Megan L. Ranney MD MPH FACEP is Chief Research Officer of AFFIRM Research, the country's only non-profit dedicated to ending the gun violence epidemic through a public health approach, and a leading voice on creating an evidence-based approach to gun violence prevention. She is also a practicing emergency physician and Associate Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Alpert Medical School, Brown University. Her career focus is on developing, testing, and disseminating digital health interventions to prevent violence and mental illness. She is currently Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator on 9 federally funded grants. She is Founding Director of the Brown Emergency Digital Health Innovation program (www.brownedhi.org). She has received numerous awards for technology innovation, public health, and research. She is a Fellow of the fifth class of the Aspen Health Innovators Fellowship and is a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network. She graduated from Harvard College and Columbia University's College of Physicians & Surgeons.