Catherine Barber wins annual Sarah K Wood award for Outstanding Performance at HSPH 

Cathy Barber of HICRC was the recipient of a prestigious HSPH award, established to recognize each year a single individual who has provided many years of exceptional service to Harvard.   Cathy originally came to HSPH to found what is now CDC’s National Violent Death Reporting System.  She stayed to found the Means Matter campaign, which has eliminated the notion that firearms are too controversial a topic for those working on suicide prevention to address.  She helped co-found the New Hampshire Gun Shop Project, a collaboration between public health experts and firearm experts to education gun retailers and their customers about ways to reduce suicide.  She has been working effectively with gun advocates, gun ranges, gun shops, and gun trainers, helping to find common ground with public health practitioners to reduce gun suicide.  Yea Cathy!