The Dana Feitler Professorship of the Practice in Gun Violence Prevention and Advocacy

PAMELA and R. CHRISTOPHER HOEHN-SARIC are passionate about the prevention of gun violence. As longtime members of the Johns Hopkins community, Pam and Chris helped launch the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions in March 2022. The goal of the center is to save lives by substantially reducing gun violence, the leading public health crisis of our time. The center’s world-renowned researchers and advocates turn research into action. As part of the #1 public health school in the country, the center is uniquely positioned to mobilize the knowledge of its team to reduce gun violence.

Pam and Chris established the Dana Feitler Professorship of the Practice in Gun Violence Prevention and Advocacy. The professorship, which co-directs the Center for Gun Violence Solutions, is named after Pamela’s sister, a kind soul and devoted sister, who was killed in an armed robbery. The Hoehn-Sarics believe that the professorship and the center’s co-directors, Josh Horwitz, a nationally recognized gun violence prevention advocate, and Cass Crifasi, an award-winning gun violence prevention researcher, will help dramatically reduce gun violence across the country.