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Fatimah Loren Dreier

Executive Director, Kaiser Permanente Center for Gun Violence Prevention Research; Executive Director, HAVI; Vice President, HRiA

Fatimah Loren Dreier is a nationally recognized expert in health equity, preventative public health strategies to address gun violence, and trauma-informed care delivery. Fatimah serves as Vice President of Health Resources in Action, a Boston-based public health institute. In this capacity, she also serves as the inaugural Executive Director of the Kaiser Permanente Center for Gun Violence Research and Education (GVRE) and Executive Director of The Health Alliance for Violence Intervention (HAVI). The HAVI is a healthcare organization that has developed and scaled a model of care, called HVIPs, to treat violently injured patients. The HAVI has a presence in 85 markets in the United States. Fatimah is currently involved in initiatives to support the Biden Administration on healthcare policy, spearheading work to secure over $10B of federal investments in community violence intervention as well as Medicaid reimbursement mechanisms for HVIPs. Fatimah’s work and thought leadership has appeared in numerous media outlets including CNN, Washington Post, NPR, TIME, NY Times, Health Affairs, Politico, AP, and more.