Julia Schleimer is a social epidemiologist, PhD Candidate in the Department of Epidemiology at the University of Washington School of Public Health, Trainee with the University of Washington Firearm Injury & Policy Research Program, and Research Data Analyst with the University of California, Davis Violence Prevention Research Program. She holds an MPH in epidemiology with a concentration in the social determinants of health from Columbia University. With the goal of advancing health equity and social justice, Ms. Schleimer studies the effects of social and structural factors, community-based interventions, and social programs and policies on violence and related inequities, with particular emphasis on firearm-related harm. Ms. Schleimer conducts interdisciplinary, collaborative research that centers multilevel, life course, and critical perspectives.
