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Gun Safety Starts With Safe Storage

June 04, 2025

An estimated 4.6 million U.S. children live in homes where guns are not stored safely.

Child and Adolescent Health

Bloomberg School

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What Is Harm Reduction?

February 16, 2022

The primary goal of harm reduction is to save lives and protect the health of both people who use drugs and their communities.

Health Policy

Injury Prevention

Substance Use Disorder

Bloomberg School

E-Scooters and Micromobility Are Potential Public Health Game Changers for Transportation and Equity

February 09, 2022

Transportation, Equity, and the E-Scooter Revolution: How micromobility could transform our transportation landscape and improve accessibility to key public health determinants

Health Equity

Health Policy

Injury Prevention

Bloomberg School

August 31, 2021

Most doctors are bad at talking about guns. New training could change that.

Gun Violence

Injury Prevention

Medicine

Public Health Magazine

August 31, 2021

Simulations can help put the “good guy with a gun” argument to the test.

Gun Violence

Injury Prevention

Public Health Magazine

Johns ��ѻ��ý Appoints Keshia M. Pollack Porter as New Bloomberg Centennial Professor

August 10, 2021

With a background in injury epidemiology and policy research, she is a proven leader in advancing health equity and policy change that promote safe and healthy environments.

Health Equity

Health Policy

Injury Prevention

Bloomberg School

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 J. 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 the current dean of the Bloomberg School.

Shannon Frattaroli

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 M. 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.

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