
Reopening Schools in the Time of Pandemic: Look to the School Nurses
PISC Executive Committee Member, Catherine McDonald, PhD, writes about the future reopening of school post pandemic and the important...

Telephone Triage in Pediatric Head Injury: Follow-up Patterns and Subsequent Diagnosis of Concussion
In a recent study led by PISC Executive Committee Member, Catherine McDonald, PhD, along with researchers from the University of...

The Effects of Parental School Exclusion on Offspring Drug Use: An Intergenerational Path Analysis
In a recent article written by PISC Past Trainee Beidi Dong, PhD, along with Marvin Krohn, MD, the two conducted path analysis to...

Applying The Haddon Matrix Conceptual Model to Guide Motor Vehicle Crash Injury Research and Prevent
PISC Executive Director, Douglas Wiebe, PhD, in collaboration with a host of researchers from the University of Pennsylvania, University...

Opportunities to Reduce Distracted Driving and Adolescent Driver Motor Vehicle Crashes
Increases in cell phone use while driving is thought to be the cause of unexpectedly high rates of adolescent motor vehicle crashes...

Survey US Hospital Type and Proximity to Mass Shooting Events
StartFragment PISC Senior Scholars Michael Nance, MD, Sage Myers, MD, and colleagues authored a research letter evaluating the location...

How do perceived and objective measures of neighbourhood disadvantage vary over time?
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StartFragment PISC International Scholar and External Advisory Board Member, David Humphreys, PhD, and colleagues analyzed measures of...

Universal Background Checks for Handgun Purchases Can Reduce African American Homicide Rates
StartFragment Although firearm homicide disproportionately affects African Americans, little is known about how universal background...

Health Impact Assessment of Philadelphia's 2025 Tree Canopy Cover Goals
StartFragment Cities across the world are undertaking ambitious projects to expand tree canopy by increasing the number of trees planted...

The Stand Your Ground Project
The Stand Your Ground Project has a new website dedicated to supporting ongoing research into the effects of stand you ground laws by the...