Missouri Collaborative on Firearms Research
MCFR
Missouri Collaborative on Firearms Research
The Missouri Collaborative on Firearms Research (MCFR) “fosters community-led, evidence-driven action to reduce firearm injury and death.”
Funded by Missouri Foundation for Health, MCFR works to build relationships between researchers and community impacted by firearm injury and death (FID), reimagine research to be driven by communities closest to FID, and generate evidence to reduce FID.
MCFR recognizes that firearm injury and death impact a broad spectrum of communities across Missouri—rural white firearm owners, urban communities of color, women who have experienced intimate partner violence, families affected by suicide, LGBTQIA+ youth experiencing homelessness, and many more.
By centering these diverse perspectives, MCFR works to uncover the structural factors contributing to firearm violence and identify effective prevention and mitigation strategies.
Our partnership
CHCM’s Role
As a core partner in MCFR, the Community Health Commission of Missouri (CHCM) is committed to fostering deep, equitable engagement with communities affected by FID. CHCM upholds MCFR’s guiding principles of accountability, power sharing, transparency, mindfulness, inclusiveness, and humility—ensuring that research efforts honor community voices, respect lived experiences, and contribute to meaningful, long-lasting change.
Learn more about our work and partners.