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    Megan L. Ranney, MD, MPH

    Dean of Yale School of Public Health and C.-E. A. Winslow Professor of Public Health (Health Policy) and Professor of Emergency Medicine
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    In this moment of transition for both YSPH and the world's health, we have an opportunity to lead the transformation of public health for the next century. Our vision is "linking science and society, making public health foundational to communities everywhere."

    Titles

    Dean of Yale School of Public Health and C.-E. A. Winslow Professor of Public Health (Health Policy) and Professor of Emergency Medicine

    Biography

    Dr. Megan L. Ranney is an emergency physician, researcher, and national advocate for innovative approaches to public health. She joined Yale in July 2023 as the Dean of the Yale School of Public Health and C.-E. A. Winslow Professor of Public Health.

    Dr. Ranney’s research focuses on developing, testing, and disseminating interventions to prevent violence and related behavioral health problems, as well as on COVID-related risk reduction. She has a lon

    She has held multiple national leadership roles, including Co-Founder and Senior Strategic Advisor for the American Foundation for Firearm Injury Reduction in Medicine (AFFIRM) at the Aspen Institute, a nonprofit committed to ending the gun violence epidemic through a non-partisan public health approach, and Co-Founder of GetUsPPE, a start-up nonprofit that delivered donated personal protective equipment to those who needed it most. She is a Fellow of the fifth class of the Aspen Institute’s Health Innovators Fellowship Program and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network. She also serves on the Board of Trustees for the National Opioid Abatement Trust. She is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine.

    She has received numerous awards for technology innovation, public health, and research, including Rhode Island “Woman of the Year” and the American College of Emergency Physicians’ Policy Pioneer Award. A leading public voice on urgent topics in health and medicine, she offers expert analysis through testimony to Congress and guidance for non-governmental organizations. She is a frequent media commentator and author of op-eds for outlets that include the BBC, CNN, The Atlantic, MSNBC, The Wall Street Journal, Fox News, The Washington Post, and The New York Times.

    Prior to arriving at Yale, Dr. Ranney served as Deputy Dean at the Brown University School of Public Health; the Warren Alpert Endowed Professor of Emergency Medicine at Alpert Medical School of Brown University; and the Founding Director of the Brown-Lifespan Center for Digital Health. She remains an adjunct faculty member at Brown University.

    Dr. Ranney earned her bachelor's degree in history of science, graduating summa cum laude, from Harvard University; her medical doctorate, graduating Alpha Omega Alpha, from Columbia University; and her master’s degree in public health from Brown University. She completed her residency in Emergency Medicine and a fellowship in Injury Prevention Research at Brown University. She was previously a Peace Corps Volunteer in Cote d'Ivoire.

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    Education & Training

    MA
    Yale University
    MPH
    Brown University
    MD
    Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
    AB
    Harvard College, Harvard University, History of Science

    Board Certifications

    • Emergency Medicine

      Certification Organization
      AB of Emergency Medicine
      Original Certification Date
      2009

    Research

    Overview

    Dr. Ranney's research focuses on the prevention of violence and related behavioral health problems, using novel methods for detecting, intervening, and mitigating the after-effects of trauma. She helped reframe firearm injury as a health problem within the United States, and has been a national leader in bipartisan public health approaches to this epidemic.


    At Yale, in addition to being Dean, she leads multiple research studies and is director of the YSPH firearm injury prevention initiative.

    Research at a Glance

    Yale Co-Authors

    Frequent collaborators of Megan L. Ranney's published research.

    Publications

    Featured Publications

    2024

    Get In Touch

    Contacts

    Academic Office Number
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    Mailing Address

    Yale School of Public Health

    PO Box 208034

    New Haven, CT 06520-8034

    United States

    Administrative Support

    Locations

    • Office of the Dean

      Academic Office

      Yale School of Public Health (LEPH)

      60 College Street, Rm 212

      New Haven, CT 06510