Tanya Zakrison is a trauma surgeon at the University of Chicago. Located on the South Side, this trauma center is one of the busiest with one of the highest rates of gun violence in the country. Here, she directs the Critical Trauma Research program which formed the transdisciplinary “Practicing Radical Action by Expanding Inclusive Societies (PRAXIS) Consortium.” PRAXIS conducts research that elucidates how structures of oppression lead to direct violence, in order to effect policy change.
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