Podcasts about firearm injury reduction

Megan Ranney MD MPH is an emergency physician, researcher, and advocate for innovative approaches to health. Her work focuses on the intersection between digital health, violence prevention, and population health.  She is the incoming dean of the Yale School of Public Health and former Deputy Dean of the School of Public Health, as well as founding Director of the Brown-Lifespan Center for Digital Health . She is co-founder and Senior Strategic Advisor to the American Foundation for Firearm Injury Reduction in Medicine (AFFIRM) at the Aspen Institute which creates practical, scalable, and immediate health-based solutions to reduce all forms of firearm-related injuries in the United States. She recently served as co-founder and president of the board for GetUsPPE.org, a startup dedicated to matching donated personal protective equipment to those who need it most. She is a Fellow of the fifth class of the Aspen Health Innovators Fellowship Program and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network.    She is the Warren Alpert Endowed Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Alpert Medical School of Brown University and a Professor of Behavioral and Social Science / Health Services, Policy, and Practice at the School of Public Health. 

02/21/23: Joel is joined by Dr. Megan Ranney, who is a practicing emergency physician and researcher focusing on the intersection between digital health, violence prevention, and public health.   She is the Deputy Dean for the School of Public Health, as well as founding Director of the Brown-Lifespan Center for Digital Health. She is also co-founder and Senior Strategic Advisor for the American Foundation for Firearm Injury Reduction in Medicine, the country's only non-profit committed to reducing firearm injury through the public health approach.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Despite the deeply tragic, terrifying and high-profile nature of gun violence, the United States has not been able to make significant progress on the problem. The arguments on all sides are exhaustingly familiar, and so is the lack of governmental and societal action. In the meantime, more and more people are dying—researchers say more than 45,000 a year. A group of passionate health care providers and public health professionals are urging us to look at the issue in a different light, and think about how the country's gun-owning and gun-despising populations can actually work together to save lives. Physician and Brown University professor Megan Ranney joins former U.S. surgeon general and anesthesiologist Jerome Adams and physician and program director of the American Foundation for Firearm Injury Reduction in Medicine (AFFIRM) at the Aspen Institute, Christopher Barsotti for a spirited talk at Aspen Ideas: Health. Each has firsthand experience treating people impacted by gun violence, and they share the ways they've employed a public health approach—emphasizing care over punishment—to reduce harm. Could their underused methods work in more parts of the country, and make a dent in this seemingly intractable issue?  Elizabeth Cohen, senior medical correspondent for CNN, moderates the conversation.

In this episode [Episode 3 revisited], emergency room physician Dr. Megan Ranney explains how gun violence is a public health crisis, and shares her non-partisan approach to help end it. Dr. Ranney is a respected researcher, emergency physician, and advocate in the field of injury prevention and digital health. She is a Professor at Brown University, and the co-founder of AFFIRM, the American Foundation for Firearm Injury Reduction in Medicine.Follow Dr. Megan Ranney on Twitter.Follow host Halle Tecco on Twitter.Visit The Heart of Healthcare website for episode recaps.https://offscrip.com/shows/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Meet Megan Ranney, M.D., MPH:Megan Ranney, M.D., MPH is the Academic Dean of the School of Public Health and the founding Director of the Brown-Lifespan Center for Digital Health at Brown University. She is co-founder and Senior Strategic Advisor to the American Foundation for Firearm Injury Reduction in Medicine at the Aspen Institute. Dr. Ranney is also an emergency physician, researcher, and contributor to media outlets including MSNBC, The New York Times, and The Washington Post. She received a Bachelors in the History of Science from Harvard University, and received her medical degree from Columbia University. Key Insights:Megan Ranney, M.D., MPH is a practicing emergency physician, researcher, and advocate for innovative approaches to health.Relationships. Dr. Ranney's network of peers provide practical advice as well as social support. She also has mentors and sponsors who have helped create career opportunities for her. Building relationships and friendships are fundamental to career development and career enjoyment. (6:56)Finding Common Ground. Dr. Ranney works with controversial topics. She points out that generally people agree on goals, but disagree on the strategy. A way to build sustainable, community-based solutions is to take away the judgement, focus on the shared goal, and find paths to solutions that converge across stakeholders. (26:26)Balance. Dr. Ranney describes that during different points in her life she was either more focused on her home and family, or prioritized career goals and leaned on her support system. This is okay. Accept that the flux is part of life, and ensure that over the long-run you feel balanced. (30:12)This episode is hosted by Ceci Connolly. She is a member of the Advisory Council for Her Story and President and CEO of the Alliance of Community Health Plans.Relevant Links:Learn more about Dr. RanneyFollow Dr. Ranney on Twitter

