Where Intimate Partner Violence and Firearms Intersect: How Gun Policies Can Save Lives

Michelle Spencer, MS, is a public health practitioner who focuses on the impacts of health equity, racial disparities, and health outcomes through community-based initiatives. She is the Associate Director of the Bloomberg American Health Initiative and an Associate Scientist in the Department of Health Policy and Management. She provides programmatic and strategic oversight for the implementation of the Bloomberg American Health Initiative. Spencer has over 20 year of experience in public health management and leadership and a wealth of experience in administrative and operational management, strategic planning, resource management, and policy development.

Lisa Geller, MPH, is a State Affairs Advisor at the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions.

Lisa began her career working at the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence (CSGV) in June 2015. Lisa’s work focuses on research, advocacy, and implementation of evidence-based gun violence prevention policies. Her main areas of interest within gun violence prevention are the intersection of firearms and domestic violence and firearms and youth violence. 

Lisa graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she earned her bachelor’s degree in political science. She earned a Master of Public Health (MPH) in health policy from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Shannon Frattaroli, PhD '99, MPH '94, translates evidence about injury and violence prevention into policies and practices that will create safe places for people to thrive. She received both her PhD and MPH at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.