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Explore the latest public health research and insights about Injury Prevention

Annelise Ware

Alum Spotlight: Annelise Ware, MHS

Annelise Ware, MHS recently graduated with a Masters of Health Science degree from the Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Department of Mental Health. Her master’s thesis was on child sexual abuse in aesthetic sports. 

Center for Injury Research & Policy
Luciana Assini-Meytin

An interview with Luciana Assini-Meytin, PhD, MS

Luciana C. Assini-Meytin, PhD, MS is an Associate Scientist at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, affiliated with the Moore Center for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse and the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy. 

Center for Injury Research & Policy

Society for Advancement of Violence and Injury Research (SAVIR) Annual Conference

The held their annual conference April 7-9 at the New York Academy of Medicine in New York City. We were lucky to be hosted by the Columbia Center for Injury Science and Prevention. Over 500 participants from around the country participated in this premier conference to share and learn about life-saving research to prevent injuries and violence.

Center for Injury Research & Policy
Muthukutti, a 23-year-old man from Surangudi, India, stands outside his home.

Most families in Surangudi village, India, have lost a limb or loved one in explosions and fires in the area’s fireworks factories, which produce 90% of the fireworks in India. 

Global Health NOW
People set off firecrackers during the Diwali festival of lights in Om Nagar sector-11 near Mini Secretariat, on October 31, 2024 in Gurugram, India.

One city in India produces 90% of the country’s fireworks, generating jobs and profits. But fireworks factory workers face risks of explosions and fires in their daily work—and some 50–100 die every year.

Global Health NOW
Photo of an array of sliced fresh produce: lemons, cucumbers, celery, kale, and spinach

Public health innovations are all around us—from seatbelts, to water filtration systems, to the 911 line—and help to improve life expectancy in the U.S. every day.

Bloomberg American Health Initiative
Police in Bogota wearing bright neon green safety shirts conduct speeding checks on a heavily trafficked road.

Many people consider traffic crashes happenstances, but they're often a symptom of systemic issues—from roads designed to prioritize moving cars over pedestrians to a lack of best-practice road safety laws. The media can help shift the narrative.

Global Health NOW
Dozens of bystanders look on as they watch rescuers in a helicopter search the site of a capsized cruise boat on Lake Victoria near Mutima village, south of Kampala, Uganda, on a grey, cloudy day.

Uganda—with shoreline on Lake Victoria, which has earned a reputation as one of the “most dangerous stretches of water” in the world—has one of the world’s highest rates of drowning. But the country is taking major steps to address the threat.

Global Health NOW

Injury Prevention Faculty Experts

Looking for prominent public health experts in the field of Injury Prevention? They’re here at the Bloomberg School of Public Health.

 

Ellen MacKenzie
Professor
Health Policy and Management

Ellen J. MacKenzie, PhD ’79, ScM ’75, is a renowned researcher on improving trauma care systems and policy, and served as the 11th dean of the Bloomberg School from 2017-2025.

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Professor
Health Policy and Management

Shannon Frattaroli, PhD ’99, MPH ’94, translates evidence about injury and violence prevention into policies and practices that will create safe places for people to thrive.

Abdulgafoor Bachani
Associate Professor
International Health

Abdulgafoor M. Bachani, PhD ’11, MHS ’08, studies how to address burden of and preventing injury and disabilities, and to expand access to rehabilitation services.

Andrea Gielen
Professor
- Emeritus
Health, Behavior and Society

Andrea Gielen, ScD, applies behavior change methods to help create injury-free lives for women and children.