In this hour: - ER physician and AFFIRM Research co-founder Chris Barsotti discusses the group's goal of reducing firearm injuries through research and community - Washington state passes a ban on standard-capacity magazines - Is older .22 rimfire ammunition more accurate? Tom Gresham's Gun Talk 03.06.22 Hour 1

This week on Public Health Out Loud, we're joined by guest expert Dr. Megan Ranney, an emergency physician at Rhode Island Hospital and Miriam Hospital. She is also the Associate Dean of Strategy and Innovation for the School of Public Health, founding Director of the Brown-Lifespan Center for Digital Health, and co-founder and Senior Strategic Advisor to the American Foundation for Firearm Injury Reduction in Medicine at the Aspen Institute. Her full biography is available on this web page.  In this episode, co-hosts Dr. Jim McDonald and Dr. Philip Chan ask Dr. Ranney about her experience working on the front lines of a local emergency department since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. “It has been a series of ups and downs. I was actually in the emergency department the night that the very first identified COVID-19 patient in our state came in,” Dr. Ranney says. “I remember the feeling that night knowing that it finally hit us here in Rhode Island.” Dr. Ranney also talks about her work with Dr. Ashish Jha on the Long COVID Initiative, which is a coalition of clinicians, researchers, and public health communicators working together to shed light on the long-lasting impacts that a COVID-19 diagnosis has had on some patients' health.  Download this week's episode to learn more.  

In this episode, emergency room physician Dr. Megan Ranney explains how gun violence is a public health crisis, and what she's doing to help end it. Dr. Ranney is a respected researcher, emergency physician, and advocate in the injury prevention and digital health field. She is a Professor at Brown University, and the co-founder of AFFIRM, the American Foundation for Firearm Injury Reduction in Medicine.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Dr. Megan Ranney recorded her shift in a COVID-19 ER in Rhode Island the day after Thanksgiving and was kind enough to talk to Andy about it. Though her job is both physically and mentally exhausting, she manages to remain hopeful. This is a rare look inside a hospital’s COVID-19 bubble.    Keep up with Andy on Twitter @ASlavitt and Instagram @andyslavitt.   Follow Megan Ranney on Twitter @meganranney.    In the Bubble is supported in part by listeners like you. Become a member, get exclusive bonus content, ask Andy questions, and get discounted merch at https://www.lemonadamedia.com/inthebubble/    Support the show by checking out our sponsors!   Livinguard masks have the potential to deactivate COVID-19 based on the testing they have conducted from leading universities such as the University of Arizona and the Free University in Berlin, Germany. Go to shop.livinguard.com and use the code BUBBLE10 for 10% off.   Check out these resources from today’s episode:    Learn more about Get Us PPE, the group co-founded by Megan Ranney that’s getting personal protective equipment to those who need it most: https://getusppe.org/  Read about the field hospitals opening in Rhode Island: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/11/30/metro/rhode-island-sends-alert-hospitals-reach-covid-19-capacity/  Check out the tweet Megan mentions from the night before her shift in the COVID-19 unit: https://twitter.com/meganranney/status/1332166999200456704  Learn more about Megan’s work with the American Foundation for Firearm Injury Reduction in Medicine, the country's only non-profit committed to reducing firearm injury through the public health approach: www.affirmresearch.org  Pre-order Andy’s book, Preventable: The Inside Story of How Leadership Failures, Politics, and Selfishness Doomed the U.S. Coronavirus Response, here: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250770165      To follow along with a transcript and/or take notes for friends and family, go to www.lemonadamedia.com/show/in-the-bubble shortly after the air date.   Stay up to date with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @LemonadaMedia. For additional resources, information, and a transcript of the episode, visit lemonadamedia.com. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

