With new CDC grant, Houston trauma surgeon to study gun violence like it's a disease

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Houston Chronicle by Julie Garcia 4/14/2021

For the first time in nearly 25 years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is funding gun violence research. Naik-Mathuria and 17 other researchers and doctors received grants for two- and three-year long research projects.

Naik-Mathuria’s project,

“Understanding the Epidemiology of Firearm Injuries in a Large Urban County: A Guide for Targeted Intervention Efforts,” will examine gun violence like it’s a disease. She was granted $342,190 for the two-year project, which will integrate data from trauma centers, the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences and the Houston Police Department to study risk factors at the individual and neighborhood levels.

“If we understand why it’s happening, where and who it’s happening to, we can understand ways to treat or fix it like it’s a disease,” Naik-Mathuria said. “All the statistics for firearm violence are related to deaths, but there are three times more people that are shot who don’t die.”

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