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

Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunity

The UC Davis Violence Prevention Research Program and the University of California Firearm Violence Research Center have opened recruitment for one or more outstanding young investigators to join us for a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in violence prevention research.

Applications are due by 5:00 PM, PST, on March 13, 2020. View the full announcement.

UCFC Legislative Briefing

In June 2018, researchers from UCFC presented completed and ongoing work during the University of California Firearm Research Center Legislative Briefing.

Research Funding from UCFC

The University of California Firearm Violence Research Center (UCFC) has issued two requests for proposals (RFPs) for research to explore the causes of firearm violence and evaluate strategies and interventions to reduce firearm violence. View the the Small Grants Program RFP and the Large Grants Program RFP.

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