Introducing the newest Grand Challenge

Patricia Logan-Greene, associate professor and associate dean for academic affairs, will co-lead the Grand Challenge to Prevent Gun Violence. The initiative is a new addition to the Grand Challenges for Social Work, which brings social workers together to address society’s most pressing issues. 

Firearms were the leading cause of death for U.S. children and teens last year, overtaking motor vehicle accidents, according to Logan-Greene.

“There have been a number of highly successful public initiatives, such as safer cars and safer car seats and mandatory seat belt use, that have kept kids safer in motor vehicles,” she says. “But gun deaths are increasing for children, and it’s because there is so much backlash against the analogous public health measures that might prevent gun violence.”

Logan-Greene and her partners are already drafting an agenda for action.