UCFC Lead Investigators

Professor of Emergency Medicine 
Director, Violence Prevention Research Program 

Director, University of California Firearm Violence Research Center
Inaugural Susan P. Baker-Stephen P. Teret Chair in Violence Prevention

Hannah S. Laqueur, Ph.D., M.A., M.P.A.

Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine

Rose Kagawa, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine

Nicole Kravitz-Wirtz, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine

Amy Barnhorst, M.D.
Associate Professor, Psychiatry

Health Professionals, Violence, and Social Change

In a recent commentary, Dr. Garen Wintemute calls for action by health professionals to help prevent violence, both as clinicians and as agents for systemic change.

Click to read the commentary.

Research Funding from UCFC

The University of California Firearm Violence Research Center (UCFC) research proposal submission period for 2020 has ended. Check back in early 2021 for more information about the next cycle. 

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