Why there’s so little gun violence research
Although students and others around the country are calling for more gun control and more gun violence research after a deadly high school shooting in Parkland, Fla.—and although thousands of people die in gun-related incidents every year—there’s a…
Living with guns rather than dying with guns
David Hemenway discusses how a public health approach can be used to prevent gun violence.
Longwood students stand against gun violence
Unfurling a banner reading “Gun reform is healthcare reform,” students, faculty, researchers, and physicians from the Harvard-affiliated schools and hospitals of the Longwood Medical area gathered on the steps of Harvard Medical School’s Gordon Hall on February 27,…
Federal funding needed for gun violence research
In the wake of the deadly shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida on February 14, 2018, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Dean Michelle Williams reiterated her call for the loosening of restrictions on…
Arming teachers a bad idea
In the wake of the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., President Donald Trump has proposed that teachers carry concealed weapons in order to defend against would-be school shooters. But an expert at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public…
At gun violence press conference, students, mothers call for action
On February 20, in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood, U.S. Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Dean Michelle Williams joined local students and community members whose lives have been affected by gun violence for…
Three million Americans may carry loaded handgun daily
An estimated three million Americans carry a loaded firearm daily, and an estimated nine million do so on a monthly basis, according to new study.
Working with gun owners to prevent firearm deaths
To stop deaths from guns, public health practitioners need to collaborate with and learn from gun owners, according to doctoral student Morissa Sobelson, DRPH ’19. In an op-ed published in the Concord Monitor on October 15, 2017, Sobelson…
Guns and public health
In the wake of a mass shooting on October 1 in Las Vegas that left at least 59 people dead, we speak with an expert about the public health approach to gun control.
A public health approach to stemming gun violence
October 4, 2017—In the wake of a mass shooting on October 1 in Las Vegas that left at least 59 people dead and more than 500 injured, David Hemenway, professor of health policy at Harvard T.H. Chan School…
