
David Hemenway
Professor of Health Policy at Harvard University
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Feb 17, 2017 • 3min
2 Words Trigger CDC to Stay Quiet
Health policy researcher at the CDC, David Hemenway, reveals CDC's fear of funding firearms research due to concerns of backlash. Staff avoid discussing guns to prevent budget cuts from Congress, despite no official prohibition.

Aug 4, 2016 • 43min
Guns
Prof. David Hemenway, Prof. Helen Christensen, Prof. Gary Kleck, and Anthony Colandro discuss the impact and controversy surrounding guns, exploring claims made by the gun lobby, potential errors in estimating figures, survey data reliability, effectiveness and drawbacks of guns in self-defense, gun deaths in America with a focus on suicide prevention, and the relationship between guns and crime.