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Dr. Deanna Giraldi, MPH

@deannagiraldi.bsky.social
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Postdoc @ Yale | @DSPI_Oxford PhD 📚| Health Policy MPH @YaleSPH 🩺 | survivorship x gun violence x qualitative researcher | opinions are my own 🌱

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Dr. Deanna Giraldi, MPH @deannagiraldi.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Thrilled to reintroduce myself: Dr. Deanna M Giraldi, DPhil, MPH Thankful for the opportunity to do this work, to have met amazing people, and to have lived in such a fairytale city. More papers to share & updates to come soon 🫶🏼 #PhD #AcademicSky #SocSky #PublicHealth #Oxford
Newly Dr. Deanna dressed in subfusc gowns and holding flowers while standing on the steps of Oxford’s Barnett House, home to the department of Social Policy and Intervention Newly Dr. Deanna by the Radcliffe Camera, laughing and holding flowers.
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Dr. Deanna Giraldi, MPH @deannagiraldi.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Final doctoral thesis submitted!! Defense incoming..👩‍🏫
Laptop screen reading "research thesis submission"
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crazy1689.bsky.social @crazy1689.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
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Oxford Social Policy and Intervention @dspi-oxford.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
New research led by @deannagiraldi.bsky.social finds that impacts of gun violence extend far beyond dominant news statistics. The review analyses 25 years of literature involving survivors, witnesses & their communities. More: dspi.web.ox.ac.uk/article/impa... Full report: doi.org/10.1016/j.la...
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Dr. Deanna Giraldi, MPH @deannagiraldi.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
🧡 New (open access) research alert: doi.org/10.1016/j.ss... “We can endure suffering but not meaninglessness”: Identity, meaning-making, and community in online firearm violence survivor networks
Survivor networks: language & legitimacy, pathways (and limits) to civic engagement, visibility & performance of survivorship, emotional & practical lifelines
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Oxford Social Policy and Intervention @dspi-oxford.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
How do people cope after gun violence exposure? New research helps us understand the role of online peer support ⬇️ This study from DPhil student Deanna Giraldi aims to understand how survivors of firearm violence engage with & make meaning through online survivor networks. 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.ss...
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“We can endure suffering but not meaninglessness”: Identity, meaning-making, and community in online firearm violence survivor networks
This study examines how survivors of firearm violence engage with and make meaning through online survivor networks as part of their efforts to naviga…
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Pedram Dara @pedramdara.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Quantitative research without a qualitative layer will always miss what matters most, how these experiences actually feel and play out in people’s lives beyond the therapy or assessment room.
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Dr. Deanna Giraldi, MPH @deannagiraldi.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Office of the weekend. Thankful for this life & these opportunities ☀️
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Dr. Deanna Giraldi, MPH @deannagiraldi.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Things I’ll miss, pt 1/1000+
View from the quad of one of the Oxford college’s while I write my PhD dissertation
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Dr. Deanna Giraldi, MPH @deannagiraldi.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Yesterday was the first day of my last term as a (PhD) student! 📚
Deanna on the quad at Oxford! Storm clouds rolling in after a day of sunshine
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Scholars Strategy Network @scholars.org · 23/04/2026
In this policy brief, @deannagiraldi.bsky.social (@ox.ac.uk) breaks down her recent study on how survivors of gun violence use online communities to process trauma, rebuild identity, and connect with others who share similar experiences. Learn more: scholars.org/contribution...
Quote from policy brief: "Supporting community-building among survivors can help them heal and organize.” The quote is followed by a headshot of the author, Deanna Marie Giraldi, their name, and their affiliation, University of Oxford. The background is a darkened image of a person typing on their laptop.
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Dr. Deanna Giraldi, MPH @deannagiraldi.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
New writing spot - ☕️
Deanna in the window of the newly opened Love Coffee in Summertown
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Dr. Deanna Giraldi, MPH @deannagiraldi.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
🧡 New research brief: scholars.org/contribution... "While [networks] can empower collective action, they can also create subtle expectations about how survivors should respond to trauma." Based on: doi.org/10.1016/j.ss... #PublicHealth #GunViolence #Survivors
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How Gun Violence Survivors Navigate the Aftermath through Online Communities
Gun violence can leave deep, lasting effects that go far beyond the immediate injury or loss. Survivors often struggle with emotional pain, social isolation, and practical challenges, but support isn’...
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University of Oxford @ox.ac.uk · 20/03/2026
The astronomical start of spring is here 🌸🌼 📷 Instagram | ObservingOxford, UmairAtOxford, Magdalen College & Judy.Martin46 #SpringEquinox
The Radcliffe Camera in Oxford framed by blooming pink magnolia branches under a clear blue sky, with people walking and cycling nearby.
View of Queen’s College towers rising behind a magnolia tree in full pink bloom, seen from All Souls College against a bright blue sky.
