Matthew Miller (physician)
Matthew Jason Miller | |
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| Born | |
| Alma mater | Harvard School of Public Health |
| Known for | Research on gun violence |
| Awards | American Foundation for Suicide Prevention's Young Investigator Award |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Injury prevention, epidemiology, public health |
| Institutions | Harvard School of Public Health |
| Thesis | Injury and illness: predictors of suicide and collusions of misunderstanding in human experimentation (1999) |
Matthew Jason Miller is an American physician and epidemiologist. He is an adjunct professor of epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health, where is also the co-director of the Harvard Injury Control Research Center. He is also a professor of health sciences and epidemiology at Northeastern University. He is board certified in internal medicine and medical oncology. He is known for his research into injury and violence prevention.
Education[edit]
Miller received his bachelors' and medical degrees from Yale University, after which he received his M.P.H. and Sc.D. from the Harvard School of Public Health.[1]
Research[edit]
Miller is known for researching multiple topics pertaining to injury prevention, including homicide, suicide, and accidental injuries. For example, he has conducted studies on the relationship between firearm ownership, firearm laws, and suicide and homicide rates.[1][2] He has also surveyed gun owners in order to estimate the number of privately owned guns in the United States, as well as how many recently acquired guns were purchased without a background check. These surveys have estimated that there are about 265 million privately owned guns in the United States, and that about one-fifth of guns purchased in the last two years were acquired without the purchaser undergoing a background check.[3][4] He has also published studies on the association between high doses of antidepressants and self-harm among young people.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Matthew Miller". Faculty and Researcher Directory. Harvard School of Public Health.
- ^ "State-wide gun ownership tied to suicide deaths". FoxNews.com. Reuters. 27 September 2013.
- ^ Beckett, Lois (19 September 2016). "Gun inequality: US study charts rise of hardcore super owners". The Guardian.
- ^ Seaman, Andrew (6 January 2017). "About one-fifth of gun buyers don't get background checks". Reuters.
- ^ Painter, Kim (28 April 2014). "High antidepressant dose linked to self harm in youths". USA Today.
External links[edit]
- Curriculum Vitae
- Matthew Miller publications indexed by Google Scholar
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