Lauren Magee, PhD

Join me and colleagues for a webinar on tips and tricks on how to write a stellar submission for the 2025 National Research Conference for the Prevention of Firearm-Related Harms

Wed May 21
12-1 MT / 2-3 ET
"PICK ME! How to write a winning abstract"

Register: ucdenver.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Doctor’s Lounge with guest Dr. Megan Ranney. A recording from Substack Live with Dr. Jeremy Faust and guest Dr. Megan Ranney.

A slug of public health insights packed into 30 min with the great Dr. @meganranney.bsky.social, Dean of Yale's School of Public Health.

The State of Public Health, Missed Opportunities.
Failure to Sell Public on Research & Science.
Academic Freedom.
Signs of Hope.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...

"The harms of firearm violence exposure ripple far beyond immediate physical injuries."

📚 Read more here: kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...

10 FAQs on MMR and Measles Protection Boosters, waning immunity, checking titers, infection induced immunity, and more

Measles is now in Indiana

If you have questions about the measles vaccine, if you need a booster, etc

I found this post by @kkjetelina.bsky.social super helpful

yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/10-faqs-on...

About EveryShot EveryShot provides information available via public news sources for the most detailed understanding of our gun violence epidemic.

New gun violence data resource from @everytown.bsky.social out now called EveryShot. It's uniquely powered by AI and tracks in near real-time.

This is critical as the Trump administration continues to threaten data access and scientific progress.

everytownresearch.org/labs/about-e...

Archived: Surgeon Generals Advisory on Firearm Violence June 25 2024 - The Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting In June, 2024, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy issued a landmark Surgeon General’s Advisory on Firearm Violence, declaring firearm violence in America to be a public health crisis. Somebody took...

They took it down. We put it back.

JUST IN: The Trump administration removed the 2024 Surgeon General advisory declaring gun violence a public health crisis from the HHS website.

This was historic action that #ThisIsOurLane founder @josephsakran.bsky.social & public health leaders spent years advocating for. This is a step backward.

Photo from the Economist with quote “Public health is the mom of science - She does everything and no one noticea until she stops doing it”

This 😭
via @economist.com

Show your support for gun violence prevention with HCGV merchandise! 🧡 Every sticker, mug, button, magnet, and shirt helps raise awareness and funds for HCGV’s mission to educate, advocate, and take action against gun violence in Indiana.

Wear it. Share it. Take a stand. 🧡✊

🔗 hcgv.threadless.com

Got expertise- topic/legal/organizing/advocacy...? Looking to organize? Here is the @goodtroublein.bsky.social roadmap. We are a mix of medical professionals, nonprofit experts, and people who generally care about public health. #publichealth #publichealthsky #nonprofitsky

I've done it with state Medicaid and local arrests in Indy!

I wrote my dissertation with a newborn and defended when she was 15 months old. This type of support was vital from colleagues and mentors (although not all).

NIH Overhead Costs explainer

📣 PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT 🔬

I made this short comic to explain what the #NIH cuts mean in practice because behind the abstract label of #overheadcosts are real people, doing important work!

#AcademicSky #resist #organize #scicomm

NIH In Your State - United For Medical Research Select a state on the map to see the impact of NIH funding across America.

Also:

www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...

Inside Medicine for Monday will be live in a few hours.

Subscribe for free to read it when it drops 🙌 insidemedicine.substack.com/p/censorship...

State Rep. Gregory W. Porter (D-Indianapolis) released the following statement: “The active intervention to end or attack anything in the budget that gives state dollars to people of color is sickening. I won’t mince my words: It’s racist. Black Hoosiers and other minorities pay taxes, so we deserve to benefit from the state budget as much as our white counterparts.

“Martin University is Indiana’s only predominately Black institution. The only reason why it’s not an official HBCU is because it’s relatively young. Now they will receive zero state dollars, which is a complete cut from 2023. He also cut the College Success Program, which encourages minority and first-generation, low-income students to attend college. That means a total of $10 million in support for minority students has been eliminated."

Indiana isn't as big as Texas or Florida, but for those of us in higher education, it's worth paying attention to what is (and has been) going on. Take the Governor's new budget, which cut all of the $10M previously allocated to Martin University, the only predominantly Black school in the state.

Happy New Year.

May 2025 bring us all: a large amount of love, enough hard work to make us proud, full-throated joy, the ability to grow.

And most of all, may it bring us the stamina to pause, or perchance to retreat for a bit, but never, ever to give up.

2024 Year-in-Review: Regional Gun Violence Research Consortium | Rockefeller Institute of Government In 2024, gun violence remained a major concern, with experts from the RGVRC providing insights on mass shootings, policy changes, and new strategies to reduce harm.

It’s been a busy year at the Regional Gun Violence Research Consortium! Take a look back at all of our experts’ analyses in our end of the year blog! ⬇️ Thank you to all of our contributors for their important insights. Follow us in 2025 for more research expertise! rockinst.org/blog/2024-ye...

Some really helpful shareables from the office of the surgeon general:

www.hhs.gov/surgeongener...

Make America Safe (Again?) | Opinion Addressing this crisis beyond divisive rhetoric is multi-layered.

Read this excellent op-ed from Andy Papachristos calling for a balanced approach to violence reduction. Support for policing, but protecting important investments in community violence intervention too. www.newsweek.com/make-america...

Gun violence is the NUMBER ONE cause of death for children and teens in the US.

Not car crashes. Not cancer. It's guns.

Schools should be sites of learning for our kids, not centers of carnage.

If you care about gun violence and how to reduce it, read these stories of impacted people. Because of my background as a public defender, my bias is to start from the personal and pull back to broader questions rather than starting from impersonal community level data. Either way, do more.

If you’re looking for top experts on the issue of gun violence, look no further than the Regional Gun Violence Research Consortium at the Rockefeller Institute of Govt. This starter pack connects you with some of our experts here on Bluesky. Be sure to give them a follow! ⬇️
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Research Society for the Prevention of Firearm-Related Harms

Two weeks til our #2024FirearmResearchConf! We are busy pulling all the final details together and cannot wait to see everyone in Seattle. Details continue to be added to our website in the meantime!

www.firearmresearchsociety.org

The Dose (November 22) Resources that may be helpful, eggs are expensive again, new RSV data, and STIs are declining

Hot off the presses: We @yalesph.bsky.social collaborated w/ @kkjetelina.bsky.social & Your Local Epidemiologist to answer 12 common questions about vaccines. Please read & share!

If you have more q’s, let us know…This is just the beginning 💉🩺🛟🧪
yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/the-dose-n...

Did you know that every family that loses a person to gun violence has their own set of thoughts, feelings and way of being?

Thank you, YSPH, for allowing me to elevate survivor voices. And for committing to figuring out how to support families with their leading.

ysph.yale.edu/about-school...

Better mental health access won't end gun violence. Here's where it can help. Dr. Daniel Semenza, director of interpersonal violence research at the New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center at Rutgers University, discusses the intersection of public health and gun violence and r...

Spoke with the Health Financial Management Association (HFMA) about the role of mental health care in gun violence prevention. All the mental health care in the world won't end gun violence, but it is CRITICAL for those exposed in their every day lives.

www.hfma.org/better-menta...

Welcome!! It’s lovely so far!!

I saw one yesterday just soaring in circles! Always so cool!