Christian D. Pulcini, MD, MEd, MPH is a pediatric emergency physician at the University of Vermont Medical Center and UVM Children’s Hospital and an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics at the University of Vermont, Larner College of Medicine. He attended Tufts University School of Medicine. This was followed by pediatrics residency at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC and pediatric emergency medicine fellowship at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. He also holds an M.Ed. in Secondary Education from Loyola Marymount University (former Teach for American corps member), and an M.P.H. from Boston University School of Public Health. His current areas of research foci are emergency care of children with medical complexity, firearm injury, and mental health. He is currently funded by an NIH K23 Career Development Award entitled “Optimization and Implementation Trial of a User-Centered Emergency Care Planning Tool for Infants with Medical Complexity” of which he aims to become an expert in implementation science and clinical trials while focusing his research on improving emergency care of this particularly vulnerable population. He is passionate about the intersection of research, public policy, and advocacy for children which aligns well with his research interest on pediatric firearm injury.