COVID-19 has put America’s top doctors on the frontlines of a battle to save lives.  Dr. Megan Ranney spends her days at the front, working in an urban emergency room where her training in public health and emergency medicine give her unique insights about the pandemic and the nation’s response. Ranney is a practicing emergency physician and researcher, focusing on the intersection between digital health, violence prevention, and public health.  She is the current Warren Alpert Endowed Associate Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Rhode Island Hospital/Alpert Medical School of Brown University.  Ranney is also the founding Director of the Brown-Lifespan Center for Digital Health and Chief Research Officer for the American Foundation for Firearm Injury Reduction in Medicine, the country’s only non-profit committed to using the public health approach to reduce firearm injury.  She a founding partner of GetUsPPE.org, dedicated to matching donors to health systems in need of protective equipment.  She completed her internship and residency in Emergency Medicine, Master of Public Health, and fellowship in Injury Prevention Research at Brown University. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this Advancing Health podcast from AHA’s Hospitals Against Violence initiative, Megan Ranney, M.D., co-founder and chief research officer of AFFIRM (American Foundation for Firearm Injury Reduction in Medicine) www.affirmresearch.org, talks about the importance of research and a public health approach to help end firearm violence.

When Robin’s father was 12, he hid in a closet while his family was gunned down in one of the first mass shooting in US history. 60 years later, Robin’s niece hid in a closet while her classmates were murdered in the Parkland highschool shooting. Robin decided at that moment to become an activist against gun violence. As the child of a survivor and a school nurse, she knows first hand the damage caused by gun violence. When she learned about ACEs, her activism broadened from fighting against gun violence to thriving to promote trauma-informed schools and communities. Bio:Robin Cogan, MEd, RN, NCSN is a Nationally Certified School Nurse (NCSN), currently in her 19th year as a New Jersey school nurse in the Camden City School District. She serves on several national boards including The American Foundation for Firearm Injury Reduction in Medicine (AFFIRM), a gun violence prevention research non-profit organization and the National Board of Certification for School Nurses (NBCSN). Robin is the Legislative Chair for the New Jersey State School Nurses Association (NJSSNA). She is proud to be a Johnson & Johnson School Health Leadership Fellow and past Program Mentor. She has been recognized in her home state of New Jersey and nationally for her community-based initiative called “The Community Café: A Conversation That Matters.” Robin is the honored recipient of multiple awards for her work in school nursing and population health. These awards include 2019 National Association of School Nurses (NASN) President’s Award; 2018 NCSN School Nurse of the Year; 2017 Johnson & Johnson School Nurse of the Year; and the New Jersey Department of Health 2017 Population Health Hero Award. Robin serves as faculty in the School Nurse Certificate Program at Rutgers University-Camden School of Nursing, where she teaches the next generation of school nurses. She was presented the 2018 Rutgers University – Camden Chancellor’s Teaching Excellence Award for Part-time Faculty. Robin writes a weekly blog called The Relentless School Nurse. You can also follow her on Twitter at @RobinCogan.Links:https://relentlessschoolnurse.com/Here is a link to a new initiative the I am involved in with American Nurse through the American Nursing Association: https://www.myamericannurse.com/american-nurse-welcomes-the-relentless-school-nurse-robin-cogan/Here is a blog post I did about our experience screening Wrestling Ghosts at NASN Conference: https://relentlessschoolnurse.com/2019/09/11/the-relentless-school-nurse-wrestling-ghosts-an-experiential-film/ Here is info about my Community Cafe Initiative: https://relentlessschoolnurse.com/community-cafes/

