Carla Diaz-Lewis Domestic Violence Lecture Series

2025 lecture highlights firearm violence

Each year in the United States, about 40,000 people die from firearm injuries, and another 85,000 are injured, said Sara F. Jacoby, PhD, MPH, MSN, RN, FAAN, keynote speaker at the 2025 Carla Diaz-Lewis Domestic Violence Lecture. Jacoby, who discussed place-based interventions, was joined by Sandra L. McKay, MD, FAAP, associate professor at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, and Annalyn DeMello, PhD, MPH, RN, CNE, assistant professor at Cizik School of Nursing, who discussed their research related to gun violence. Read more about their research.