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Priorities for Research to Reduce the Threat of Firearm-Related Violence (2013)

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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Public Meeting and Workshop Agenda." Institute of Medicine. 2013. Priorities for Research to Reduce the Threat of Firearm-Related Violence. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18319.
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Public Meeting and Workshop Agenda

COMMITTEE ON PRIORITIES FOR A PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH AGENDA TO REDUCE THE THREAT OF FIREARM-RELATED VIOLENCE

Monday, April 22, 2013
Room 201

National Academies Keck Center
500 Fifth Street, NW
Keck Building
Washington, DC 20001

OPEN SESSION

BACKGROUND AND OVERVIEW

Session objectives: To obtain a better understanding of the background to the study and the charge to the committee. To have a discussion with the study sponsor about what a public health agenda should and should not include. To consider a process for prioritizing a research agenda.

3:30 p.m. Welcome and Introductions
 

ALAN LESHNER, Committee Chair
Chief Executive Officer
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Executive Publisher, Science

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Public Meeting and Workshop Agenda." Institute of Medicine. 2013. Priorities for Research to Reduce the Threat of Firearm-Related Violence. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18319.
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3:45 p.m. Background and Charge to the Committee
 

LINDA DEGUTIS
Director
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

4:15 p.m. Committee Discussion with Sponsor
   
5:00 p.m. Panel Discussion: Strategies and Criteria to Prioritize a Research Agenda
 

DAVID FLEMING
Director
Seattle–King County Health Department

 

DEAN JAMISON
Professor, Global Health
Adjunct Professor, Health Services
Department of Global Health
University of Washington

5:30 p.m. Committee Discussion with Panelists
6:00 p.m. Adjourn

Tuesday, April 23, 2013 Room 100

National Academies Keck Center
500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001

Background:

Firearms are often a factor in both self-directed and interpersonal violencerelated deaths and injuries, and understanding more about the relationship between firearms and violence is essential to improving population health and safety. Critical information is needed to improve our understanding of how best to prevent firearm-related violence and its consequences, including

Conducting research to identify risks and protective factors for gun violence to guide effective prevention strategies.

Evaluating the effectiveness of interventions to prevent gun-related violence, including those likely to have the greatest public health impact.

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Public Meeting and Workshop Agenda." Institute of Medicine. 2013. Priorities for Research to Reduce the Threat of Firearm-Related Violence. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18319.
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This workshop will invite stakeholders to provide input on potential themes of a research agenda that will examine how to prevent gun violence, including firearm homicides, suicides, and nonfatal injuries, the interventions and prevention strategies that are currently used and that need to be evaluated as well as new and innovative strategies, and the variety of risk and protective factors associated with firearms. The proposed agenda should identify research questions that can be answered in the short term that can lead to the greatest public health impact and research questions that can shed light on the characteristics of gun violence and the potential to prevent gun violence.

Meeting Objectives:

The workshop will seek to explore potential research topics in the following five areas: (1) characteristics of gun violence, (2) interventions and strategies, (3) technology, (4) video games and other media, and (5) risk and protective factors. Identified research topics should be those that can be answered in the short term and those that can lead to the greatest public health impact.

OPEN SESSION

8:30 a.m. Welcoming Remarks
 

JUDITH SALERNO
Leonard D. Schaeffer Executive Officer
Institute of Medicine

 

ROBERT HAUSER
Executive Director
Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education
National Research Council

8:35 a.m. Committee Introductions and Meeting Objectives
 

ALAN LESHNER, Committee Chair
Chief Executive Officer, AAAS
Executive Publisher, Science

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Public Meeting and Workshop Agenda." Institute of Medicine. 2013. Priorities for Research to Reduce the Threat of Firearm-Related Violence. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18319.
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8:45 a.m. Context for and Charge to the Committee
 

LINDA DEGUTIS Director
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
CDC

9:00 a.m. Discussion with the Committee

SESSION I: DATA GAPS IN POLICY DISCUSSIONS

Session objective: Identify data and evidence-based research needs that may inform ongoing and future policy discussions as they relate to gun-related violence and prevention.

