Mississippi Center for Violence Research

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Research Expo

The University of Mississippi Medical Center hosted the Campus-wide Research Expo held June 10, 2026, at the Norman C. Nelson Student Union. The Mississippi Center for Violence Research had the opportunity to share information and goodies with the public and colleagues about violence awareness as well as the purpose and mission of the Center. Many questions were answered about the work we are currently doing and plan to do in the future.

Display sign and exhibit table. Exhibit table setup with goodie bags, water bottles and handouts.

Display sign and exhibit table next to posters mounted on easels..

Okey and Leila standing on opposite sides of the display sign. Michelle, Leila and Okey in a group selfie.

Publications

Journal Articles

Zhen Zhang, Z., Zhang, W., Karimi, M., Gordy, X., Zhang, L. (2025). Violence-related behaviors on school property among Mississippi and the U.S. high school students, 2001–2021, Preventive Medicine Reports, 61, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2025.103355 

Morris, M. C., Vearrier, L., Kutcher, M. E., Karimi, M., Faruque, F., Severance, A., Brassfield, M., & Zhang, L. (2025). Understanding disparities in firearm mortality: The role of person- and place-based factors, Injury, DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2025.112275

Severance, A., Karimi, M., Seidfaraji, L., Dehon, E., Vearrier, L., Womack, F., Zhang, L., Kutcher, M., Lumumba, R., & Morris, M. (2025). Understanding the Community Experience of Firearm Violence in the Deep South: A Needs Assessment, Journal of American College of Surgeons, DOI: 10.1097/XCS.0000000000001650. Online ahead of print.

Conference Poster Sessions

Karimi, M., Kutcher, M., Nandi, U., Seidfaraji, L., Brassfield, M., Morris, M., Hillegass, W., Faruque, F., Dehon, E., McNeill, E., Lumumba, R., Womack, F., Hart, R., Severance, A., Zhang, L. (November 2025). Mississippi Violence Injury Prevention Program (MS-VIP), 2025 National Research Conference for the Prevention of Firearm-related Harms, Tempe, AZ, United States.

Dehon, E., Karimi, M., Seidfaraji, L., Brassfield, M., Todd, M., Lumumba, R., Kutcher, M., Morris, M., Vearrier, L., Womack, F., Hart, R., Zhang, L. (November 2025). Focus Group Insights for Mississippi Violence Injury Prevention Program (MS-VIP), American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Expo. 2025, Washington, D.C., United States.

Manuscripts

Dehon, E., Karimi, M., Seidfaraji, L., Brassfield, M., Todd, M., Lumumba, R., Kutcher, M., Morris, M., Womack, F., Hart, R., & Zhang, L. (2026). Community-Guided Adaptation of Violence Prevention Strategies: Insights from the Mississippi Violence Injury Prevention (MS-VIP) Program. Journal of Public Health in the Deep South, 6(1), 6. DOI: https://doi.org/10.55533/2996-6833.1126 

Erinne, O., Howington, D., McGraw, S., Lowrie, J. B., Kutcher, M., Severance, A., Karimi, M., Seidfaraji, L., & Zhang, L. (2026). Socioeconomic Factors Affecting Length of Hospital Stay and Discharge Disposition Among Male and Female Gunshot Injury Patients in Jackson, Mississippi. Journal of Public Health in the Deep South, 6(1), 10. DOI: https://doi.org/10.55533/2996-6833.1133 

Podium Presentations

Karimi, M., Morris, M., Dehon, E., Voluse, A., Brassfield, M., Lahn, D., Poehling, C., Kolbo, J., Zhang, S., Wesley, M., Price, T., Slade, L., Howington, D., Rhodes, K., Davis, T., Fuqua, S., Johnson, V., Gordy, X., Zhang, L. (November 2025). Enhancing Screening and Referral for Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Among Pregnant and Postpartum Women in Mississippi, American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Expo. 2025, Washington D.C., United States.