She is a core faculty member in the Center for Gun Policy and Research, and teaches courses on research and evaluation methods for health policy. Dr. Crifasi focuses on injury epidemiology and prevention, gun violence, and evaluation of policies that impact public safety and first responders. She received her Ph.D. in Health Policy and Management in 2014 from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and an M.P.H. in Environmental and Occupational Health from the Drexel University School of Public Health in 2010.