SPH Forum: Commonwealth Leaders, Advocates Tackle Gun Violence
Success of bipartisan gun safety legislation, policy changes needed to create safer communities discussed Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker (left) and Attorney General Maura Healey, two speakers at the SPH Dean’s Forum Tackling Gun Violence on March 11 at WBUR’s CitySpace. Photos by Cydney Scott. The data are clear: gun violence remains a uniquely American epidemic. […]
Professor Receives Department of Justice Award
Bindu Kalesan at the SPH event, “Gun Violence: Stories Behind the Numbers,” on September 28. Bindu Kalesan, assistant professor of medicine at the School of Medicine and assistant professor of community health sciences at the School of Public Health, is the recipient of a three-year, $693,695 award from the US Department of Justice to study […]
SPH Addresses Gun Violence in Special Forum
National public health faculty, government, advocacy experts convene Representative Robert DeLeo, speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, was among those speaking at the daylong School of Public Health meeting on gun violence that drew members from public health schools across the country. Photo by Michael Saunders. There is no doubt that one of the […]