~ RGVRC Affiliate Scholar ~

Gregory Engel is a family physician, epidemiologist, and public health educator with more than 25 years of experience in clinical care, medical education, and community health. He is the founder and director of Firearm Injury Prevention Educators, a Washington State-based initiative that has delivered nonpartisan, evidence-based firearm injury prevention education to more than 13,000 high school students.

He serves as vice president for education at Ceasefire Northwest, where he leads the development and expansion of public health-informed curricula designed to empower young people to prevent firearm injuries and build safer communities. A former disease-transmission researcher and longtime clinical faculty member at the University of Washington, Dr. Engel continues to work at the intersection of science, education, and community engagement to advance effective, prevention-focused approaches to firearm harm.