The University of California, Davis, has campus experts available to discuss research and provide commentary related to guns, school violence and mental health.

Gun access

Dr. Garen Wintemute, director of the Violence Prevention Research Program at the UC Davis Medical Center, is a national expert on gun violence and public attitudes about guns. Wintemute, a professor of emergency medicine, has conducted numerous studies about gun accessibility, connections between gun ownership and violence, etc. Contact: Dr. Garen Wintemute, Emergency Medicine, (916) 734-3083, gjwintemute@ucdavis.edu. The center can also provide relevant data at (916) 734-3539.

Disasters and mental health

Dr. Peter Yellowlees, a professor of psychiatry, has undertaken a large number of forensic psychiatric examinations and been involved in creating curricula for disaster preparedness and responses, and in teaching about post-traumatic stress disorders. Yellowlees has developed a "Disaster Mental Health Series" of continuing medical education courses that address anxiety disorders after a disaster, coping among survivors, and delivering bad news to families and survivors. He is in favor of gun control. Contact: David Ong, UC Davis Health System Medical Science Public Affairs, (916) 734-9049, david.ong@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu.