Faculty Expert Profile
Daniel Webster
- Bloomberg Professor of American Health
- Co-Director of the Johns Hopkins Center for the Prevention of Youth Violence
- Director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy
Expertise
Affiliations
- Bloomberg School of Public Health
- Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research
- Center for the Prevention of Youth Violence
- Center for Mental Health and Addiction Policy Research
Languages spoken
- English
Daniel W. Webster is Bloomberg Professor of American Health in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He serves as Co-Director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solution and is one of the nation's leading experts on firearm policy and the prevention of gun violence.
He is co-editor and contributor to Reducing Gun Violence in America: Informing Policy with Evidence and Analysis (JHU Press, 2013). Webster has published numerous articles on firearm policy, the prevention of gun violence, intimate partner violence, and youth violence prevention. He has studied the effects of a variety of violence prevention interventions including firearm and alcohol policies, policing strategies, street outreach and conflict mediation, and school-based curricula. Webster teaches Understanding and Preventing Violence and Crafting Effective Solutions to Gun Violence: A Problem-Solving Seminar.