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