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Laura Prater

Social Sciences · The Ohio State University

Early career · publishing since 2019

Publications

40

Citations

348

Est. group size

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

8

Publishing since 2019

Research summary
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Laura Prater's research focuses on firearm injury and suicide prevention, with particular attention to groups such as older adults, women, and pregnant individuals. Her work combines public health, clinical, and policy perspectives, examining topics like extreme risk protection orders, firearm safety counseling in healthcare settings, and the use of natural language processing to analyze circumstances surrounding firearm deaths. This research area is well suited for students interested in injury prevention, health policy, and applied data science methods in a public health context.

Firearm injury and suicide preventionFirearm policy and extreme risk protection ordersHealth of older adults and firearm safetyMaternal and pregnancy-related mortalityNatural language processing applied to violent death data

Publication output was minimal before 2019, rose sharply to a peak around 2022-2023, and has since declined to lower annual counts in 2024-2026.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 5.2/year recently
17182019: 7 publications192020: 3 publications202021: 4 publications212022: 10 publications222023: 11 publications11232024: 3 publications242025: 1 publication252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Journal of General Internal Medicine×3
  • American Journal of Preventive Medicine×2
  • Psychiatric Services×2
  • American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®×2
  • Journal of Pain and Symptom Management×2
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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