Magdalen College tower viewed through a stone archway, with a sunlit quadrangle and greenery in the foreground.
Close-up of yellow and red tulips in bloom in a garden at New College, with historic college buildings softly blurred in the background.
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Dr. Deanna Giraldi, MPH @deannagiraldi.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
If you haven’t watched “All the Empty Rooms” yet, you should. Absolutely heartbreaking but a reminder to everyone that every gun violence tragedy & headline & statistic is a person with a family and community behind them 😞
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Dr. Deanna Giraldi, MPH @deannagiraldi.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
30 years after the #Dunblane mass shooting, we honor the lives taken and remind ourselves that meaningful change is possible when communities and government act together.
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Dr. Deanna Giraldi, MPH @deannagiraldi.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
On April 9th, I'll be presenting at OnTarget (@uconnarms.bsky.social & @yalesph.bsky.social) on addressing psychosocial and physical harms in the aftermath of firearm violence while amplifying experiences of survivorship. Register here: events.uconn.edu/arms-center/...
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UConn ARMS & YSPH On Target Seminar Series: Featuring Deanna Giraldi
ARMS is excited for the next session of “On Target”, a virtual research seminar intended to bring together gun violence prevention researchers.
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Dr. Deanna Giraldi, MPH @deannagiraldi.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
🧡 New (open access) research alert: doi.org/10.1016/j.ss... “We can endure suffering but not meaninglessness”: Identity, meaning-making, and community in online firearm violence survivor networks
Survivor networks: language & legitimacy, pathways (and limits) to civic engagement, visibility & performance of survivorship, emotional & practical lifelines
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Dr. Deanna Giraldi, MPH @deannagiraldi.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
🚨 New research alert! 🚨 I’m excited to share my first solo paper from my doctoral research on how survivors of firearm violence engage with online survivor networks. A thread 🧵👇
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Dr. Deanna Giraldi, MPH @deannagiraldi.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Lecturing on injury prevention and the Haddon Matrix this morning 👩🏻‍🏫
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Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting @pcgvr.org · 31/01/2026
“Survivors have always been at the center of my work because we live with the consequences long after the headlines fade... If you don’t listen to the people who’ve been harmed, you can’t truly understand the problem—or be a part of the solution.”
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Gun Violence Survivor Oronde McClain Finds Purpose at PCOM
Mental Health Counseling student Oronde McClain (MS ’27) turns lived experience into advocacy, supporting gun violence survivors through PCOM’s SHELTER program.
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Dr. Deanna Giraldi, MPH @deannagiraldi.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
First day of a new academic term today! 📚 Today’s agenda: 👩🏻‍💻 teaching fellow for a masters course on preventing interpersonal violence ✍🏼 a few meetings for a UK civil service report I’m in charge of drafting 👩🏻‍🏫 lecture on international organizations roles in democracy 🍽️ PhD dinner with UK MPs
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Dr. Deanna Giraldi, MPH @deannagiraldi.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Making Christmas lasagna from scratch (& 251 little meatballs) with nonna’s recipe! 🎄
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Dr. Deanna Giraldi, MPH @deannagiraldi.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Always a magical Christmas in NYC ❤️ [Bryant Park Christmas market with my parents 🥰]
Christmas tree by Bryant park ice rinkMom & dad at the Christmas market in Bryant park “You will never be a New Yorker if you don’t learn to walk faster” tote
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Dr. Deanna Giraldi, MPH @deannagiraldi.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Thrilled to share that I’ve been selected as a 2026 BRIDGS Emergent Scholar Fellow! BRIDGS (Bringing Research and Innovation into the Debate on Guns in Society) Initiative advances empirically driven, interdisciplinary research on the multifaceted role of guns in society.
Arizona State University
 Congratulations! We are pleased to inform you that you have been selected as a recipient of the 2026
BRIDGS Emergent Scholar Fellowship. We received a very strong applicant pool, and you were identified as
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Dr. Deanna Giraldi, MPH @deannagiraldi.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
I’ve felt so incredibly heavy during this week’s news cycle
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Dr. Deanna Giraldi, MPH @deannagiraldi.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12... This is very much *not* “all we can do.” Every single shooting is, at its root, a policy decision.
"I've been fully briefed on the Brown University situation," Trump said. "What a terrible thing it is, and all we can do right now is pray for the victims and for those that were very badly hurt."
