Megan Ranney: Difference between revisions

Ranney graduated ''[[summa cum laude]]'' from [[Harvard University]] with a Bachelor of Arts in the History of Science in 1997.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://vivo.brown.edu/display/mranney|title=Ranney, Megan|website=vivo.brown.edu|access-date=2020-04-10}}</ref> After graduation, Ranney joined the [[Peace Corps]], where she supported programs in the [[Ivory Coast]].<ref name=":0" /> Ranney then attended the [[Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons]], from which she graduated with an M.D. as a member of both [[Alpha Omega Alpha]] and the [[Gold Humanism Honor Society]].<ref name=":0" /> She completed her internship, residency and chief residency in emergency medicine at Brown.<ref name=":0" /> Ranney earned her [[Master's in Public Health]] in 2010 from the Brown University School of Public Health where she studied injury prevention.<ref>{{Cite thesis|title=Surveys in injury research: their application to unintentional and intentional injury prevention|date=2010|language=English|first=Megan L|last=Ranney|oclc=744300436}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.browndailyherald.com/2020/04/02/physicians-perspectives-impacts-ppe-shortages-covid-19-lifespan/|title=Physicians' perspectives: Impacts of PPE shortages, COVID-19 on Lifespan|last=Ibrahim|first=Rahma|date=2020-04-02|website=Brown Daily Herald|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-10}}</ref>

 

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]]

 

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>

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