A Philadelphia Ride-share Story: An Investigation of Ride-share’s Impact on Transit
PISC Past Trainee, Beidi Dong, PhD, and Senior Scholar, Erick Guerra, PhD, recently released a comprehensive report on the impact of...
Wealthy Americans Have Higher Carbon Footprints than Low-Income Americans
StartFragment A new study found that some particularly affluent US suburbs, emissions are up to 15 times higher than nearby...
Nature as a Community Health Tool: The Case for Healthcare Systems and Providers
StartFragment A recent study led by PISC Senior Scholar Eugenia South, MD, MSPH, in collaboration with PISC Senior Scholar Michelle...
Penn Med Project Looks to See if Spending Time in Nature Can Lessen Postpartum Depression
StartFragment Nurtured in Nature, a pilot program created by PISC Senior Scholar Eugenia South, PhD, is highlighted in a recent Daily...
How do perceived and objective measures of neighbourhood disadvantage vary over time?
Results from a
StartFragment PISC International Scholar and External Advisory Board Member, David Humphreys, PhD, and colleagues analyzed measures of...
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...
Social justice is the foundation of healthcare — and medical education
PISC Executive Board member Zachary Meisel co-authors an opinion piece along with Carolyn Cannuscio and Rachel Feuerstein-Simon that...
Tree Cover's Association to Cardiovascular and Respiratory Health
StartFragment Urban tree cover can provide several ecological and public health benefits or inversely public health concerns. PISC Senior...
Using High-Resolution Residential Greenspace Measures in an Urban Environment to Assess Risks of All
StartFragment Although there have been many reported health benefits of urban greenspace (gs), their effects on allergies are less clear....
The Effect of Outpatient Methadone Maintenance Treatment Facilities on Place-Based Crime
StartFragment Methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) is a solution to opioid addiction that involves replacing the targeted drug with...
