Allison Bond, M.A.
About
Dr. Allison Bond is an assistant professor at the New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center in the Department of Urban-Global Public Health at Rutgers University. She earned her PhD in Clinical Psychology from Rutgers University - New Brunswick and completed her pre-doctoral clinical internship at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center. Dr. Bond has published over 40 peer-reviewed articles on gun violence and suicide prevention and has secured grant funding to support her research. She is also deeply committed to science communication, working to disseminate research beyond academia and into the communities most affected by gun violence and suicide.
Research Interests
Dr. Bond's research explores the intersection of firearms and suicide, with a focus on understanding risk factors, prevention strategies, and interventions. Her work examines who dies by firearm suicide and their interactions with mental health care before their death, the extent to which health care providers screen for firearm access as a suicide prevention measure, and the effectiveness of credible messengers in promoting secure firearm storage. Through her research, she aims to inform practices and policies that reduce firearm-related suicide deaths and improve public health outcomes.