Turning Experience into Action: This Is Our Lane

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• He K, Sakran JV. Elimination of the moratorium on gun research is not enough. The need for the CDC to set a budgetary agenda. JAMA Surg. 2019;154(3):195–6 This JAMA article written in the months following the launch of #ThisIsOurLane movement. The piece highlights the next steps forward at the federal level which includes refunding CDC/NIH research to better evaluate the causes of firearm violence.

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