U-M Injury Prevention Center

Are you a medical provider looking for guidance on benzodiazepines?

As part of our Safer Prescribing Series, we will be welcoming Amy VandenBerg and Alek Adkins to discuss benzodiazepine prescribing. These experts will explore the appropriate use of benzodiazepines, the risks of co-prescribing benzodiazepines and opioids, and strategies for safe tapering.

This event is virtual, free, and open to all. We hope to see you there!

Register today: https://injurycenter.umich.edu/sps/

We’re proud to exhibit at the Virtual Annual Conference! Stop by our virtual booth later this week to learn how we’re supporting injury and violence prevention across the country.
🔗 Register today, we are eager to connect! https://www.safestates.org/AnnualConference

Returning to play too soon doesn't just slow recovery. It raises the stakes for every game that follows.

Athletes with three or more concussions are three times more likely to sustain another one, and when they do, symptoms are twice as likely to last longer than a week. Most families don't know which symptoms to monitor, when to seek care, or when it's truly safe to return to play.

Concussion Navigator gives families the tools to get it right. Share it with your athletes and their families at ConcussionNavigator.org.

We all love college sports, but how do we make them safer for the participating athletes?

Led by University of Michigan Injury Prevention Center researchers, the Ivy League Big Ten Epidemiology of Concussion Study unites experts from 21 schools to improve the health and safety of student athletes.

https://injurycenter.umich.edu/ivy-league-big-ten-epidemiology-of-concussion-study/

Meet our Summer 2026 Interns! We're excited to have 6 students joining us this year, who will gain mentored research and practice-based experience in an area of injury prevention that interests them and provide valuable support to their faculty mentor.

Our interns will be working on summer projects on topics such as older adult falls, su***de prevention, ACEs, and transportation safety, supporting organizations including Michigan Department of Health & Human Services, Mental Health Improvement through Community Colleges, and University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI). Learn more about their projects: https://injurycenter.umich.edu/training-education/internship/

Earlier this month, Dr. Natasha Oyedele, a post-doctoral researcher at Johns Hopkins University gave a wonderful presentation as part of our Visiting Scholars program with University of Iowa and Johns Hopkins University!

Watch her presentation, "From Prevalence to Pattern: A Gender-Specific Examination of Adverse Childhood Experiences and Systemic Inequity Among Black Americans," below!

Visiting Scholar Series Webinar - Natasha Oyedele Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

1 in 3 children with a concussion never get the care they need. For some families, the barrier is not knowing where to start.

Concussion Navigator is a free tool helping Michigan families learn what to do after a concussion, find care nearby, and track symptoms over time. If you work with families in your community, this resource belongs in their hands.

Share it with the families you support.