Uncommon Ground
Harvard Chan researchers and Utah gun-rights advocates are forging a rare partnership in the quest to prevent firearm suicides.
U.S. gun suicide rate second highest worldwide
More than 250,000 gun-related deaths occurred in 2016, and half of them happened in just six nations: Brazil, the United States, Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia, and Guatemala,
Urging gun safety in the home with a viral phrase
A new public education campaign aims to warn people about the dangers of storing unlocked and loaded guns in their homes by using the phrase “End Family Fire.” Launched by the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, the…
High caliber firearms more likely to kill
People shot with higher caliber guns are more likely to die than those shot with small caliber weapons, according to a new study. Using data from the Boston Police Department from 2010 through 2014, researchers found that gunshot…
Student and gun lobbyist find common ground on preventing firearm suicides
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health student Morissa Sobelson, DrPH ’19, is working with gun rights advocate Clark Aposhian to prevent firearm suicides in Utah.
Gun violence research funding blocked
A proposal to designate $10 million for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for gun violence research in the 2018-19 federal budget was blocked by Republican members of the House Appropriations Committee—a move that Harvard…
New fund to provide $50 million for gun violence research
The Laura and John Arnold Foundation is creating a $50 million fund for gun violence research. The fund’s agenda will focus on research priorities identified by the National Academy of Sciences, including characteristics of gun violence, risk factors…
Reducing gun suicides in New Hampshire
Although mass shootings like those at high schools in Santa Fe, Texas and Parkland, Florida have dominated the headlines, most gun-related deaths in the U.S. are actually suicides. In New Hampshire, an unlikely team of gun owners and…
No vaccine for gun violence
A public health approach to reducing gun violence requires employing a wide variety of methods to reduce the problem.
Op-ed: Gun research needs private funding
With no federal funding available for gun violence research, private funders, philanthropists, and state governments should step in to provide support, says Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health doctoral student Morissa Sobelson. In an April 27, 2018…