| UW School of Public Health

Ali Rowhani-Rahbar

Professor, Epidemiology
Professor, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Bartley Dobb Professorship for the Study and Prevention of Violence, Epidemiology
Adjunct Professor, Evans School

Department of Epidemiology
Box 351619
Hans Rosling Center for Population Health, 860
Seattle, WA -

206-221-1602
rowhani@uw.edu

Research Interests

Ali Rowhani-Rahbar is the Bartley Dobb Professor for the Study and Prevention of Violence, Professor of Epidemiology, Professor of Pediatrics, Adjunct Professor of Public Policy & Governance, and Director of the Firearm Injury & Policy Research Program at the University of Washington.

He evaluates community-based interventions, social programs, and public policies for their impact on multiple forms of violence with a particular emphasis on preventing firearm-related harm. Specifically, he uses integrated data from the healthcare and criminal legal systems to inform equitable initiatives that prevent firearm violence and promote the health and safety of communities. In recognition of his innovative, interdisciplinary, and impactful research on firearm violence, he was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2023 and Washington State Academy of Sciences in 2024.

Rowhani-Rahbar has served as a member of the Black & Brown Collective for Community Solutions to Gun Violence, Board of Scientific Counselors of the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Board of the National Research Society for the Prevention of Firearm-Related Harms, Advisory Committee of the Kaiser Permanente Center for Gun Violence Research & Education, and Board of Directors of the Society for Advancement of Violence and Injury Research.

Since 2012, Rowhani-Rahbar has cotaught core epidemiologic methods courses at the University of Washington and mentored numerous trainees in research methods, injury science, and violence prevention. He received the University of Washington Distinguished Teaching Award in 2020 and the University of Washington School of Public Health Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award in 2023. He received his MD from Mashhad University of Medical Sciences in Iran, MPH from Yale University, and PhD from University of Washington. He completed his postdoctoral training at Stanford University and research fellowship at Kaiser Permanente Division of Research.