Science AMA Series: I’m David Hemenway, Director of the Harvard Injury Control Research Center. I study gun violence and injury prevention and I’m here to answer your questions!

Hello, reddit!

My name is David Hemenway. I’m professor of health policy at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and director of the Harvard Injury Control Research Center. You can read more about our research on firearms here.

Throughout my career I have written and done research widely on injury prevention, including research on the role of firearms, violence, and suicide. My 2006 book, Private Guns, Public Health describes the public health approach to reducing firearm violence, and summarized the scientific studies on the firearms and health.

You can watch two recent videos where I discuss why gun violence is a public health issue, and how a public health approach can decrease deaths and injuries from guns without violating the Constitution.

I’ll be here from 6:00-8:00 p.m. ET to answer your questions; Ask Me Anything!

Submitted January 07, 2016 at 03:10PM by David_Hemenway http://ift.tt/1Rcqs62