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Addressing Gun Violence: Alumni Spotlight Dr. Ali Rowhani-Rahbar
A nationally-known violence prevention expert and researcher, Dr. Ali Rowhani-Rahbar, M.P.H. ’05, discusses gun violence as a public health issue eight years after the devastating mass shooting at Sandy Hook.
20 Dec 2020
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YSPH Unites Community Leaders and Scholars to Discuss Gun Violence
Dean Megan L. Ranney, MD, MPH, welcomed U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, and city, state, and community leaders, to the Yale School of Public Health (YSPH) on January 30th for a wide-ranging discussion about the continued need to fund firearm injury prevention research.
4 Feb 2025
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Advancing Data and Evidence to Prevent Gun Violence
On December 16, 2024, dozens of experts, advocates, and policymakers - including experts from Yale University - gathered at the White House to discuss ways to improve current data- and evidence-based approaches to prevent gun violence.
21 Jan 2025
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The Hidden Lives Behind Gun Violence Statistics
The Yale School of Public Health held a panel discussion on The Use of Arts & Storytelling to Prevent Firearm Injury on November 7th. The event featured several researchers and trauma specialists who are working to reduce firearm injuries and deaths in the United States.
22 Nov 2024
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Ranney, Opara to attend Aspen Ideas: Health conference
YSPH Dean Megan L. Ranney, MD, and Ijeoma Opara, associate professor of social and behavioral sciences, are attending the Aspen Ideas: Health conference June 20-23 in Aspen, Colorado. Ranney will participate in three panel discussions; Opara is an Aspen Ideas: Health Fellow.
19 Jun 2024
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YSPH Dean Megan Ranney Urges Public Health Approach to Gun Violence
Implementing a public health approach to the country's gun violence epidemic, with community-based programs and federal policies, is the change that is needed to address the problem, public health leaders said.
8 May 2024
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‘Shouldering a great responsibility:’ Public health experts tackle gun violence
The promise of a public health model for reducing firearm injury and death was the topic of two recent events at which Yale School of Public Health Dean Megan L. Ranney, MD, was a guest speaker.
11 Mar 2024
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Special Report: Dean Megan Ranney Brings a Public Health Approach to the Country’s Gun Violence Epidemic
Whether during an interview for Yale Talk: Conversations with Peter Salovey in August, or a panel discussion at Yale Law School in September, Yale School of Public Health Dean, Dr. Megan L. Ranney, MD, is sharing her advocacy and research on firearm injury and prevention at Yale.
20 Nov 2023
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Grief and trauma specialist Nelba Márquez-Greene appointed Activist in Residence
Nelba Márquez-Greene, a licensed marriage and family therapist specializing in grief, loss, trauma, and their impact on individuals and systems, is the Yale School of Public Health’s new Activist in Residence.
15 Nov 2023
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Yale Partners With the Urban League and Others to Address Gun Violence in New Haven
The Yale Schools of Medicine and Public Health and the Urban League of Southern Connecticut are teaming up with more than a dozen nonprofit organizations and local government agencies to see if an infusion of community programs and interventions in New Haven can mitigate systemic racism and reduce gun violence in the city.
10 Oct 2022
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Change Conversation to Strengthen Gun Violence Prevention in U.S., YSPH Dean says
Advocating for stronger gun safety policies is one way to broaden political and community support to reduce gun violence in the United States, Yale School of Public Health Dean Sten H. Vermund said at a public forum Sunday.
25 Mar 2019
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Public Health Critical to Addressing Gun Violence Epidemic
Gun control activists speaking at a Yale School of Public Health forum this week urged public health professionals to join their efforts in combating the pervasive gun violence that has become a major public health threat across the country.
29 Nov 2018
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Yale researchers to undertake firearms research in collaboration with University of New Haven
Yale Emergency Medicine’s Drs. Lori Post, Ludvikas Jagminas, and David Cone have teamed up with Dr. Daniel Mabrey, Assistant Dean at the University of New Haven's Henry C. Lee College of Criminal Justice and Forensic Sciences and his team to create the first statewide firearm violence, death, and injury surveillance system.
3 May 2013