Check out the SAFE October Newsletter for updates on what SAFE is up to. Click the button below to read more.
SAFE Executive Director from 2019 podcast interview
For a long time, there was a passion gap between the gun-rights and gun violence prevention movements. But then Sandy Hook and Parkland sparked a change… for moms and youth.
Note: This season of American Diagnosis was originally published under the title In Sickness & In Health.
This podcast was created by Just Human Productions.
https://www.justhumanproductions.org/podcasts/e32-gun-violence-in-america-badass-moms-youth
Allison Volkman is the Executive Director of SAFE. At the time of the podcast, she was working with Doctors for America on the topic of gun violence prevention. Dr. Celine Gounder is the interviewer and producer.
SAFE Board Member Discusses Youth Firearm Suicide
SAFE Board Member Dr. Brian H. Williams discusses youth firearm suicide in op-ed in Medpage Today. Click the button below to read.
Did You Miss Session IV of our Secure Firearm Storage Education and Policy Series? Watch Here!
New SAFE Chapter Lead Resource Repository!
Check out our newly updated SAFE Chapter Lead Resource Repository on the “Chapters” page of our website!
Missed Fall StandSAFE? Watch Here.
On Tuesday, September 9 at 8 PM Eastern Time, Dr. Michelle Sandberg sat down with Dr. Brian H. Williams for a beautifully moderated conversation.
One of SAFE’s two annual events that are open to all clinicians and trainees. Dr. Williams is a member of SAFE’s National Board of Directors, and he and Dr. Sandberg, the Chair of SAFE’s National Advisory Board, shared the critical shift from federal to state policies in firearm injury prevention work.
Dr. Williams is a trauma surgeon, a USAF veteran, former congressional health policy advisor, and nationally recognized expert in gun violence prevention and healthcare disparities; writer and bestselling author of "The Bodies Keep Coming"
You may purchase his book directly from the publisher - please use Promo Code for 30% off: SAFE2025
SAFE September Newsletter
The SAFE September Newsletter is live! Check out the newsletter for updates from SAFE on this important work! Sign up to receive our newsletter at the bottom of the home page of our website.
SAFE hosting Collaborative Workshop in Milwaukee on Firearm Injury Prevention and Care Curriculum
By working together, we can develop an effective and culturally responsive curriculum that will equip future physicians to address the multifaceted but addressable issue of firearm injury and death.
We are eager to share our Collaborative Workshops on Firearm Injury Prevention Curriculum opportunities with you.
Learn more about SAFE’s collaborative curriculum-building workshops and register for future events planned in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (October 2025, Northern California, and Texas (both in 2026).
https://www.standsafe.org/educating-caregivers
Dr. James Bigham (standing at left) moderating workshop in Madison, WI in March 2025.
Announcing the Education on Policy Initiative!
SAFE is pleased to announce our new Education on Policy Initiative! The goal of this initiative is to provide education to healthcare providers on firearm injury prevention policy focusing on state law and policy. Understanding the policies in place in our states is foundational in advocating for comprehensive secure firearm storage policies and practices in our communities. Click on the button below to explore the new webpage!
SAFE August Newsletter
August 2025 SAFE Newsletter
Table of Contents:
What have SAFE Chapters been up to?
SAFE’s Education on Policy Solutions Series: Secure Storage in 6-parts
Workshops on Firearm Injury Prevention Curriculum
Register for Fall StandSAFE with Dr. Brian H. Williams
Get a SAFE Scrub Top
“Clinicians and Firearms” Course Distribution Packet
SAFE Welcomes Ariana Ali, M.D. Candidate, Class of 2027, to the Board of Directors
Ariana Ali is a 3rd year medical student at The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. After living through the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Shooting in Parkland, Florida in 2018, she became a passionate advocate for firearm injury prevention through her own nonprofit organization at the time. This experience inspired Ariana to pursue medicine and public health with a focus on advocacy. Through SAFE, Ariana hopes to reach future and current healthcare professionals in order to promote firearm safety and injury prevention through evidence-based practices and training.
SAFE Co-Founder Discusses Treating Firearm Inflicted Injuries in Podcast
SAFE Co-Founder Dr. Sarabeth Spitzer discusses treating firearm inflicted injuries in an episode of the “Back to School Shootings” podcast.
SAFE Launches Firearm Safes and Locks Project
One of SAFE’s goal is to help prevent unnecessary firearm injury by supporting our medical school chapters’ procurement and distribution of firearm safes and locks.
SAFE is pleased to announce that we are launching our Firearm Safes and Locks Porject this year, which include resources for our clinicians, our medical school chapters, and our SAFE community members who are interested in participating!
By putting these devices in the hands of our healthcare providers and directly to firearm owners, SAFE is committed to promoting secure storage culture and responsibility.
Register for Secure Firearm Storage Education and Policy Series: Session 4
This series focuses on state law in Wisconsin but is open to individuals across the country! Learn new skills and apply them to your state!
Register for Sept. 9 National Event - Stand SAFE - State Policy Shift
SAFE is honored to host Dr. Brian H. Williams, an Air Force veteran, trauma surgeon, former congressional health policy advisor, and recent candidate for US Congress in Dallas.
Dr. Williams, a member of SAFE’s National Board of Directors, will be sharing the critical shift from federal to state policies in firearm injury prevention work. Moreover, he will be discussing core themes from his best-selling memoir, The Bodies Keep Coming: Dispatches from a Black Trauma Surgeon on Racism, Violence, and How We Heal, including the intersectionality of race, racism, and healthcare as well as the broader future of the firearm violence epidemic.
SAFE Launches New Map Project
Search your medical school and be connected to key personnel to get involved!
The Trace Shares SAFE's Mission for U.S. Medical Schools
Most Medical Schools Don’t Require Gun Violence Prevention Training. This Group Wants to Change That.
Doctor Bigham's Blog Post with Giffords
Doctors and Firearm Injury Prevention: Conversations Can Save Lives
June is Gun Violence Awareness Month, and it’s the perfect time to check in with your doctors or patients about reducing harm and saving lives.
Doctors learn gun safety to improve patient conversation
to read the full article, click on photo or:
https://spectrumnews1.com/wi/milwaukee/news/2025/05/12/firearm--gun--shooting--doctor
'We have a chance to actually shift the culture': Doctors learn gun safety to improve patient conversations
BY Alyson Bruner in Madison Spectrum News 1
PUBLISHED 7:00 AM ET May 30, 2025
MADISON, Wis. — About four in 10 U.S. adults live in a household with a gun, according to Pew Research Center.
Thirty-two percent of those people say they personally own one.
That’s why Dr. James Bigham, a family doctor in Madison, is on a mission to teach more medical students, doctors and behavioral therapists about guns, specifically, how to safely lock and store them. He said his goal is to make sure firearm safety is part of routine checkups and counseling appointments.
Dr. Bigham is the Vice Chair of Scrubs Addressing the Firearm Epidemic.
Read the full article click on photo: https://spectrumnews1.com/wi/milwaukee/news/2025/05/12/firearm--gun--shooting--doctor
Watch first 3 sessions of SAFE's secure firearm storage education & policy series
This 6-part series will prepare medical students and healthcare professionals to be knowledgeable and effective advocates for evidence-based secure firearm storage and child access prevention policies.