
Marc A. Zimmerman, Ph.D.
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Marc A. Zimmerman, Ph.D.
@UmMarcz
Marshall H. Becker Collegiate Professor University of Michigan in Public Health, Psychology, and Education.





I’m so grateful for the opportunity to be part of this important work with #ifip @UmMarcz @cartpatr @JrocheRoche

“Send my child to school day after day and just cross my fingers?” a parent says. “That’s no way to live.” With the government seemingly absent and a rise in school shootings, some parents feel like protecting their kids from guns has been left to them. nbcnews.to/3aXsnNA



Twitter just told me I joined 7 years ago...seems like a good day to announce that I joined the @PennInjury Science Center as a Senior Injury/Violence Research Investigator working in partnership with the city of Philadelphia to lift up community efforts and reduce gun violence


Youth engagement in vacant lot greening matters! Organizations that involve youth in greening not only benefit from more people-power and creative ideas, they also develop the next generation of community leaders.

We are thrilled to welcome Ebun Odueso to our YVPC team! Ebun recently received her Bachelor’s from #UofM in Biopsychology & Gender Studies. She is excited to help advance our work in youth violence prevention. Learn more about Ebun here: ow.ly/qJiL50IMNbG #NYVPW

We honor #NationalYouthViolencePreventionWeek because violence is the number cause of death for our future, our YOUTH! Love, see, support, acknowledge our young hearts and minds so that they choose peace and to #PREVENTgunviolence ✨🧡

“We want residents to see installations that make them think the neighborhood is theirs – not just a place to dump on.” Learn more about how Flint & Camden are using simple environmental design interventions to reclaim communities & deter illegal dumping: ow.ly/yMWK50INIbF





.@ejthulin just #published: 1 year after participating in the YES program, #Flint youth (particularly African Americans) had reduced aggression & increased prosocial behaviors through empowerment! Read more: doi.org/10.1002/ajcp.1… @UmMarcz @AndriaEisman @umichsph @PRCMI

