U.S. National Institutes of Health

Deborah Prothrow-Stith, MD — public health (government)

Courtesy Harvard University School of Public Health, Division of Public Health Practice, Photograph by Bachrach

Dr. Deborah Prothrow-Stith (b. 1954) is among the nation’s pre-eminent leaders in addressing violence as a public health issue. She believes the profit motive is one reason why the United States has become a violent society. Many industries depend on marketing—and selling—violence in order to prosper; from movies that celebrate violence to graphic video games and the manufacture and sale of guns.

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