The world of Emergency Medicine is not a quiet one nor for the faint of heart. Those working in that field every day see first-hand the trauma that can be inflicted on a human body by something seemingly as simple as a little ball of metal. They know the cold hard truth about this kind of violence, can see how much of it can be formed by our social perspective on guns and the power they bestow, but also have the opportunity to educate the public and try to make change. Dr. Stephen Hargarten is precisely one of those, so please do not miss the opportunity to hear him speak on this topic. You will not be disappointed!
Stephen
Hargarten received his MD from the Medical College of Wisconsin in 1975 and his
MPH from Johns Hopkins in 1984. He is Professor and Chair of the Department of
Emergency Medicine, Associate Dean for Global Health and Director of the Comprehensive
Injury Center at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Dr. Hargarten’s research interests reflect an
intersection of injury and violence prevention and health policy to address the
burden of this biosocial disease. His work in linking data systems for understanding
violent deaths informed the development of CDC’s National Violent Death
Reporting System. Dr. Hargarten serves
on the national boards of Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety and the
Association for Safe International Road Travel.
He was inducted into the Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars and was
elected to the Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences in 2011. In 2014, Dr. Hargarten began serving as
President of the Milwaukee Global Health Consortium, (formerly the Center for
International Health), a consortium of nine member academic, health care and
governmental organizations and agencies, dedicated to addressing local and
global health issues including patient care, education/training, research, and
community engagement. He was the founding
President of the Society for the Advancement of Violence and Injury Research
(SAVIR) and has served on the Violence and Injury Prevention Mentoring
Committee for the World Health Organization.