Objectives: Explain what it means to view firearm violence as a public health problem.  Describe the roles of the emergency physician in addressing firearm violence. Recognize that access to firearms make suicide attempts more likely to succeed. Identify barriers to conducting research on firearm violence Resources: Provider resources: What Can You Do: UC Davis Violence Prevention Research Program: https://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/vprp/WYCD.html American Association of Pediatrics: Addressing Gun Violence https://www.aap.org/en-us/advocacy-and-policy/aap-health-initiatives/Pages/Unintentional-Injury-in-Practice.aspx  Resources for talking to patients about gun safety: Office of the Attorney General of Massachusetts. https://www.mass.gov/lists/resources-for-talking-to-patients-about-gun-safety   Firearm research and publications  Wintemute GJ, Betz M, Ranney M. Yes, You Can: Physicians, Patients and Firearms. Ann Intern Med. 2016;165(3):205-213. http://annals.org/aim/fullarticle/2522436/yes-you-can-physicians-patients-firearms  Carter PM, Walton MA, Zimmerman MA, Chermack ST, Roche JS, Cunningham RM. Efficacy of a Universal Brief Intervention for Violence Among Urban Emergency Department Youth. Acad Emerg Med. 2016 Sep;23(9):1061-70. doi: 10.1111/acem.13021. Epub 2016 Sep 7. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27265097  Ranney ML, et al. A Consensus-Driven Agenda for Emergency Medicine Firearm Injury Prevention Research. Ann Emerg Med. 2017 Feb;69(2):227-240. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=A+consensus-driven+agenda+for+emergency+medicine+firearm+injury+prevention+research&TransSchema=title&cmd=detailssearch  Pallin R, Spitzer S, Ranney M, Betz M, Wintemute GJ. Preventing Firearm-Related Death and Injury. Ann Intern Med. 2019;170(11):ITC81-ITC96.  https://annals.org/aim/fullarticle/2735389/preventing-firearm-related-death-injury Transcript   Take-home points:  As emergency physicians, we are directly exposed to the toll of firearm violence, but also uniquely positioned to address it. Although mass shootings are a serious problem and attract a lot of media attention, the majority of firearm deaths in the USA are actually suicides. Firearm violence is a public health problem like drunk driving, and needs to be addressed on multiple levels of prevention. Research has been limited by political constraints on funding, and more data is needed to find the most effective solutions.   Contributors: Risha Cohen Vidya Eswaran Erik Kramer Aislinn D. Black   Guests: Dr Marian Emmy Betz is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and in the School of Public Health at the University of Colorado.  You may have seen her TedX talk on how to talk about guns and suicide which highlights her interests in both suicide prevention and injury prevention.  She also has an extensive research background.   Dr Megan Ranney is an Associate Professor of both Emergency Medicine and Health Services Policy and Practice at Brown University.  She has an extensive research background and is the chief research officer for Affirm (The American Foundation for Firearm Injury Reduction in Medicine).

This week, we have a very special collaborative show with the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s podcast, This Week in Health. We are featuring perspectives on gun violence from the trauma bay of the emergency room with Megan Ranney, and from public health, with David Hemenway. Megan Ranney, MD MPH is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Rhode Island Hospital/Alpert Medical School of Brown University and also Chief Research Officer for the American Foundation for Firearm Injury Reduction in Medicine, a non-partisan philanthropy focused on filling the funding gap for high-quality, medically-focused, firearm injury research. David Hemenway is Professor of Health Policy, is Director of the Harvard Injury Control Research Center at the TH Chan School of Public Health. Dr. Hemenway teaches classes on injury and on economics. Dr. Hemenway has written widely on injury prevention, including articles on firearms, violence, suicide, child abuse, motor vehicle crashes, fires, falls and fractures. This interview has been lightly edited for length and clarity.

