SAFE’s Goals

  1. Collaborate to make firearm injury prevention education a priority at every United States medical school.

  2. Be a leading source of medical education materials on effective ways to teach firearm injury prevention strategies to medical students and the community.

  3. Build on the energy, passion, and innovation of the future leaders in healthcare to alter the culture of firearm ownership.


SAFE Updates


Take Action with SAFE

1. Take SAFE’s Firearm Injury Prevention Curriculum Survey

Participate in research examining how firearm injury prevention education is incorporated into U.S. medical school curricula. If you work in curriculum at your institution, we ask you to complete the following brief survey.

But, if you are from one of the following institutions that have already completed the survey (as of 4/16/2026), please do not fill out the survey. Instead, send this survey to a colleague at a medical school not shown.

Stanford School of Medicine

Eastern Virginia University School of Medicine

George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences

Touro University - California

UTHealth Houston

University of Oklahoma - Tulsa School of Community Medicine

Yale School of Medicine

Texas A&M University Naresh Vashisht College of Medicine

University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine

University of Colorado School of Medicine

Boston University School of Medicine

University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Medical College of Wisconsin

Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin

Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine

Rush University Medical College

Emory University School of Medicine

University of California San Francisco

Stanford School of Medicine Eastern Virginia University School of Medicine George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences Touro University - California UTHealth Houston University of Oklahoma - Tulsa School of Community Medicine Yale School of Medicine Texas A&M University Naresh Vashisht College of Medicine University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine University of Colorado School of Medicine Boston University School of Medicine University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Medical College of Wisconsin Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine Rush University Medical College Emory University School of Medicine University of California San Francisco

The following 18 institutions have already completed the survey - only 190 to go!

  • Stanford School of Medicine

    Touro University - California

    University of California, San Francisco

  • University of Colorado School of Medicine

  • Yale University School of Medicine

  • Emory University School of Medicine

  • Rush University Medical College

  • Boston University School of Medicine

  • Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine

  • University of Oklahoma - Tulsa School of Community Medicine

  • University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine

  • University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

    Medical College of Wisconsin

  • UTHealth Houston

    Texas A&M University Naresh K. Vashist College of Medicine

    Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin

  • Eastern Virginia University School of Medicine

  • George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences

 
 

3. Attend a SAFE Event

SAFE has in-person and virtual events coming up in 2026 & 2027.

 

SAFE relies on the generosity of private foundations, institutional sponsors and individuals whose contributions empower this vital work.

Donate $150 or more, and we’ll send you a SAFE scrub top.

 

Welcome from SAFE Co-Founder Dr. Sarabeth Spitzer