Join the College of Science and Health for an intriguing presentation by Dr. Linda Degutis, titled, " Injuries are not Accidents." 

Linda C. Degutis, DrPH, MSN is an internationally known expert in injury and violence prevention and policy. A native of Chicago, Illinois, Dr. Degutis earned her bachelor's degree in nursing from DePaul University, and MSN and DrPH degrees from Yale University. Currently a Lecturer at Yale School of Public Health, she also serves as a consultant on suicide prevention and other public health issues including gun violence.

Dr. Degutis is a former Executive Director of Defense Health Horizons, a program of the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine based at the Uniformed Services University, following her tenure as Director of the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. She held faculty positions in Emergency Medicine, Public Health, Surgery, and Nursing at Yale University after serving as one of the first trauma program coordinators in the US and working clinically in trauma and emergency care. She is a Past President of the American Public Health Association (APHA), a former Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow working in the office of the late Senator Paul Wellstone (D-MN), and a former Chief Science Officer for The Avielle Foundation.

Dr. Degutis has been actively involved in policy initiatives to prevent firearm violence through APHA as well as Connecticut Against Gun Violence. She has published numerous articles on injury and violence prevention and intervention and served as a technical advisor for the film "The Sweetest Land". She is the co-editor of "Gun Violence Prevention: A Public Health Approach" which was published in 2021 by APHA. She is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and continues to serve on several non-profit boards.