Abby Bretzin led a paper examining sex differences in high school soccer concussions. Despite females having greater concussion rates relative to males, males had (1.54) greater odds of immediate removal from play. If an athletic trainer (AT) was the initial examiner,...
Abby Bretzin led a paper that found longer time to authorized clearance from specialized care (team physician, neurologist) and shorter time to clearance from urgent care (hospital, urgent care facility). Associations were also observed between sex and who was...
The PHIGHT Network’s community listening session, Together We Can, on March 29th, 2022 was covered by Fox29 in their Save Our Streets segment. The event was hosted by The PHIGHT Network (an initiative of the West/Southwest Collaborative, of which Penn Injury...
The PHIGHT Network and Beloved Care Project are organizing a march across Penn and Drexel campuses to grow support for anti-gun violence efforts. Join us at the corner of 34th and Walnut at 4PM on Tuesday, April 26th, 2022. The march will then proceed up Walnut to...
On Sunday, April 3rd, 2022, 40 shots were fired in front of a church in Philadelphia’s Strawberry Mansion neighborhood. While there were luckily no injuries to any church goers, this situation is only the latest in a worsening epidemic of firearm violence. In...
A recent study led by PISC Past Trainee Christopher Morrison, PhD, and International Scholar David Humphreys, PhD, analyzes the impact ride-hailing businesses have on the incidence and distribution of road traffic crash injuries and deaths. Data is analyzed through a...
Cervical artery dissection (CeAD) is the leading cause of stroke in young adults. A recent study featuring PISC External Advisory Board Member Charles Branas, PhD, evaluates the rate at which CeAD is diagnosed in rural and urban regions in New York State. Data is...
A recent study featuring PISC Senior Scholar George Demiris, PhD, FACMI, tests the precision of an automated speech recognition tool (ASR) when evaluating hospice family caregivers’ anxiety and quality of life. One hundred and twenty-four participants in therapy...
Contributed to by PISC Senior Scholars Kristy Arbogast, PhD, Joel Fein, MD, MPH, and Daniel Corwin, MD, this study compared demographic characteristics, medical care, and outcomes among patients with assault-related concussions (ARC) versus sports and...
Despite numerous implementations of “stand your ground” (SYG) laws, or policies that provide legal immunity to individuals who publicly use deadly force, their exact impact on violence is still unclear. Led by PISC postdoctoral fellow Michelle Degli...
