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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.