Christopher Morrison, PhD, MPH

  • Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
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Christopher Morrison is an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. His research is funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and seeks to understand how social and physical environmental conditions affect population health, particularly injuries, alcohol use, and alcohol-related harms. His recent work has examined the impacts of ridesharing services (such as Uber and Lyft) on motor vehicle crashes, firearm laws on firearm violence, and retail alcohol availability on alcohol consumption. Dr. Morrison teaches Spatial Epidemiology for masters and doctoral-level students, and serves as Training Coordinator for the Substance Abuse Epidemiology Training Program in the Department of Epidemiology. He previously worked as an Associate Research Scientist at the Prevention Research Center of the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation in Berkeley, California, and he completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Penn Injury Science Center at the University of Pennsylvania. He holds a Ph.D. in epidemiology from Monash University, Australia.

Academic Appointments

  • Assistant Professor of Epidemiology

Credentials & Experience

Education & Training

  • BA, 2004 Monash University
  • MPH, 2010 University of Melbourne
  • PhD, 2016 Monash University

Committees, Societies, Councils

Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Monash University, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine

Editorial Boards

Field Editor, Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Field Editor, Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

Research

Research Interests

  • Alcohol Use Disorder
  • Community Health
  • Environmental Health
  • Substance Use
  • Urban Health

Selected Publications

Morrison CN, Mair CF, Bates L, Duncan DT, Branas CC, Bushover BB, Mehranbod CA, Gobaud AN, Uong S, Forrest S, Roberts LE, Rundle AG. Defining spatial epidemiology: A systematic review and re-orientation. Epidemiology, 2024;35(4):542-555. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38534176/

Roberts LE, Hoofnagle MH, Bushover B, Gobaud AN, Mehranbod CA, Fish C, Morrison CN. The role of interstate highway connections on gun flow between the 48 contiguous United States. JAMA Network Open, 2024;7(4):e245662.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38592720/

Zadey S, Branas CC, Morrison CN. Gun violence: A global problem needing local solutions. The Lancet. 2024;403(10446):2783-2784. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38944522/

Gobaud AN, Mehranbod CA, Kaufman E, Jay J, Beard JH, Jacoby SF, Branas CC, Bushover B, Morrison CN. Assessing the Gun Violence Archive as an epidemiologic data source for community firearm violence in four US cities. JAMA Network Open, 2023;6(6):e2316545. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37266937/

Beard JH, Jacoby SF, Maher Z, Goldberg AJ, Kaufman EJ, Dong B, Morrison C. Changes in shooting incidence in Philadelphia between March and November 2020. JAMA, 2021;325(13):1327-1328. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33566087/

Morrison CN, Kirk DS, Brazil N, Humphreys DK. Ridehailing and road traffic crashes: A critical review. American Journal of Epidemiology, 2022;191(5):751-758. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35179205/

Thompson J, Stevenson M, Wijnands JS, Nice K, Aschwanden G, Silver J, Nieuwenhuijsen M, Rayner P, Schofield R, Hariharan R, Morrison CN. A global analysis of urban design types and road transport injury: An image processing study. The Lancet Planetary Health, 2020;4(1):e32-e42. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31999952/

Morrison CN, Byrnes HF, Miller BA, Kaner E, Wiehe SE, Wiebe DJ. Assessing individuals exposure to environmental conditions using residence-based, activity location-based, and activity path-based measures. Epidemiology, 2019;30(20):166-176. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30721163/

Jacoby SF, Dong B, Beard JH, Wiebe DJ, Morrison C. The enduring impact of historical and structural racism on urban violence in Philadelphia. Social Science and Medicine, 2018;199:87-95. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28579093/

Morrison C, Ukert B, Palumbo A, Dong B, Jacoby SF, Wiebe DJ. Assaults on days of campaign rallies during the 2016 US Presidential Election. Epidemiology, 2018;29(4):490-493. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29543668/

For a complete list of publications, please visit PubMed.gov