Patrick M Carter, MD
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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
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Center MemberInstitute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation
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Center MemberUniversity of Michigan Injury Prevention Center
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Center MemberEisenberg Family Depression Center
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Center MemberInstitute for Firearm Injury Prevention
Research Overview
Firearm Injury and Violence Prevention; Injury Prevention; Opioid Overdose Prevention; Technology-assisted Behavioral Interventions; Health Disparities Research; and, Global Health
Recent Publications
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Oliphant SN, Esposti MD, Hastings KG, Hartman HA, Ehrlich PF, Carter PM, Sokol RL. Prev Med, 2026 Jul; 208: 108579Journal ArticleCorrigendum to "Child access prevention laws and firearm storage in the US: Associations by law stringency and social vulnerability" Preventive Medicine Volume 204 (2026), 108516.
DOI:10.1016/j.ypmed.2026.108579 PMID: 42020253 -
Stearns D, Carter PM, Bonar EE, Stallworth P, Delgado MK, Goldstick JE. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 2026 Jul 1;Journal ArticleNetwork analysis of risk factors for firearm assault
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Seewald L, Hartman H, Millman C, Myers M, Walton M, Carter P. Youth, 2026 Jun 9; 6 (77):Journal ArticleRates and Correlates of Unsecure Storage Behaviors Among U.S. Firearm-Owning Caregivers of Teens: Results from a Nationally Representative Survey
DOI:10.3390/youth6020077 -
Seewald LA, Myers Mph MG, Zimmerman MA, Walton MA, Haasz M, Carter PM. Prev Med, 2026 Jun; 207: 108553Journal ArticleRates and characteristics of firearm access rules among U.S. parents of high-school age teens.
DOI:10.1016/j.ypmed.2026.108553 PMID: 41865999 -
Goldstick JE, Carter PM, Delgado MK, Whiteside L, Cunningham RM. Ann Intern Med, 2026 May; 179 (5): 645 - 655.Journal ArticleMultisite External Validation of a Clinical Screening Tool for Interpersonal Firearm Violence Risk.
DOI:10.7326/ANNALS-25-03950 PMID: 41941742 -
Lee DB, Contreras LM, Rupp L, Cook SH, Zimmerman MA, Carter PM, Theall KP, Bennett R, Fleckman JM. Am J Community Psychol, 2026 Apr 16;Journal ArticleRacism and racial disparities in firearm violence: A scoping review.
DOI:10.1002/ajcp.70064 PMID: 41988913 -
Patel MR, Carter PM, Zimmerman MA. J Hosp Med, 2026 Apr; 21 (4): 442 - 444.Journal ArticleReframing healthcare violence as systemic failure.
DOI:10.1002/jhm.70276 PMID: PMC13064587 -
Newgard CD, Babcock S, Lin A, Malveau S, Goldstick JE, Carter PM, Cook JNB, Salvi A, Wei R, Fallat ME, Kuppermann N, Jenkins PC, Mann NC, Diaz XN, Lundrigan AM, Beckstead R, Hagos B, Song X. J Pediatr Surg, 2026 Mar 26; 61 (7): 163089Journal ArticlePediatric firearm risk prediction in trauma centers and after discharge: A machine learning analysis.
DOI:10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2026.163089 PMID: 41903623
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