Agenda

Detailed times of agenda will be announced soon. Presentation titles and order are subject to change.

REGISTRATION

  • Check in at Luskin Conference Center.

WELCOME REMARKS - 7:30AM

  • Gary Holland & Jen Vu

Panel:

Presentations:

  • Amina Latif: Evaluation of a Firearm Safety Initiative in Ambulatory Care: Preliminary Interim Results

  • Jen Vu: Ophthalmic Injuries Among Survivors of Firearm Violence in an Urban County Hospital

  • Roberto López: Firearms and Youth Suicide: Identifying and Addressing Risk

  • Dan Froot: Arms Around America: Using Theater and Storytelling to Create Dialogue about Gun Violence in the U.S.

Q&A with all speakers from Morning Session Part 1

Morning Session Part 1: Medicine & the Arts

  • Garen Wintemute: Gun Violence as a Public Health Crisis (virtual presentation)

Morning Keynote

Morning Break & Community Building

  • Refreshments provided.

Presentations:

  • James Macinko: Exploring Alcohol Use and Firearm-Involved Deaths in the United States, 2003-2021

  • Jennifer Wagman & Wilson Hammett: Assessing the Use of Extreme Risk Protection Orders in Cases of Intimate Partner Violence in California

  • Tanvi Shinkre: Exploring the Causal Relationship Between Firearm Laws and Firearm-Related Deaths, 2000-2021

  • Grace Hindmarch: Concern about firearm violence among adolescents in California: Associations with psychological distress, suicide ideation, and social and demographic factors

Q&A with all speakers from Morning Session Part 2

Presentations:

  • JJ Janflone: Opportunities for UCLA affiliates to partner with Brady

  • Representative from Giffords: Opportunities for UCLA affiliates to partner with Giffords

  • Mary Rozelle: Opportunities for UCLA affiliates to partner with Moms Demand Action

Morning Session Part 2: Public Health & Policy

  • Buffet-style at Luskin Conference Center.

  • Tabling from community partners during lunch.

Lunch

  • Adam Winkler: Gun Laws in U.S. History and Recent Court Decisions 

Afternoon Keynote

Afternoon Session Part 1: Public & Community Responses to Gun Violence

Presentations:

  • Christopher Poliquin: Values and Visibility: How CEO Activism Influences Private and Public Consumer Choices

  • Jack Kappelman: Are Politicians Responsive to Mass Shootings? Evidence from U.S. State Legislatures

  • Poco Kernsmith: School-based Programs for Firearm Injury Prevention

  • Falco J. Bargagli Stoffi: The effect of climate change and heatwaves on firearm-related incidents across the United States

Q&A with all speakers from Afternoon Session Part 1

Panel:

  • Updates in funding and research opportunities for faculty, graduate students, and undergraduate students at UCLA

Afternoon Break & Community Building

  • Refreshments provided.

Presentations and Q&A:

  • Bruins Public Health Club (Sophia Adkins, Evalyse Estradaflores, Elizabeth Murray, Yuvraj Walia): Blood on the Map: Examining the Impact of Redlining on Gun Violence in Los Angeles County

Presentations and Q&A:

  • Cuco Rodriguez: Geospatial Mapping of Firearm Injuries and Deaths in California

  • Terry Schell: RAND’s Tools to Utilize in Policy Research

  • Mia Livas Porter & Patricia Hernandez: Gun lock distribution program through LA County Office of Violence Prevention

  • Fernando Rejón: Redefining Public Safety through Community Violence Intervention

Afternoon Session Part 2: Work from Undergraduate Groups and Community Partners

CLOSING REMARKS

  • Gary Holland & Jen Vu