9:15 a.m. Session Objectives
 

ALAN LESHNER, Committee Chair
Chief Executive Officer, AAAS
Executive Publisher, Science

9:20 a.m. Panel Discussion: What Research Is Needed to Help to Inform Policy
 

RICHARD FELDMAN
President
Independent Firearm Owners Association

 

PHILIP COOK
Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and Research
ITT/Terry Sanford Professor of Public Policy
Professor of Economics and Sociology and Faculty
  Affiliate, Center for Child and Family Policy
Duke Sanford School of Public Policy

 

DANIEL GROSS
President
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Public Meeting and Workshop Agenda." Institute of Medicine. 2013. Priorities for Research to Reduce the Threat of Firearm-Related Violence. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18319.
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KEITH HOTLE
Chronic Disease and Substance Abuse Unit Manager
Suicide Prevention Team Leader
Public Health Division, Wyoming Department of
Health

 

JOHN FRAZER
Director
Research and Information Division
National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action

10:20 a.m. Discussion with Committee
 

ALAN LESHNER, Committee Chair
Chief Executive Officer, AAAS
Executive Publisher, Science

11:00 a.m. BREAK

SESSION II: OVERVIEW OF ONGOING VIOLENCE RESEARCH

Session objectives: Review currently funded research topics for gun-related violence and prevention. Explore relevant key areas of research currently being conducted on non-gun-related violence and prevention.

11:15 a.m. Panel Discussion: Gun Violence and Prevention Research Activities
 

STEPHEN HARGARTEN, Moderator
Professor and Chair
Department of Emergency Medicine
Director, Injury Research Center
Associate Dean, Global Health
Medical College of Wisconsin

 

NINA VINIK
Program Director
Gun Violence Prevention
The Joyce Foundation

 

DANIEL WEBSTER
Center for Gun Policy and Research
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Public Meeting and Workshop Agenda." Institute of Medicine. 2013. Priorities for Research to Reduce the Threat of Firearm-Related Violence. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18319.
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GREG RIDGEWAY
Director
National Institute of Justice

 

PAUL BLACKMAN
Research Coordinator (Retired)
National Rifle Association

12:15 p.m. Discussion with Committee
 

STEPHEN HARGARTEN, Moderator
Professor and Chair
Department of Emergency Medicine
Director, Injury Research Center
Associate Dean, Global Health
Medical College of Wisconsin

12:45 p.m. Lunch
   
1:30 p.m. Panel Discussion: Ongoing Non-Gun-Related Violence
and Prevention Research
 

STEPHEN HARGARTEN, Moderator
Professor and Chair
Department of Emergency Medicine
Director, Injury Research Center
Associate Dean, Global Health
Medical College of Wisconsin

 

JULIA DA SILVA
Director, Violence Prevention Office
American Psychological Association

 

DEBORAH GORMAN-SMITH
Professor
University of Chicago School of Social Service
Administration

 

MATTHEW MILLER
Associate Director, Harvard Injury Control Research Center
Associate Professor, Department of Health Policy
and Management
Harvard University

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Public Meeting and Workshop Agenda." Institute of Medicine. 2013. Priorities for Research to Reduce the Threat of Firearm-Related Violence. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18319.
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JACQUELYN CAMPBELL
Professor and Anna D. Wolf Chair
Department of Community-Public Health
School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University

2:30 p.m. Discussion with Committee
 

STEPHEN HARGARTEN, Moderator
Professor and Chair
Department of Emergency Medicine
Director, Injury Research Center
Associate Dean, Global Health
Medical College of Wisconsin

SESSION III: PUBLIC COMMENT

Session objective: Seek public comment from interested stakeholders about key research topics for a public health research agenda that would assess the causes of gun violence and evaluate existing or potential public health interventions to prevent firearm-related violence.

Note: To accommodate requests, speakers will be strictly limited to 3 minutes.

