UMB’s first executive director of the Center for Violence Prevention wants to listen to Baltimoreans

Prevention is a tricky business, according to Nadine Finigan-Carr. Take, for example, measles, mumps and chickenpox — contagions she experienced as a child. Vaccines have been so effective at fighting off the trio that some people now lack appreciation for the protections they provide. “When you prevent something, people don’t realize it’s even there,” she said.