Rebecca Cunningham

About

Rebecca Cunningham is a professor in the Division of Epidemiology & Community Health at the School of Public Health. Her research has focused on public health and injury and violence prevention, with scientific collaborations spanning engineering, communications, transportation, and public policy. She has been recognized for her contributions with awards such as the Outstanding Contribution in Research Award from the American College of Emergency Physicians and the Excellence in Research Award from the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. In 2019, she was elected to the National Academy of Medicine. Cunningham joined the University of Michigan in 1999 as an emergency medicine physician with faculty appointments in the Medical School and the School of Public Health. In 2024, she became the system-wide president of the University of Minnesota, emphasizing accessible, world-class education and advancing the university’s mission to enhance health, safety, and prosperity.

Research topics

• Medicine
• Environmental health
• Nursing
• Developmental psychology
• Computer Security
• Psychology
• Psychiatry
• Internal medicine
• Virology
• Clinical psychology

Selected publications

• How Multi-disciplinary Research Centers and Networks Can Advance the Science of Firearm Injury Prevention

  The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science · 2022-11-01 · 7 citations

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  Firearm injuries are a leading cause of injury-related deaths in the U.S., but there is a dearth of federal funding for research on firearm injury prevention, compared to funding for research on other injuries and diseases. University research centers/institutes (C/Is) are in a position to help generate such research: they are multidisciplinary, have the capacity to conduct large-scale research projects, and commonly address complex health and social problems. In this article, we trace the histo…

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• Association between community violence exposure and teen parental firearm ownership: data from a nationally representative study

  Injury Epidemiology · 2024-11-14 · 2 citations

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  BACKGROUND: Firearm injuries are the leading cause of death for U.S. adolescents. Given the prevalence of firearm ownership in the U.S., particularly among parental figures in homes with children and teens, and the relationship between firearm access and injury outcomes, it is vital to shed light on potential parental motivations for keeping firearms in their homes. The purpose of this analysis was to examine whether exposure to community violence is associated with parental firearm ownership. M…

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• Energy Conservation Interventions for Multiple Sclerosis

  2023-01-27

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  Abstract The chapter “Energy Conservation Interventions for Multiple Sclerosis” provides a detailed review of a randomized controlled trial studying the impact of an occupational therapy delivered 6-week energy conservation course on fatigue, self-efficacy, and quality of life for individuals with multiple sclerosis. Additionally, this chapter reviews related relevant literature, including 1-year follow-up data, energy conservation group delivery for individuals with progressive multiple scleros…

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Recent grants

• The Unviersity of Michigan Injury Center

  NIH · $5.6M · 2012–2019

• Substance use, violence and HIV risk: Age-specific risk factors and drivers of comorbidity.

  NIH · $77k · 2015–2018

• Building Research Capacity for Firearm Safety Among Children

  NIH · $4.9M · 2017–2023

Frequent coauthors

• Maureen A. Walton

  University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

  589 shared

• Marc A. Zimmerman

  Michigan Department of Health and Human Services

  372 shared

• Patrick M. Carter

  Michigan Department of Health and Human Services

  295 shared

• Frederic C. Blow

  University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

  233 shared

• Stephen T. Chermack

  University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

  222 shared

• Jason E. Goldstick

  University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

  193 shared

• Erin E. Bonar

  University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

  102 shared

• Quyen Epstein‐Ngo

  University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

  102 shared

Awards & honors

• Notable Leader in Higher Education, Crain’s Detroit Business…
• Outstanding Contribution in Research Award, American College…
• Excellence in Research Award, Society for Academic Emergency…
• Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2019)

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