3:00 p.m. Public Comment: Topics for a Public Health Research Agenda on Gun Violence
 

ALAN LESHNER, Committee Chair
Chief Executive Officer, AAAS
Executive Publisher, Science

SESSION IV: RESEARCH PRIORITIES: BREAKOUT SESSIONS

Session objectives: Identify key public health research that would assess the causes of gun violence and evaluate existing or potential public health interventions to prevent firearm-related violence. Provide an evidence base for why that research is needed.

3:30 p.m. Session Objectives
 

ALAN LESHNER, Committee Chair
Chief Executive Officer, AAAS
Executive Publisher, Science

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Public Meeting and Workshop Agenda." Institute of Medicine. 2013. Priorities for Research to Reduce the Threat of Firearm-Related Violence. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18319.
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3:45-6:00 p.m. Breakout Panels
A (Room 100)
B (Room 204)
C (Room 202)
D (Room 206)
E (Room 110)

BREAKOUT A: CHARACTERISTICS OF GUN VIOLENCE

Breakout objective: Identify research questions necessary to improve understanding of the characteristics of both fatal and nonfatal gun violence.

3:45 p.m. Panel Discussion: Characteristics of Gun Violence
 

SUSAN SORENSON, Moderator
Professor of Social Policy
Senior Fellow in Public Health
University of Pennsylvania

 

JAY CORZINE
Professor of Sociology
University of Central Florida

 

SHELDON GREENBERG
Associate Dean of the School of Education
Division of Public Safety Leadership
Associate Professor of Management
Johns Hopkins University

 

DAVID HEMENWAY Director
Injury Control Research Center
Harvard University

 

JON VERNICK
Associate Professor
Co-Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and
Research
Deputy Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Injury
Research and Policy
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Public Meeting and Workshop Agenda." Institute of Medicine. 2013. Priorities for Research to Reduce the Threat of Firearm-Related Violence. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18319.
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5:00 p.m. Discussion with Committee and Participants
 

SUSAN SORENSON, Moderator
Professor of Social Policy
Senior Fellow in Public Health
University of Pennsylvania

6:00 p.m. Adjourn

BREAKOUT B: INTERVENTION RESEARCH PRIORITIES

Breakout objective: Identify research questions that are necessary to improve understanding of the effectiveness of interventions and strategies to prevent or reduce gun-related injuries. These may include, but should not be limited to, research questions related to the impact of public education campaigns, youth access to and use of guns, safe storage practices, access to guns, and improved personal protection.

3:45 p.m. Panel Discussion: Intervention Research Priorities
 

JEFF RUNGE, Moderator
Principal
The Chertoff Group

 

ROSEANNA ANDER
Executive Director
University of Chicago Crime Lab

 

CHARLES BRANAS
Professor of Epidemiology
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

 

CARLISLE MOODY
Professor of Economics
The College of William and Mary

 

GAREN WINTEMUTE
Professor of Emergency Medicine
Director, Violence Prevention Research Program
University of California, Davis

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Public Meeting and Workshop Agenda." Institute of Medicine. 2013. Priorities for Research to Reduce the Threat of Firearm-Related Violence. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18319.
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5:00 p.m. Discussion with Committee and Participants
 

JEFF RUNGE, Moderator
Principal
The Chertoff Group

6:00 p.m. Adjourn

BREAKOUT C: TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH PRIORITIES

Breakout objective: Identify research questions related to potential technologies that may reduce gun-related violence, including how guns and ammunition can be designed and engineered to improve safety and prevent misuse.

3:45 p.m. Panel Discussion: Technology Research Priorities
 

DONALD CARLUCCI, Moderator
Senior Research Scientist (ST)
U.S. Army Armament, Research, Development and
Engineering Center, Picatinny Arsenal

 

JOSEPH DOWLING
General Manager
Senior Researcher and Technical Lead
Georgia Tech Ireland

 

MARK GREENE
General Engineer
National Institute of Justice

 

DONALD SEBASTIAN
Senior Vice President for Research & Development
New Jersey Institute of Technology

 

STEPHEN TERET
Director, Center for Law and the Public’s Health
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

5:00 p.m. Discussion with Committee and Participants
 

DONALD CARLUCCI, Moderator
Senior Research Scientist (ST)
U.S. Army Armament, Research, Development and
Engineering Center, Picatinny Arsenal

6:00 p.m. Adjourn
Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Public Meeting and Workshop Agenda." Institute of Medicine. 2013. Priorities for Research to Reduce the Threat of Firearm-Related Violence. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18319.
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BREAKOUT D: VIDEO GAMES AND OTHER MEDIA

Breakout objective: Identify questions that improve understanding of the impact of violence in video games, the media, and social media on real-life violence.

