Dr. Christopher Morrison

Biography

Christopher Morrison is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. His research is funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, focusing on understanding how social, physical, and environmental conditions affect population health, with particular attention to injuries and alcohol use. Recent studies have investigated the impacts of ridesharing services like Uber and Lyft on motor vehicle crashes, the effects of firearm laws on firearm violence, and the relationship between retail alcohol availability and alcohol consumption. He teaches Spatial Epidemiology at the masters and doctoral levels and serves as the Training Coordinator for the Substance Abuse Epidemiology Training Program. Prior to this role, Dr. Morrison worked as an Associate Research Scientist at the Prevention Research Center of the Pacific and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Penn Injury Science Center at the University of Pennsylvania. He holds a Ph.D. in Epidemiology from Monash University in Australia and has a strong background in public health and epidemiological research.

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