Dr. Joseph B. Richardson, Jr., is the Joel and Kim Feller Professor of African-American Studies and Medical Anthropology at the University of Maryland. He holds aJoint Appointment in the Department of African-American Studies and the Department of Anthropology. Dr. Richardson has a Secondary Appointment as Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Division of Preventive Medicine, at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He is the Lead Epidemiologist for the Center for Injury Prevention and Policy (CIPP), Violence Intervention Program, at the University of Maryland R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, where he leads a multidisciplinary research team toinvestigate firearm-related violent injury, trauma and the effectiveness of hospital-based violence intervention programs under the University of Maryland Medical Systems (UMMS).