Center Members
The Injury and Violence Prevention Center thrives through the active involvement of public health practitioners, researchers, and faculty dedicated to advancing our mission of preventing injury and violence.
If you have an interest in injury and violence prevention topic, please join our network!
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Members
Ginny McCarthy DrPH, MPH, MDiv
Assistant Professor in Department of Surgery, Affiliate Faculty in Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative, Affiliate Faculty in Injury & Violence Prevention Center
Email Address:virginia.mccarthy@cuanschutz.edu
Virginia (Ginny) McCarthy, DrPH, MPH, MDiv completed her DrPH at the Colorado School of Public Health (CoSPH) in the Department of Community and Behavioral Health. Ginny is an affiliate faculty member of the Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative through the Injury and Violence Prevention Center. Ginny works closely with Denver Youth Program | GRASP (Gang Rescue and Support Project) in the Denver Metro area, especially in the current initiative to establish the REACH Clinic to support holistic healing for individuals who have been injured through community-based interpersonal violence. Ginny ‘s research and practice leverages multi-sector collaboration, qualitative research, and geospatial methodologies to supports frontline work in violence intervention and prevention. Through prioritization of community voice and experience, Ginny works with the community to refine local programmatic engagement, to guide community academic partnership, and to inform funder investment in immediate and upstream measures to reduce firearm injury and death.
Areas of Expertise
- Qualitative research
- Firearm injury and death
- Hospital-based violence intervention programs (HVIPs)
- Community-academic partnership
- Geospatial analysis
Education, Licensure & Certifications
- DrPH, Community and Behavioral Health, Colorado School of Public Health
- MPH, Epidemiology, Loyola University Chicago
- MDiv, Weston Jesuit School of Theology, Boston College
- BA, Spanish, Saint Louis University
- BA, Theological Studies, Saint Louis University
Awards
- Hoffman Firearm Injury and Violence Prevention Scholarship, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, 2023 and 2021
- Doctoral Student Poster Award, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, 2022
- Outstanding Student Service Award, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Department of Community and Behavioral Health, 2022
- Outstanding Scientific Merit, Student Presentations, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Community and Behavioral Health Research & Practice Innovative Exchange, 2022