Kerri Raissian, PhD

I am a Senior Research Scientist at the Yale School of Public Health (YSPH) and a member of YSPH’s Firearm Injury Prevention Team. My research focuses on understanding policies and strategies to reduce violence and injury. As a child and family policy scholar, my work emphasizes understanding how policies may reduce family violence and increase family well-being. I am also keenly interested in understanding how to reduce firearm related injury and death – both in and outside of the family.

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I am deeply honored to work with the Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative at Yale. Our team applies the public health approach to crafting science dedicated to reducing firearm injury and related harms. We strive to elevate the voice and perspective of survivors in our work.

 

I am a proud member of the Rockefeller Gun Violence Research Consortium. You can check out my recent member highlight, which details a bit about my entry into this field. 

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A hallmark of my own research is its interdisciplinary nature. I draw on principles from program evaluation, economic demography, and applied microeconomics. I also employ a team approach to my work and enjoy working with colleagues across disciplines and sectors. I am currently working with prosecutor’s offices around the country to evaluate prosecutor led initiatives - with the hopes of learning how to make domestic violence prosecution more effective and efficient for victims, defendants, and communities.

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I am also a Sr. Fellow at the Niskanen Center and a Criminal Justice Research Fellow at Arnold Ventures. In both roles, I look for ways to continually improve our criminal justice system through the use of rigorous evidence.