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Democratic Committee Forum: Exploring Public Health Solutions to Gun Violence in America (October 26, 2017)

Date:
Location:
The Member’s Room, Library of Congress’ Jefferson Building

The Committee Energy & Commerce  Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. and Congressman Bobby Rush held a Democratic forum exploring public health solutions to gun violence on Thursday, October 26, 2018 at11:30 a.m. in the Library of Congress.

Witnesses

 

Key Documents

Memorandum from Ranking Member Pallone to the Full Committee

Opening Statement of Ranking Member Pallone as prepared for delivery

 

Witnesses

Kris Brown, JD
Co-President
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence

 

Kyle Fischer, MD, MPH
Policy Director
National Network of Hospital-based Violence Intervention Programs
Adjunct Assistant Professor
University of Maryland School of Medicine

 

Ruth Glenn
Executive Director
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence

 

Sharon Homan, MS, Ph.D.
President
Sinai Urban Health Institute
Sinai Health System

 

Corinne Peek-Asa, MPH, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Research
College of Public Health
Professor of Occupational and Environmental Health
Director of the International Injury and Violence Prevention Training Program
University of Iowa

 

Megan Ranney, MD, MPH, FACEP
Associate Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
Alpert Medical School, Brown University
Core Researcher
Injury Prevention Center of Rhode Island Hospital
Director
Emergency Digital Health Innovation Program

 

Susan B. Sorenson, Ph.D.
Professor of Social Policy
Professor of Health & Societies
Senior Fellow in Public Health
Director Evelyn Jacobs Ortner Center on Family Violence
University of Pennsylvania

 

Monica Valdes Lupi, JD, MPH
Executive Director
Boston Public Health Commission

 

Joseph L. Wright, MD, MPH, FAAP
Professor and Chair
Department of Pediatrics and Child Health
Howard University College of Medicine

Issues:Health