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Overview

Jon S. Vernick is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States and has a research focus predominantly in medicine and social sciences. Their work spans several subfields, including public health, environmental and occupational health, health, clinical psychology, epidemiology, and physiology.

Jon S. Vernick's research covers key topics such as gun ownership and violence research, suicide and self-harm studies, injury epidemiology and prevention, smoking behavior and cessation, health disparities and outcomes, substance abuse treatment and outcomes, and opioid use disorder treatment.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Vernick include Daniel Webster, Emma E. McGinty, Cassandra K. Crifasi, Alexander D. McCourt, and Elizabeth M. Stone.

Vernick's work has appeared multiple times in several publication venues, including:

  • Preventive Medicine
  • The Journal of Law Medicine & Ethics
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • American Journal of Public Health
  • The American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Representative recent papers authored or co-authored by Jon S. Vernick include:

  • Addressing the risk environment for injection drug users: The mysterious case of the missing cop, 2023, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Purchaser Licensing, Point-of-Sale Background Check Laws, and Firearm Homicide and Suicide in 4 US States, 1985-2017, 2020, American Journal of Public Health
  • National support for gun policies among U.S. adults in 2019 and 2021, 2022, Preventive Medicine
  • United States trends in healthcare charges for pediatric firearm injuries, 2021, The American Journal of Emergency Medicine
  • Effects of Comprehensive Background-Check Policies on Firearm Fatalities in 4 States, 2023, American Journal of Epidemiology

Best Publications

  • Addressing the “Risk Environment” for Injection Drug Users: The Mysterious Case of the Missing Cop

    Scott C Burris;Kim M. Blankenship;Martin Donoghoe;Susan Sherman

  • Association between youth-focused firearm laws and youth suicides.

    Daniel W. Webster;Jon S. Vernick;April M. Zeoli;Jennifer A. Manganello

  • The Model State Emergency Health Powers Act: Planning for and Response to Bioterrorism and Naturally Occurring Infectious Diseases

    Lawrence Ogalthorpe Gostin;Jason W. Sapsin;Jason W. Sapsin;Stephen P. Teret;Stephen P. Teret;Scott Burris;Scott Burris

  • Effects of high school driver education on motor vehicle crashes, violations, and licensure

    Jon S. Vernick;Guohua Li;S. Ogaitis;Ellen J. MacKenzie

  • Effects of the Repeal of Missouri’s Handgun Purchaser Licensing Law on Homicides

    Daniel W. Webster;Cassandra Kercher Crifasi;Jon S. Vernick

  • Effects of Baltimore's Safe Streets Program on gun violence: a replication of Chicago's CeaseFire Program.

    Daniel W. Webster;Jennifer Mendel Whitehill;Jennifer Mendel Whitehill;Jon S. Vernick;Frank C. Curriero

  • After Newtown — Public Opinion on Gun Policy and Mental Illness

    Colleen L. Barry;Emma Elizabeth McGinty;Jon S. Vernick;Daniel W. Webster

  • Association Between Connecticut's Permit-to-Purchase Handgun Law and Homicides.

    Kara E. Rudolph;Kara E. Rudolph;Kara E. Rudolph;Elizabeth A. Stuart;Jon S. Vernick;Daniel W. Webster

  • Addressing the 'Risk Environment' for Injection Drug Users: The Mysterious Case of the Missing Cop

    Scott Burris;Martin Donoghoe;Kim Blankenship;Susan Sherman

  • Effects of changes in permit-to-purchase handgun laws in Connecticut and Missouri on suicide rates

    Cassandra K. Crifasi;John Speed Meyers;Jon S. Vernick;Daniel W. Webster

  • Relationship Between Driver's License Renewal Policies and Fatal Crashes Involving Drivers 70 Years or Older

    David T. Levy;Jon S. Vernick;Kim Ammann Howard

  • Interventions for the primary prevention of work-related carpal tunnel syndrome

    Andrew E. Lincoln;Jon S. Vernick;Susanne Ogaitis;Gordon S. Smith

  • Association between Firearm Laws and Homicide in Urban Counties

    Cassandra K. Crifasi;Molly Merrill-Francis;Alex McCourt;Jon S. Vernick

  • Support for New Policies to Regulate Firearms — Results of Two National Surveys

    Stephen P. Teret;Daniel W. Webster;Jon S. Vernick;Tom W. Smith

  • Public Support for Gun Violence Prevention Policies Among Gun Owners and Non-Gun Owners in 2017.

    Colleen L. Barry;Daniel W. Webster;Elizabeth Stone;Cassandra K. Crifasi

  • Effects of State-Level Firearm Seller Accountability Policies on Firearm Trafficking

    Daniel W. Webster;Jon S. Vernick;Maria T. Bulzacchelli

  • Relationship between licensing, registration, and other gun sales laws and the source state of crime guns

    Daniel W. Webster;Jon S. Vernick;Lisa M. Hepburn

  • Reducing Gun Violence in America: Informing Policy with Evidence and Analysis

    Daniel W. Webster;Jon S. Vernick

  • Trends In Public Opinion On US Gun Laws: Majorities Of Gun Owners And Non-Gun Owners Support A Range Of Measures.

    Colleen L. Barry;Elizabeth M. Stone;Cassandra K. Crifasi;Jon S. Vernick

  • Effects of undercover police stings of gun dealers on the supply of new guns to criminals

    Daniel W. Webster;Maria T. Bulzacchelli;April M. Zeoli;Jon S. Vernick

  • The pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act: improving public health emergency response.

    James G. Hodge;Lawrence O. Gostin;Lawrence O. Gostin;Jon S. Vernick

  • Unintentional and undetermined firearm related deaths: a preventable death analysis for three safety devices

    Jon S. Vernick;M. O'Brien;Lisa M. Hepburn;Steven B. Johnson

  • The Legality of Selling or Giving Syringes to Injection Drug Users

    Scott Burris;Jon S. Vernick;Alyssa Ditzler;Steffanie Strathdee

  • Temporary Transfer of Firearms From the Home to Prevent Suicide: Legal Obstacles and Recommendations.

    Alexander D. McCourt;Jon S. Vernick;Marian E. Betz;Sara Brandspigel

  • Suicide in the home in relation to gun ownership (Letter)

    Jon S. Vernick

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel W. Webster
Daniel W. Webster Johns Hopkins University
Scott Burris
Scott Burris Temple University
Garen J. Wintemute
Garen J. Wintemute University of California, Davis
James G. Hodge
James G. Hodge Arizona State University
Emma E. McGinty
Emma E. McGinty Cornell University
Lawrence O. Gostin
Lawrence O. Gostin Georgetown University
Colleen L. Barry
Colleen L. Barry Johns Hopkins University
Andrea Carlson Gielen
Andrea Carlson Gielen Johns Hopkins University
Elizabeth A. Stuart
Elizabeth A. Stuart Johns Hopkins University
Steffanie A. Strathdee
Steffanie A. Strathdee University of California, San Diego

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