Veronica A Pear, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Veronica Pear is a social epidemiologist studying modifiable upstream causes of firearm violence that can be leveraged to effectuate widespread, enduring reductions in violence-related harms. These include policies, social/structural conditions, and features of the local environment. She applies a range of methods to generate robust, policy-relevant research, from causal inference to mixed methods. 

Pear’s work on California’s gun violence restraining order law (known colloquially as a “red flag” law) has influenced the state and national conversation on this policy.