Rose Kagawa Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine
Rose Kagawa is an Assistant Professor in the Department of
Emergency Medicine. Dr. Kagawa conducts research on violence
prevention and firearm policy and has particular interest in
understanding how social and environmental contexts influence
violence perpetration and victimization through the life course.
Current projects include estimating the effects of changes to the
built environment, including the demolition of vacant and
dilapidated buildings, on the incidence of violence and
describing the availability and approach of neighborhood violence
prevention services in two mid-sized cities. Dr. Kagawa received
her Ph.D. in Epidemiology and her M.P.H. from the University of
California, Berkeley.