Our People

As a collaboration between community and academic organizations, the Community Firearm Violence Prevention Network operates on equitable relationships between all members of the network.

Patrick Carter, MD

Principal Investigator, University of Michigan Coordinating Center

Marc Zimmerman, PhD

Principal Investigator, University of Michigan Coordinating Center

Joshua Ellis, M.D., MPH

Co-Investigator, The HVIP+ Community Model: A Community Violence Prevention Program in a Southern State

Darlynton Adegor, MPH, MCJ

Program Manager, The HVIP+ Community Model: A Community Violence Prevention Program in a Southern State

Mary E. Aitken, MD, MPH

Co-Investigator, Launching the Houston-HVIP: Developing and Evaluating a Hospital-Based Intervention to Reduce Recurrent Violence

Elizabeth Andrade, DrPH, MPH

Co-Investigator, Changing the Narrative on Firearms Violence: A Community Collaborative Intervention

Aiyla Arif, BS

Graduate Student Researcher, Changing the Narrative on Firearms Violence: A Community Collaborative Intervention

Sydney Baker, MPH

Research Program Manager, The HVIP+ Community Model: A Community Violence Prevention Program in a Southern State

Eresha Bluth, MHA

Senior Program Manager, Launching the Houston-HVIP: Developing and Evaluating a Hospital-Based Intervention to Reduce Recurrent Violence

Michelle Brassfield, BSM

Violence Research Manager, A Proposal to Establish the Mississippi Violence Injury Prevention (VIP) Program

Sara Britt, MPH

Senior Data Project Manager, University of Michigan Coordinating Center

Cleopatra Caldwell, PhD

Co-Investigator, University of Michigan Coordinating Center