Experts by Expertise: Gun Violence and Terrorism

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7/12/21
Daniel Antonius
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Expertise: terrorism, violence, aggression, CTE and behavior, mental health and the legal system
Phone: 716-898-5290
Email: danielan@buffalo.edu
8/16/21
Guyora Binder

SUNY Distinguished Professor of Law and Hodgson Russ Faculty Scholar

Expertise: criminal law, felony murder, homicide, jurisprudence, legal theory, international law
Phone: 716-645-2673
Email: gbinder@buffalo.edu
12/8/16
Steven L. Dubovsky

Professor and Chair of Psychiatry
Expertise: trauma, depression, mood disorders, psychosis, psychosomatic medicine
Phone: 716-898-5940
Email: dubovsky@buffalo.edu
8/16/21
Joana Gaia
Clinical Assistant Professor of Management Science and Systems
Expertise: health information systems; business intelligence; digital security and privacy; data analytics; emergency management; girls and STEM careers

Contact: Joana Gaia can be reached most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu.
4/12/23
Susan Green
Co-director of the Institute on Trauma and Trauma-Informed Care
Expertise: trauma, trauma-informed care in organizations and service delivery systems
Phone: 716-645-1249
Email: sagreen@buffalo.edu
11/10/21
Lindsay Hahn
Assistant Professor of Communication

Expertise: media psychology, morality, media effects, children and media, media and radicalization
Phone: 716-645-1172
Email: lhahn2@buffalo.edu
8/17/21
Gregory Homish

Professor and Chair of Community Health and Health Behavior

Expertise: substance use and misuse; substance use among military personnel; substance use and families; emergency preparedness and response; health of emergency responders

Phone: 716-829-6959
Email: ghomish@buffalo.edu
8/20/19
E. Brooke Lerner

Professor of Emergency Medicine

Expertise: emergency medicine, emergency care for children, mass shootings, mass casualty incidents

Phone: 716-645-9726
Email: lerner@buffalo.edu
11/8/21
Amanda Nickerson
Director of the Alberti Center for Bullying Abuse Prevention
Expertise: school violence, bullying prevention and intervention, parent and peer relationships, assessment and treatment of emotional and behavioral disorders
Phone: 716-645-1532
Email: alberticenter@buffalo.edu
8/16/21
Yotam Ophir

Assistant Professor of Communication

Expertise: misinformation; persuasion; effect of media content on audiences, including in health, science, politics and terrorism

Phone: 716-645-1158
Email: yotamoph@buffalo.edu
8/16/21
Anthony O’Rourke

Joseph W. Belluck and Laura L. Aswad Professor of Civil Justice

Expertise: criminal law and procedure, inequality in the criminal justice system
Phone: 716-645-3097
Email: aorourke@buffalo.edu
8/17/21
Joann Sands

Clinical Assistant Professor of Nursing

Expertise: disaster response education and training; emergency preparedness and management; the role of nurses in disasters
Phone: 716-829-2342
Email: jsnyder2@buffalo.edu
12/26/18
Mark Seery
Associate Professor of Psychology
Expertise: stress, coping
Phone: 716-645-0239
Email: mdseery@buffalo.edu
8/17/21
Natalie Simpson
Chair of Operations Management and Strategy

Expertise: emergency services and disaster response; supply chain risk and resilience; creative and temporary operations; complex networks

Contact: Natalie Simpson can be reached most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu.
8/16/21
John M. Violanti

Research Professor of Epidemiology and Environmental Health

Expertise: police stress, health and suicide; PTSD

Phone: 716-829-5481
Email: violanti@buffalo.edu