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Dr. Jessica Beard Offers Insight to Undark Magazine about Studies Which Examined the Long-Term Effects of Exposure to Gun Violence

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Jessica H. Beard, MD, MPH, FACS, Associate Professor of Surgery in the Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care and Director of Trauma Research at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, offered insight to Undark Magazine about multiple studies which examined the long-term effects of exposure to gun violence on adolescents, young adults, and adults. Dr. Beard was not involved in the studies.