<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/stories/guns-place-and-public-health-charles-branas.html" dsn="news"><featured/><pubDate>04/18/2023</pubDate><title>Guns, Place and Public Health: A Conversation</title><description>As a mathematics student at Franklin &amp; Marshall College, Charles Branas '90 never imagined he'd one day lead gun violence research cited by the Supreme Court. Now chair of the Department of Epidemiology at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, Branas learned "just enough" as a math major to get his first post-graduate job coordinating studies with clinical researchers and emergency medical staff in Philadelphia.</description><author>Kim O'Brien</author><image><img src="/uploads/files/717729688464074251-charles-branas.0.23.1292.1292.full.jpg" alt="Charles Branas 90, chair of the department of epidemiology at Columbia Universitys Mailman School of Public Health."/></image><image-caption/><tags><tag>Alumni</tag><tag>Biology</tag><tag>Common Hour</tag><tag>Economics</tag><tag>Government</tag><tag>Pre-Health</tag><tag>Psychology</tag><tag>Public Health</tag><tag>Sociology</tag><tag>Ware Institute for Civic Engagement</tag></tags></item>