University at Buffalo (UB)
UB Medicine Podcast
Listen to the podcast where transformation meets innovation in health care. Broadcasting from the heart of downtown Buffalo, NY, this exciting series dives deep into the evolving landscape of health and wellness in Western New York.
Episode 20 – Addressing Gun Violence as a Public Health Issue
Gun violence is more than a public safety issue. It is a public health challenge that affects the health, well-being and resilience of entire communities. In this episode of the UB Medicine Podcast, host Allison Brashear, MD, MBA is joined by Adrienne Garr, executive director of Buffalo's Office of Gun Violence Prevention, and Eddie Payne, community coordinator with the Erie County Department of Central Police Services, to discuss how Buffalo is working to prevent violence, support healing and strengthen community partnerships.
Together, they explore the lasting impact of the May 14, 2022, Tops Friendly Market shooting, the importance of viewing violence through a public health lens, and the collaborative efforts helping individuals, families and neighborhoods recover from trauma. The conversation highlights violence prevention, trauma recovery, community trust and the critical role health professionals, educators, advocates and residents play in creating safer, healthier communities.
The episode also previews the 2026 Rise, Respond and Rebuild Conference at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, a gathering dedicated to advancing healing, resilience and community-driven solutions to violence.
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Each episode of UB Medicine features candid, insightful conversations with the region’s most respected doctors, medical pioneers and wellness advocates who are redefining what it means to be healthy in today’s world.
Covering a range of themes, episodes of the UB Medicine podcast bring you stories that inspire, inform and empower. Whether you’re a health care professional or someone just looking to live better, this podcast offers real talk, expert opinions, a few surprises, and a local lens on the national health conversation.
Visionary leader Allison Brashear, MD, MBA, hosts the UB Medicine podcast. She is an internationally recognized neurologist, accomplished researcher and health science administrator. Brashear was appointed vice president for health sciences at the University at Buffalo and dean of the Jacobs School in December 2021.
She also leads the strategic integration of interprofessional education and practice, health sciences collaborative research, and clinical programs across the university’s health science schools — the Jacobs school, dental medicine, nursing, pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences, public health and health professions — as well as programs among our hospital and clinical affiliates.
Brashear is an internationally renowned researcher in movement disorders and an expert in ATP1A3-related diseases, a spectrum of rare neurologic disorders. Additionally, she is a powerful advocate for promoting diverse leaders in medicine and a lifelong champion of advancing women’s leadership in medicine.
She is committed to educating the next generation of medical doctors and research scientists, exploring areas of clinically impactful and cutting-edge discovery science, conducting impactful research, and cultivating relationships through community involvement.