~ RGVRC Affiliate Scholar ~

Julia Schleimer is a social epidemiologist, PhD candidate in the Department of Epidemiology at the University of Washington School of Public Health, trainee with the University of Washington Firearm Injury & Policy Research Program, and research data analyst at the Violence Prevention Research Program at University of California, Davis. She holds an MPH in epidemiology with a concentration in the social determinants of health from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. Schleimer studies the effects of social and structural factors, community-based interventions, and social programs and policies on violence and related inequities, with particular emphasis on firearm harm. Schleimer applies critical, multilevel, and life course perspectives to her work.