
Mallory O'Brien, PhD
Assistant Professor
Locations
- Assistant Professor, Division of Epidemiology
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Population Health Institute, UW-Madison
Founding Director, Milwaukee Homicide Review
Founding Director, DataShare
Contact Information
Education
MS, University of Wisconsin-Madison
PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Biography
Honors and Awards
Outstanding Service by a Research Partner Award - US Department of Justice, Project Safe Neighborhood
Outstanding Population Health Practice Publication Award - University of Wisconsin Population Institute
Research Interests
- Homicide Review Commission
Homicide, Non-Fatal Shooting, Gun Violence
- Sexual Assault & Domestic Violence Review
Sexual Violence, Sex Trafficking , Domestic Violence
- Opioid Overdose
Data integration and overdose fatality reviews statewide
- Integrated Data System
Linking multidisciplinary data
Recent Publications
Hipple, N.K., McGarrell, E.F., O’Brien, M., Huebner, B.M. (2016). Gun crime incident reviews as a strategy for enhancing problem solving and information sharing. The Journal of Crime and Justice. doi: 10.1080/0735648X.2016.1155303
Cook, PJ; Kang, S; Braga, AA; Ludwig, J; O’Brien, ME (2015). An Experimental Evaluation of a Comprehensive Employment-Oriented Prisoner Re-entry Program. Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 31 (3), 355-382.
O’Brien, M. What Do We Get out of Homicide Reviews? Research in Brief, The Police Chief 80 (June 2013): 12.
Cook, P; O’Brien, M; Ludwig, J, Braga, A. Lessons from a Partially Controlled Field Trial. Journal of Experimental Criminology, Online First, May 11, 2012
Azrael, D; O’Brien, M; Braga, A. Evaluation of the Milwaukee Homicide Review Commission. U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice. 2012
O’Brien M, Woods L, Cisler R. The Milwaukee Homicide Review Commission: An Interagency Collaboration Process to Reduce Homicide. Wisconsin Medical Journal 2007; (7) 385-388.
Vernick JS, O'Brien M, Hepburn LM, Johnson SB, Webster DW, Hargarten SW. Unintentional and Undetermined Firearm Related Deaths: A Preventable Death Analysis for Three Safety Devices. Injury Prevention 2003;9: 307-11.
Kuhn EM, Nie CL, O’Brien ME, Withers RL, Wintemute GJ, Hargarten SW. Missing the target: A comparison of buyback and fatality-related guns. Injury Prevention 2002; 8:143-146.
Hargarten, S., Kuhn, E., Mercy, J., Withers, R., Nie, C., O'Brien, M. Suicide guns: why collect the information? Injury Prevention 2000;6:245-246.
Tymus, T., O’Brien, M., Hargarten, S. Wisconsin firearm injury surveillance system development: a comparison of medical examiner/coroner data. Wis Med J. 1996; (5):277-282.
Hargarten, S., Karlson, T., O’Brien, M., Hancock, J., Quebbeman, E. Characteristics of firearms involved in fatalities. JAMA 1996
Tymus, T., O’Brien, M., Hargarten, S. Wisconsin firearm injury surveillance system development: a comparison of medical examiner/coroner data. Wis Med J. 1996; (5):277-282.
Hargarten, S., O'Brien, M. Trends in motor vehicle and firearm deaths in Wisconsin: an analysis for examining prevention strategies. Wis Med J. 1994;(10):521-524.