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New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center @njgvrc.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
🚨New Paper Alert from #NJGVRC "Preventing and mitigating fraudulent research participants in online qualitative violence and injury prevention research." #NJGVRC PI: Devon Ziminski 📚Read more here ➡️ ow.ly/zjq050XA3ZU
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Dr. Deanna Giraldi, MPH @deannagiraldi.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
📚 Academia Wrapped 2025 !!! - Papers downloaded: - Papers read (subset of above): - Submissions: - Desk Rejects: - Revisions: - Publications: - Days with head in hands watching the fall of the U.S. gov:
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Society for the Advancement of Injury and Violence Research @thesavir.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Register for SAVIR's upcoming Methods Session on 1/29/26: "From Genocide to Gun Violence: Adapting Rwandan Reconciliation Education for US Violence Prevention" featuring professionals from the Medical College of Wisconsin. us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Dr. Deanna Giraldi, MPH @deannagiraldi.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
New press release on our gun violence research: www.spi.ox.ac.uk/article/impa... “Gun violence does not just harm individuals, it also sends shockwaves through families, neighborhoods, and entire communities with ripple effects that can persist and change over time.”
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Impact of gun violence extends beyond data dominating news and debate
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Dr. Deanna Giraldi, MPH @deannagiraldi.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
A lovely friend shared this with me so now I’m sharing it with you! — open.substack.com/pub/theshado...
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An Existential Guide to: Making Friends
Friends Friends What Glorious Friendly Friends!
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Dr. Deanna Giraldi, MPH @deannagiraldi.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Every time I travel, one of my favorite things to do is look at street art: a 🧵
The faces of children painted as a mural in ParisLiberty is therapeutic, truth is revolutionary Mural of a young boy holding “La paix” with a man walking in the foreground “Knowledge is power” “the future is unwritten”
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Dr. Deanna Giraldi, MPH @deannagiraldi.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Another perk of studying in England: a quick trip to #Paris for exploring & a change of scenery for writing 👩🏻‍💻 #feelinglucky
Deanna in front of Notre Dame cathedral! The Louvre! Deanna in front of the Eiffel Tower! Pain au chocolate & hot chocolate by the Seine.
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Anna Tarrant @profatarrant.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Qualitative research isn't a consolation prize for when we can't get 'real' numbers. It's a different way of knowing; one that captures complexity, context, and meaning that statistics alone cannot provide.
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Dr. Deanna Giraldi, MPH @deannagiraldi.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
It's Mamdani! M-A-M-D-A-N-I. You *should* learn how to say it.
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Dr. Deanna Giraldi, MPH @deannagiraldi.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
It’s a teaching day! First up: political sociology 📚
Old library building covered in red ivy at St Antony’s College, Oxford.
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Dr. Deanna Giraldi, MPH @deannagiraldi.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Mamdani replying “it’s pronounced cyclist” to a woman yelling “communist” at him is absolutely iconic
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Riccardo Cucchi @riccardocucchi.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Le piazze italiane che si animano spontaneamente nel cuore della notte, sono il segno di un' umanità che non cede alla barbarie, che crede nel diritto umanitario e internazionale, nella pace, nei valori.
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hdc @hdcshah.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Gun violence has such a massive blast radius the stats never capture. Those who witness it in person, the medical professionals that handle the wounds, the injured who carry the damage with them forever, the families shattered, the communities permanently scarred.
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Dr. Deanna Giraldi, MPH @deannagiraldi.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Incredibly emotional watching the Sumud Flotilla. How loudly and boldly these leaders fight while the “leaders” of our countries are silent.
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Dr. Deanna Giraldi, MPH @deannagiraldi.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
“Someone asked if I was ready for the fall and it took me a second to realize they meant autumn and not the total collapse of society.”
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Everytown for Gun Safety @everytown.org · 17/09/2025
If you or someone you know is in crisis, the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline provides 24/7 connection to free, confidential support anywhere in the US. Call or text 988 or chat at 988lifeline.org.
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988 Lifeline
At the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, we understand that life’s challenges can sometimes be difficult. Whether you’re facing mental health struggles, emotional distress, alcohol or drug use concerns…
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Everytown for Gun Safety @everytown.org · 17/09/2025
Our nation has a gun suicide rate nearly 12 times that of other high income countries. This #SuicidePrevention Awareness Month, join us in spreading awareness about this preventable crisis and elevating survivor voices:
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September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month
September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, a time for amplifying voices, spreading hope, and providing resources.
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Dr. Deanna Giraldi, MPH @deannagiraldi.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Mexico’s grito de independencia made me so emotional. The all female color guard. The recognition of indigenous women. The female president.
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Fred Guttenberg @fredguttenberg.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Thank you Michael Fanone. For those who do not recognize the name, Michael is one of the officers who defended America on January 6th and was left permanently injured as a result. He is a true hero of our Democracy.
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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Something I want to make sure doesn’t get lost in the conversation about gun violence… A lot of students witnessed the shooting of Charlie Kirk. A lot of students were traumatized by the Denver high school shooting that left three kids in critical condition. That’s a lot of students traumatized.
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Dr. Deanna Giraldi, MPH @deannagiraldi.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
I’d argue it’s worth no deaths, actually.
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Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
The problem with allowing guns everywhere is that no one is safe anywhere.
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