"That young man taught me that most of what I thought I knew about gun violence, was actually a myth," says emergency physician and AFFIRM Chief Research Officer Dr. Megan Ranney. In this inspiring talk, she shares what she has learned about what gun violence really is, why public health can work to solve it, her mission to create change.... and 3 steps we all can take to make a difference." Dr. Ranney is Chief Research Officer of AFFIRM Research (www.affirmresearch.org), the country’s leading non-profit committed to ending the gun violence epidemic through a public health approach. She is one of the country's leading voices on creating an evidence-based approach to gun violence prevention. She is also a practicing emergency physician and Associate Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Alpert Medical School, Brown University. Her career focus is on developing, testing, and disseminating digital health interventions to prevent violence and mental illness. She is Founding Director of the Brown Emergency Digital Health Innovation program (www.brownedhi.org). She is a Fellow of the fifth class of the Aspen Health Innovators Fellowship and is a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network. She is also a mother of two. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at [ Ссылка ]
