Veronica Pear Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine
Veronica Pear is a social epidemiologist and Assistant Professor
at the Centers for Violence Prevention in the Department of
Emergency Medicine. She received both her Ph.D. in Epidemiology
and M.P.H. from UC Berkeley. Her research focuses on the
structural and policy drivers of and solutions to firearm
violence in the United States.
Violence is a leading cause of death and disparity in the United States. Physical and social environments such as neighborhoods can contribute to the prevention or fostering of violence.
In a recent study, we used machine learning to identify features of the local environment that are most predictive of violence in two cities struggling with disinvestment and crime.