3:45 p.m. Panel Discussion: Research Priorities to Understand the Impact of Video Games and Other Media
 

RONALD KESSLER, Moderator
McNeil Family Professor of Health Care Policy
Harvard Medical School

 

BRAD BUSHMAN
Professor of Communication and Psychology
Margaret Hall and Robert Randal Rinehart Chair of Mass
Communication
School of Communication
Ohio State University

 

CHRISTOPHER FERGUSON
Associate Professor
Psychology and Criminal Justice
Texas A&M International University

 

NADINE KASLOW
Professor and Vice Chair for Faculty Development
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Emory University School of Medicine

 

JOHN MURRAY
Research Fellow, Department of Psychology
Washington College
Visiting Scholar, Center on Media and Child Health
Children’s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School

5:00 p.m. Discussion with Committee and Participants
 

RONALD KESSLER, Moderator
McNeil Family Professor of Health Care Policy
Harvard Medical School

6:00 p.m. Adjourn
Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Public Meeting and Workshop Agenda." Institute of Medicine. 2013. Priorities for Research to Reduce the Threat of Firearm-Related Violence. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18319.
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BREAKOUT E: RISK AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS RESEARCH PRIORITIES

Breakout objective: Identify research questions that will assess potential risk and protective factors and other critical issues, such as socioeconomic and sociocultural environments.

3:45 p.m. Panel Discussion: Risk and Protective Factors Research Priorities
 

JOHN RICH, Moderator
Professor and Chair of Health Management and Policy
Drexel University School of Public Health

 

JAMES GILLIGAN
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
New York University School of Medicine

 

ARTHUR KELLERMANN
Paul O’Neill-Alcoa Chair in Policy Analysis
RAND Health
RAND Corporation

 

SHARON LAMBERT
Associate Professor of Clinical and Community
Psychology
Department of Psychology
The George Washington University

 

DEANNA WILKINSON
Associate Professor
Department of Human Development & Family Science
The Ohio State University

5:00 p.m. Discussion with Committee and Participants
 

JOHN RICH, Moderator
Professor and Chair of Health Management and Policy
Drexel University School of Public Health

6:00 p.m. Adjourn
Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Public Meeting and Workshop Agenda." Institute of Medicine. 2013. Priorities for Research to Reduce the Threat of Firearm-Related Violence. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18319.
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In 2010, more than 105,000 people were injured or killed in the United States as the result of a firearm-related incident. Recent, highly publicized, tragic mass shootings in Newtown, CT; Aurora, CO; Oak Creek, WI; and Tucson, AZ, have sharpened the American public's interest in protecting our children and communities from the harmful effects of firearm violence. While many Americans legally use firearms for a variety of activities, fatal and nonfatal firearm violence poses a serious threat to public safety and welfare.

In January 2013, President Barack Obama issued 23 executive orders directing federal agencies to improve knowledge of the causes of firearm violence, what might help prevent it, and how to minimize its burden on public health. One of these orders directed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to, along with other federal agencies, immediately begin identifying the most pressing problems in firearm violence research. The CDC and the CDC Foundation asked the IOM, in collaboration with the National Research Council, to convene a committee tasked with developing a potential research agenda that focuses on the causes of, possible interventions to, and strategies to minimize the burden of firearm-related violence. Priorities for Research to Reduce the Threat of Firearm-Related Violence focuses on the characteristics of firearm violence, risk and protective factors, interventions and strategies, the impact of gun safety technology, and the influence of video games and other media.

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