Departmental Affiliations
Shannon Frattaroli, PhD ’99, MPH ’94, translates evidence about injury and violence prevention into policies and practices that will create safe places for people to thrive.
Research Interests
injury prevention; prevention of opioid use disorders and overdose; driver assisted technology; safe systems design; fire prevention (residential sprinklers and smoke alarms); gun violence prevention; domestic violence prevention; extreme risk protection orders; qualitative research methods; public health advocacy; community-based public health research; policy implementation
Experiences & Accomplishments
My research interests include understanding the role of policy in improving the health of populations, with particular attention to the implementation of public health policies and the role of advocacy and communities in the policy process. Current projects include: addressing the opioid epidemic through innovative injury prevention approaches, understanding residential sprinkler policies as a strategy for preventing house fire death and injury, and maximizing the revolution in auto safety currently underway with the advances in automation and safe systems design. I am also very involved with research and practice efforts to implement firearm dispossession provisions of domestic violence restraining orders and the new extreme risk protection order laws in several states across the country. Much of my work involves the use of qualitative methods.
Honors & Awards
SOURCE Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2018
SOURCE Award for Service-Learning Fellowship, 2015
MPH Practicum Award for Policy Formulation Course, 2015
Delta Omega Faculty Inductee, 2009
SAVIR President’s Award, 2009
Outstanding Faculty Award presented by the HPM Student Coordinating Committee, 2008
Advising, Mentoring and Teaching Recognition Award, 2005
Margaret Bright Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2004
Victor Raymond Memorial Endowment in Public Policy Development 1996-1997
William Haddon, Jr. Fellowship in Injury Prevention, 1995-1996
Select Publications
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Frattaroli S, McGinty EE, Barnhorst A, Greenberg S. Gun violence restraining orders: Alternative or adjunct to mental health-based restrictions on firearms? Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 2015;33(2-3):290-307. DOI:10.1002/bsl.2173.
Alexander GC, Frattaroli S, Gielen AC eds. The Opioid Epidemic: From Evidence to Impact. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2017.
Frattaroli S, Shields W, Omaki E, Molloy M, Gielen AC. How are prescription medications stored in urban homes where children live? Opportunities for poisoning prevention, Clinical Pediatrics, 2017;56(7):678-81.
Frattaroli S, Pollack KM, Cook PJ, Salomon M, Omaki E, Gielen AC. Public opinion concerning residential sprinkler systems for 1- and 2-family homes. Injury Epidemiology, 2015;2(1):27. doi: 10.1186/s40621-015-0060-5.
Frattaroli S, Pollack KM, Young JL, Vernick JS. State health department employees, policy advocacy, and political campaigns: Protections and limits under the law. Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, 2015;43(s1):64-8.