Dr. Freeman is a Pediatrician in Buffalo NY and Clinical Assistant Professor at Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo. She serves as the local Everytown for Gun Safety Be SMART campaign lead and Wear Orange lead, and has been leading the charge on adding novel curriculum at her institution focused on teaching gun violence prevention with the hope of increasing awareness of this rising issue amongst undergraduate students, graduate students, and other departments.

Resources Mentioned in the Podcast:

Academy of Pediatric Gun Safety Tips (https://www.aap.org/en/news-room/campaigns-and-toolkits/gun-safety/)

American Academy of Pediatrics. Gun Safety Physician. Firearm-Related Injuries and Deaths in Children and Youth: Injury Prevention and Harm Reduction. DOI: 10.1542/peds.2022-060070 Journal: Pediatrics Article Type: AAP Policy Statement. (https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/150/6/e2022060070/189686/Firearm-Related-Injuries-and-Deaths-in-Children)

Beseler C, Mitchell KJ, Jones LM, Turner HA, Hamby S, Wade R Jr. The Youth Firearm Risk and Safety Tool (Youth-FiRST): Psychometrics and Validation of a Gun Attitudes and Violence Exposure Assessment Tool. Violence Vict. 2020 Oct 1;35(5):635-655. doi: 10.1891/VV-D-19-00085. PMID: 33060248. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33060248/

Stand Safe Modules (https://www.standsafe.org/education)

Be Smart besmartforkids.org