Research interests include: the use of the law as a tool for protecting the public's health; obesity prevention policy; vaccine policy; law and bioterrorism; the policy and epidemiology of firearm injury prevention; general injury prevention policy; alcohol and injuries; advocacy for the public's health.

Health Policy and Management; Law; violence; bioterrorism; injury, firearms, obesity policy;vaccine policy

Ernest L. Stebbins Medal - (2003) Faculty award from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Delta Omega, Alpha Chapter - National Public Health Honorary Society

Golden Apple Award - (Received in 1984, 1989, and 2005). Given by students of Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, for excellence in teaching.

Teaching Award - (1997). Given by students at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health.

Sol Feinstone Award - (1996) Granted by St. Lawrence University for humanitarian efforts

Distinguished Career Award - (1993) American Public Health Association, Injury Control and Emergency Health Services Section

Distinguished Service Award - (1993) Association of Trial Lawyers of America

National Angel of Peace Award - Granted by the Violence Prevention Coalition of Greater Los Angeles

Vernick JS, Rutkow L, Teret SP. Public health benefits of recent litigation against the tobacco industry. JAMA 2007;298(1):86-89.

Vernick JS, Teret SP, Smith GA, Webster DW. Counseling about firearms:proposed legislation is a threat to physicians and their patients. Pediatrics 2006; 118(5)2168-72.

Frattaroli S , Teret SP. Understanding and informing policy implementation: a case study of the domestic violence provisions of the Maryland Gun Violence Act. Evaluation Review 2006; 30(3):347-60.

Salmon DA, Teret SP, et al. Compulsory vaccination and conscientious or philosophical exemptions: Past, present and future. The Lancet 2006; 367:436-42.

Teret SP, Michaelis AP. Litigating for Native American health: the liability of alcohol beverage makers and distributors. J of Public Health Policy 2005; 26:246-259.

Teret SP, Lewin NL. Policy and Technology for Safer Guns: An Update. Annals of Emergency Medicine 2003;41(1): 32-4.

Salmon DA, Sapsin JW, Teret SP et al. Public health and the politics of school immunization requirements. Am J of Public Health 2005; 95(5):778-783.

Layde PM, Maas LA, Teret SP, et al. Patient safety efforts should focus on medical injuries. JAMA 2002; 287(15):1993-1997.

Teret SP, Culross P. Product-oriented approaches to reduce youth gun violence. Future of Children. Summer/Fall 2002;12(2):119-131.

Frattaroli S, Webster, DW, Teret, SP. Unintentional Gun Injuries, Firearm Design and Prevention: What We Know, What We Need to Know, and What Can Be Done. Journal of Urban Health. 2002;79(1): 49-59.

Teret, SP. Policy and Science: Should Epidemiologists Comment on the Policy Implications of Their Research? Epidemiology. 2001;12:374-5.

Vernick JS, Teret SP. A public health approach to regulating firearms as consumer products. University of Pennsylvania Law Review. 2000;148:1193-1211.

Vernick, JS, Teret, SP. Recent developments in firearms litigation: A public health perspective. University of Houston Law Review. 1999;36:1713-54.

Vernick JS, Meisel ZF,Teret SP, et al. "I didn't know the gun was loaded": An examination of two safety devices that can reduce the risk of unintentional firearm injuries. J Public Health Policy, 1999; 20(4):427-40.

Center for Law and the Public's Health

Center for Gun Policy and Research