Megan L. Ranney, MD, MPH

Dr. Ranney is an emergency physician, researcher, and national advocate for innovative approaches to public health. In July 2023, she joined Yale University as dean of the Yale School of Public Health, where she is also the C.-E. A. Winslow Professor of Public Health and professor of emergency medicine at the Yale School of Medicine. 

Dr. Ranney’s research focuses on developing, testing, and disseminating digital health interventions to prevent violence and related behavioral health problems, and on COVID-related risk reduction. She has held multiple national leadership roles, including as co-founder of GetUsPPE during the COVID-19 pandemic and senior strategic advisor to the American Foundation for Firearm Injury Reduction (AFFIRM) at the Aspen Institute, focused on ending gun violence through a non-partisan public health approach.