Lectures and Presentations

  • 4/20 Private Guns vs. Public Health Friday

    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

    Parking: Garage 3

    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, contact: Lisa Cook at lcook@uchc.edu