Despite being one of the leading causes of death in the US, gun violence has received very little federal research funding for decades. So a group of public health researchers is taking matters into their own hands, calling for their field to take the lead in securing private funding for studies of gun violence and to push forward pragmatic gun safety rules at the local and state level.
We are experiencing a moment in time where there is an opportunity to amplify what we have long learned through our science: that the firearm epidemic will not abate unless efforts are made to change the availability of guns in the country. And researchers across the university are working to prove just that. We've endeavored to curate a small portion of the research being done at SPH and share it with you here.