Spring 2019 - In this episode of the Policy Prescriptions® edition of the podcast, Cedric Dark, MD MPH FAAEM FACEP, Emergency Physician at Baylor College of Medicine, Megan Ranney, MD MPH, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Brown University, Director of the Brown Emergency Digital Health Innovation Program, and Chief Research Officer of AFFIRM, the American Foundation for Firearm Injury Reduction in Medicine, and Kyle Fischer, MD MPH, Clinical Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Fellowship Director in Health Policy and Leadership at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, discuss the This is Our Lane movement and the importance for gun violence research. Intro music by Kämmerer, 'Take Left' from the album 'Rhodes to Wisdom,' powered by JAMENDO. Resources: https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20190221.8649/full/ http://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMp1815462 https://affirmresearch.org

Spring 2019 - In this episode of the Policy Prescriptions® edition of the podcast, Cedric Dark, MD MPH FAAEM FACEP, Emergency Physician at Baylor College of Medicine, Megan Ranney, MD MPH, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Brown University, Director of the Brown Emergency Digital Health Innovation Program, and Chief Research Officer of AFFIRM, the American Foundation for Firearm Injury Reduction in Medicine, and Kyle Fischer, MD MPH, Clinical Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Fellowship Director in Health Policy and Leadership at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, discuss the This is Our Lane movement and the importance for gun violence research. Intro music by Kämmerer, 'Take Left' from the album 'Rhodes to Wisdom,' powered by JAMENDO. Resources: https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20190221.8649/full/ http://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMp1815462 https://affirmresearch.org

Each year in the U.S. more than 30,000 people are killed by guns—with two-thirds of those deaths being suicide. And there are tens of thousands non-fatal injuries. Yet research into preventing firearm violence remains limited and under-funded. In a special collaborative episode with Review of Systems we’re taking an in-depth look at gun violence in America: why we know so little about the toll of firearm injuries and deaths, what researchers want to know, and how they are engaging gun owners and enthusiasts as key stakeholders in advocating for more research. Full Transcript: hsph.me/gun-violence-pod You'll hear perspectives on gun violence from the emergency room, with Megan Ranney, and from public health, with David Hemenway. Ranney is an associate professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Rhode Island Hospital/Alpert Medical School of Brown University and also chief research officer for the American Foundation for Firearm Injury Reduction in Medicine, a non-partisan philanthropy focused on filling the funding gap for high-quality, medically-focused, firearm injury research. Hemenway is a professor of health policy at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and director of the Harvard Injury Control Research Center. He has written widely on injury prevention, on topics including firearms, violence, suicide, child abuse, motor vehicle crashes, fires, falls, and fractures.

Each year in the U.S. more than 30,000 people are killed by guns—with two-thirds of those deaths being suicide. And there are tens of thousands non-fatal injuries. Yet research into preventing firearm violence remains limited and under-funded. In a special collaborative episode with Review of Systems we’re taking an in-depth look at gun violence in America: why we know so little about the toll of firearm injuries and deaths, what researchers want to know, and how they are engaging gun owners and enthusiasts as key stakeholders in advocating for more research. You'll hear perspectives on gun violence from the emergency room, with Megan Ranney, and from public health, with David Hemenway. Ranney is an associate professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Rhode Island Hospital/Alpert Medical School of Brown University and also chief research officer for the American Foundation for Firearm Injury Reduction in Medicine, a non-partisan philanthropy focused on filling the funding gap for high-quality, medically-focused, firearm injury research. Hemenway is a professor of health policy at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and director of the Harvard Injury Control Research Center. He has written widely on injury prevention, on topics including firearms, violence, suicide, child abuse, motor vehicle crashes, fires, falls, and fractures. You can subscribe to Harvard Chan: This Week in Health by visiting iTunes or Google Play and you can listen to it by following us on Soundcloud, and stream it on the Stitcher app or on Spotify. Learn more Doctors affirm commitment to reducing gun violence (Harvard Chan School news) New recommendations urge doctors to talk to patients about guns (Harvard Chan School news) Uncommon Ground (Harvard Public Health magazine)