is a Professor of Emergency Medicine (School of Medicine) and Health Behavior & Health Equity (School of Public Health) at the University of Michigan. He is the Co-Director of the University of Michigan Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention and the Co-Director of the CDC-funded University of Michigan Injury Prevention Center. Dr. Carter’s research is within the field of firearm injury prevention, specifically the development, testing, and implementation of emergency department (ED)‐based interventions to decrease firearm violence, youth violence, and associated risk behaviors such as substance use among high‐risk urban youth populations. He also has a line of research focused on using intensive longitudinal data, collected via innovative m-health applications, to characterize epidemiological and contextual factors underlying adolescent risky firearm behaviors. He is the Past-Chair of the ACEP Trauma and Injury Prevention Section, serves as an Assistant Editor for the Annals of Emergency Medicine, and has served as a member of the Technical Advisory Group focused on developing a firearm research agenda for the American College of Emergency Physicians. Dr. Carter has research funding as a PI or Co-I on grants from NIDA, NIAAA, CDCP, and NICHD, all focused within the field of violence and injury prevention.

    Administrative Contact
    Carrie Musolf
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    Center Memberships
    • Center Member
      Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation
    • Center Member
      Eisenberg Family Depression Center
    • Center Member
      University of Michigan Injury Prevention Center
    Research Overview

    Firearm Injury and Violence Prevention; Injury Prevention; Opioid Overdose Prevention; Technology-assisted Behavioral Interventions; Health Disparities Research; and, Global Health

    Recent Publications See All Publications
    • Chapter
      Chapter 14 Healthcare-based firearm injury prevention
      Hartman HA, Seewald LA, Crimmins H, Carter PM. 2025 Handbook of Gun Violence, 187 - 208. DOI:10.1016/b978-0-323-95272-9.00001-2
    • Journal Article
      Firearm possession among emergency department youth and young adults: A latent class analysis.
      Hartman HA, Seewald LA, Stallworth P, Lee DB, Zimmerman MA, Ehrlich PF, Walton MA, Resnicow K, Carter PM. Prev Med, 2024 Nov 23; 190: 108183 DOI:10.1016/j.ypmed.2024.108183
      PMID: 39586331
    • Journal Article
      Association between community violence exposure and teen parental firearm ownership: data from a nationally representative study.
      Pelletier KR, Pizarro JM, Royan R, Sokol R, Cunningham RM, Zimmerman MA, Carter PM. Inj Epidemiol, 2024 Nov 14; 11 (1): 64 DOI:10.1186/s40621-024-00542-0
      PMID: 39543685
    • Journal Article
      Firearm violence and associated factors among young adults presenting to emergency departments in three cities: Baseline results from Project SPARK.
      Goldstick JE, Carter PM, Whiteside L, Delgado MK, Stallworth P, Sullivan K, Childs M, Taga S, Cunningham RM. Prev Med, 2024 Sep 2; 189: 108124 DOI:10.1016/j.ypmed.2024.108124
      PMID: 39232991
    • Journal Article
      State-to-State Variation in Rates and Causes of Child and Adolescent Mortality in the US.
      Weigend Vargas E, Stallworth P, Carter PM, Goldstick JE. JAMA Pediatr, 2024 Nov 1; 178 (11): 1223 - 1227. DOI:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.2894
      PMID: 39226041
    • Journal Article
      Adolescent Firearm Suicides in the United States: Exploring Racial and Ethnic Differences, 2004 to 2020
      Weigend Vargas E, Ewell Foster C, Mintz S, Hartman HA, Seewald L, Sokol R, Ehrlich PF, Carter PM, Goldstick JE. Youth and Society, 2024 Nov 1; 56 (8): 1542 - 1557. DOI:10.1177/0044118X241277202
    • Journal Article
      Childhood Firearm Deaths During Intimate Partner Violence Incidents: 2004-2020.
      Seewald LA, Hartman HA, Stallworth P, Vargas EW, Ehrlich PF, Dykstra H, Foster CE, Sokol R, Wiebe D, Carter PM. Pediatrics, 2024 Nov 1; 154 (Suppl 3): DOI:10.1542/peds.2024-067043Q
      PMID: 39484879
    • Journal Article
      Contextual Factors Influencing Firearm Deaths Occurring Among Children.
      Hartman HA, Seewald LA, Weigend Vargas E, Portugal J, Ehrlich PF, Mintz S, Foster CE, Sokol R, Wiebe D, Carter PM. Pediatrics, 2024 Nov 1; 154 (Suppl 3): DOI:10.1542/peds.2024-067043O
      PMID: 39484875
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    Firearm conversations between clinicians and patients could save lives
    Health care providers who counsel their patients about firearm safety and prevention could prevent future injury or death, including suicides, violent injuries and unintentional injuries resulting from firearms, according to a University of Michigan report.