The Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research is a research center within the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health that conducts empirical studies on firearm violence and evaluates policy interventions to reduce gun-related injury and death. The center translates research into policy guidance for lawmakers, public health officials, and communities.
Evidence-based firearm violence prevention policies including background check improvements, extreme-risk/removal laws, safe storage and child access prevention, restrictions on high-risk firearm access, community violence intervention and public-health oriented prevention strategies
Supported primarily by Johns Hopkins University and the Bloomberg School of Public Health, supplemented by competitive research grants and philanthropic foundation funding
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Johns Hopkins University; Director Daniel W. Webster, ScD; collaborative relationships with public health agencies and nonprofit violence-prevention organizations
Academic research center (part of a university/public health school)
