As June is Gun Violence Awareness Month, Aron Sousa, dean of the MSU College of Human Medicine, answers questions on what it means to take a public health approach to prevent gun violence and how the Remembrance Conference promoted this effort.
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Duke Expert: The Cause of Gun Violence is Multifactorial
There have been more than 28,500 deaths due to gun violence in the U.S. in 2023 so far, according to Gun Violence Archive. Incidents of gun violence have long spurred debate about how to curb the problem. While some may…
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School Hosting Panel Discussion on Gun Violence and Community Calls to Action
On Wednesday, September 22, the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Prevention and Policy is hosting a virtual panel discussion about the gun violence epidemic in the U.S. and specific calls to action state policymakers can take to address the issue.
Thurman Barnes Joins the New Jersey Center on Gun Violence Research and Rutgers School of Public Health
Thurman Barnes has been appointed as the assistant director of the New Jersey Center on Gun Violence Research, and associate professor in the department of urban-global public health at the Rutgers School of Public Health. He will start his new role at Rutgers this May.
Rutgers Experts Available to Speak on Santa Clarita, CA, School Shooting
Paul Boxer is an expert on the development and management of aggressive behavior and director of the External Center on Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice at Rutgers University-Newark.
Stephanie Bonne is assistant professor of surgery at New Jersey Medical School and director of the Hospital Violence Intervention Program at University Hospital in Newark, where she is a trauma surgeon and regularly treats gun-shot victims.