Ali Rowhani-Rahbar
Professor, Epidemiology
Professor, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Bartley Dobb Professorship for the Study and Prevention of Violence, Epidemiology
Adjunct Professor, Evans School
Director, Center for Firearm Injury Prevention, Pediatrics
Department of Epidemiology
Box 351619
Hans Rosling Center for Population Health, 860Seattle, WA -
206-221-1602
rowhani@uw.edu
Education
PhD Epidemiology, University of Washington, 2009
MD Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences (Iran), 2002
MPH Epidemiology, Yale University, 2005
In the News
After Trump’s Cuts, Who’s Going to Fund Gun Violence Prevention?
UW School of Public Health News, 02/03/2026
Firearm deaths now top cause of death for U.S. high schoolers
UW School of Public Health News, 10/09/2025
More Washington households store firearms securely
UW School of Public Health News, 07/03/2025
Poverty-reduction effort linked to lower gun suicide rate
UW School of Public Health News, 04/04/2025
My elderly father had dementia, anger issues — and many guns
UW School of Public Health News, 09/30/2024
A grieving Seattle community considers ways to keep Garfield kids safe
The Seattle Times, 06/24/2024
Supreme Court’s devotion to gun rights faces a challenging test
The New York Times, 11/06/2023
National Academy of Medicine Elects 100 New Members
National Academy of Medicine, 10/09/2023
How rates of mass shootings vary by state, mapped
NBC News, 07/26/2023
US gun violence rates at historic highs ahead of July 4th holiday
USA Today, 06/29/2023