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{{Short description|American emergency physician}}
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| name = Megan L. Ranney
| image = Dr._Megan_Ranney_at_podium.jpg
| caption = Ranney in 2022
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| term_start = July 1, 2023
| thesis_title = Surveys in injury research : their application to unintentional and intentional injury prevention▼
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| thesis_url = http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/744300436▼
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| alma_mater = [[Harvard University]] (BA) <br> [[Columbia University]] (MD) <br> Brown University (MPH)▼
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| website = {{url|https://ysph.yale.edu/about-school-of-public-health/deans-office/|Official bio}}
▲| thesis_title = Surveys in injury research : their application to unintentional and intentional injury prevention
▲| thesis_url = http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/744300436
| thesis_year = 2010
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'''Megan L. Ranney''' is a practicing American emergency physician currently serving as the
▲'''Megan L. Ranney''' is a practicing American emergency physician currently serving as the [[Warren Alpert]] Endowed Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at [[Rhode Island Hospital]] and the [[Alpert Medical School]] of [[Brown University]]. Ranney additionally serves as the Dean of the [[Yale School of Public Health]]. Previously, Ranney served as the Academic Dean of the [[Brown University School of Public Health]] and is the founding Director of the Brown-Lifespan Center for [[Digital health|Digital Health]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":6">{{Cite web|title=Dr. Megan Ranney Appointed Academic Dean {{!}} School of Public Health {{!}} Brown University|url=https://www.brown.edu/academics/public-health/news/2021/10/dr-megan-ranney-appointed-academic-dean|access-date=2022-01-03|website=www.brown.edu}}</ref>
During the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], Ranney brought public attention to the deficit of protective equipment for [[United States]] frontline workers. She launched the grassroots organization #GetUsPPE to collect, create and distribute [[personal protective equipment]] around the United States.
== Early life and education ==
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Ranney worked as a physician at [[Rhode Island Hospital]] in [[Providence, Rhode Island|Providence]], where she witnessed the consequences of [[Gun violence in the United States|gun violence]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=McNamara|first=Elizabeth|date=2020-04-04|title=EG Doctor Becomes National Face for PPE|url=https://eastgreenwichnews.com/eg-doctor-becomes-national-face-for-ppe/|access-date=2020-04-10|website=East Greenwich News|language=en-US}}</ref> She used her background to start conversations about guns in the context of public health.<ref name=":2" /> Ranney helped found the American Foundation for Firearm Injury Reduction in Medicine, for which she serves as research officer.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://affirmresearch.org/|title=Home|website=AFFIRM Research|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-10}}</ref> The following year, Ranney delivered a [[TED (conference)|TED]] talk where she discussed how healthcare professionals can help to solve America's gun problem.<ref>{{Citation|last=Ranney|first=Megan|title=How the public health approach can solve gun violence|url=https://www.ted.com/talks/megan_ranney_how_the_public_health_approach_can_solve_gun_violence|language=en|access-date=2020-04-10}}</ref> Ranney has advocated for increased investment in community violence prevention programs and other interventions that move beyond gun control laws.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dr. Megan Ranney studies gun violence. What she had to say about Biden's steps toward firearm violence prevention.|url=https://www.boston.com/news/health/2021/04/16/megan-ranney-biden-actions-gun-violence/|access-date=2021-09-04|website=www.boston.com|language=en-US}}</ref>
[[File:Megan_Ranney,_Emergency_Medicine_Panel.jpg|thumb|Ranney speaks at a panel at [[Harvard Medical School Center for Health and the Global Environment|Harvard Medical School]] in 2012]]
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In February 2021, Ranney was named Associate Dean for Strategy and Innovation for the [[Brown University School of Public Health]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jha |first1=Ashish |title=SPH Leadership Announcements |url=https://www.brown.edu/academics/public-health/about/people/dean/messages/20210203 |website=Dean of the School of Public Health |publisher=Brown University School of Public Health |access-date=10 February 2021 |location=Providence, Rhode Island |date=3 February 2021 |quote=I am pleased to announce that Dr. Megan Ranney has agreed to serve as Associate Dean for Strategy and Innovation.}}</ref> In December she became the school's Academic Dean.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|title=Dr. Megan Ranney Appointed Academic Dean {{!}} School of Public Health {{!}} Brown University|url=https://www.brown.edu/academics/public-health/news/2021/10/dr-megan-ranney-appointed-academic-dean|access-date=2022-01-03|website=www.brown.edu}}</ref>
==Yale School of Public Health==
In July 2023, Ranney began her term as dean of the [[Yale School of Public Health]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Office of the Dean |url=https://ysph.yale.edu/about-school-of-public-health/deans-office/ |website=Yale School of Public Health |publisher=Yale University |access-date=5 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230701143112/https://ysph.yale.edu/about-school-of-public-health/deans-office/ |archive-date=1 July 2023}}</ref>
==Awards and honors==
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[[Category:Brown University faculty]]
[[Category:Harvard College alumni]]
[[Category:American emergency physicians]]
[[Category:21st-century American women physicians]]
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[[Category:Physicians from Rhode Island]]
[[Category:American women academics]]
[[Category:Members of the National Academy of Medicine]]
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