Bridging the Gaps: Advancing Pediatric Firearm Injury Prevention Research

Saturday, April 26, 2025

1:00pm – 2:30pm HST

Location: Convention Center: 306

CE: 1.5

Selected By: APS

Leader(s)

Alyssa Silver, MD (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital Hackensack University Medical Center
Hackensack, New Jersey, United States

Co-Leader(s)

Gabriella Azzarone, MD (she/her/hers)

Assistant Professor
Pediatrics
Children's Hospital at Montefiore
Bronx, New York, United States
Eric Fleegler, MD MPH (he/him/his)

Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine
MassGeneral Hospital for Children
Needham, Massachusetts, United States
Kelsey Gastineau, MD MPH (she/her/hers)

Assistant Professor
Pediatrics
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Monika Goyal, MD, MSCE (she/her/hers)

Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine
Pediatrics
Children's National Medical Center
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Alexander Hogan, MD, MS

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Connecticut Children's
Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Shilpa Patel, MD MPH (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine
Emergency Medicine
Children's National Health System
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Noe Romo, MD, MSc (he/him/his)

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Albert Einstein College of Medicine / NYC Health + Hospitals Jacobi
Bronx, New York, United States

Disclosure(s):

Alyssa H. Silver, MD: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Gabriella C. Azzarone, MD: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Eric W. Fleegler, MD MPH: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Kelsey Gastineau, MD MPH: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Monika Goyal, MD, MSCE: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Alexander H. Hogan, MD, MS: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Shilpa J. Patel, MD MPH: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Noe D. Romo, MD, MSc: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Workshop Description: Firearm injuries are the leading cause of death of American children, but more research is needed beyond this grim epidemiology. We have assembled leaders in firearm injury prevention research to lead large and small group discussions aimed at identifying the gaps in the current literature, and establish the future directions of the field. T We will review the key methodologies used, explore why these methods are sound as well as the potential limitations. In addition to epidemiology, we will also review sound intervention studies and identify areas that are ripe for future intervention research. We use small group breakouts by research question type or areas of interest (ex. legislative-related, cost related, health inequities, interventions) for focused brainstorming to discuss pros/cons of existing data sources and research designs, practicing the use of injury frameworks (including The Updated Haddon Matrix for Pediatric Firearm Injuries and The Injury Equity Framework — Establishing a Unified Approach for Addressing Inequities), highlighting funding options, and potentiating future research collaborations.

Through this workshop we hope to provide attendees with a comprehensive understanding of current knowledge gaps in pediatric firearm injury prevention research and identify promising new research directions and methodologies. Our format hopes to enhance collaboration and partnerships among attendees and help to create a roadmap for future research efforts to reduce pediatric firearm injuries

Learning Objectives:

Review the highest quality and most impactful research studies on firearm injury prevention.
Identify current gaps in research and current data AND what is the best way to study these areas so that those in opposition to this research and data have less room to critique.
Discuss the pros and cons of different research approaches to various topics in firearm injury prevention research.