Understanding the Role of Law in Reducing Firearm Injury through Clinical Interventions

Blake N Shultz¹, Carolyn T Lye¹, Gail D'Onofrio¹+4

• ¹Blake N. Shultz is a sixth-year medical student at Yale School of Medicine and a third-year law student at Yale Law School, in New Haven, CT. He is also a fellow at the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy at Yale Law School. He received his B.A. from Cornell University (2015) in Ithaca, NY. Carolyn T. Lye is a fifth-year medical student at Yale School of Medicine and a second-year law student at Yale Law School in New Haven, CT. She received her BA from University of Pennsylvania (2016) in Philadelphia, PA. Gail D'Onofrio, M.D., M.S., is Professor and Chair of Emergency Medicine at Yale School of Medicine and Professor in the School of Public Health. She is also the Chief of Emergency Services for Yale New Haven Hospital. Abbe R. Gluck, J.D., is Professor of Law and the Founding Faculty Director of the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy at Yale Law School and Professor of Medicine at Yale School of Medicine. Jonathan Miller, J.D., is the former Chief of the Public Protection and Advocacy Bureau at the Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General. Katherine Kraschel, J.D., is the Executive Director of the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy as well as a Lecturer in Law, Clinical Lecturer in Law, and Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School. She received her JD from Harvard Law School, and her BA from Mount Holyoke College. Megan L. Ranney, M.D., M.P.H., is an Associate Professor Emergency Medicine at Alpert Medical School and Directof of the Center for Digital Health at Brown University. She is also Chief Research Officer for the American Foundation for Firearm Injury Reduction in Medicine (AFFIRM Research).