Twenty Years After Columbine: Private Guns vs. Public Health
WHEN: Friday, April 20, 2018 - 2:00pm – 3:30pm
WHERE: Patterson Auditorium, Academic Entrance, UConn Health
263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT
Parking: Garage 3
WEB LINK: If you are unable to attend in person, please use this link to view the live presentations:
http://mediasite.uchc.edu/mediasite41/Play/90f21ac6a6744b82a400a5df575e3f011d
AGENDA:
2:00-2:20pm: The epidemiology of gun injuries and violence
PRESENTER: Garry Lapidus, PA-C, MPH, Director, Connecticut Injury Prevention Center, Connecticut Children's Medical Center & Hartford Hospital
2:20-2:40pm: Firearm Policy: What works?
PRESENTER: Kevin Borrup, JD, MPA, Associate Director, Connecticut Injury Prevention Center, Connecticut Children's Medical Center & Hartford Hospital
2:40-3:00pm: Communities Traumatized by Gun Violence: Mechanisms and Interventions PRESENTER: Julian Ford, Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry, UCONN School of Medicine
3:00-3:20pm: The Prevention of Gun Violence: From Advocacy to Public Health Policy
PRESENTER: Mary Ann Jacob, Fellow in the Survivor Network for Everytown for Gun Safety
3:20-3:30pm: Comments and Discussion
Sponsored by: The Department of Community Medicine and Health Care
For more information & detailed directions to Patterson Auditorium, please contact Lisa Cook at lcook@uchc.edu or x5470.
For more information, contact: Lisa Cook at lcook@uchc.edu