Dr. Lillian Kao a Co-Investigator for the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston project “Incorporation of a Health Equity Approach to Hospital Violence Intervention Programs: The Integration of a Community and Hospital Based Initiatives to Reduce Gun Violence in a Large Metropolitan Area.”
Dr. Kao is Professor and Chief of the Division of Acute Care Surgery at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston. She is co-founder and co-director of the Center for Surgical Trials and Evidence-based Practice (C-STEP). Her research focuses on comparative effectiveness trials and dissemination and implementation of evidence-based practices.