Kathleen Carlson, Ph.D., director of the newly developing OHSU Gun Violence Prevention Research Center, stands outside the OHSU Hospital emergency department on Marquam Hill. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

As injuries and deaths related to firearms occur in Oregon and across the nation, researchers at Oregon Health & Science University are addressing this issue as they do with any other matter of public health: by tracking evidence; developing multifaceted strategies to reduce risk; and scientifically evaluating those strategies. Led by Kathleen Carlson, Ph.D., OHSU’s developing Gun Violence Prevention Research Center seeks to reduce firearm injuries and deaths by harnessing the same public health principles used to improve motor vehicle safety and reduce harm from substance use.

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