Events

Evidence-Driven Approaches to Preventing Firearm Deaths
May 3, 2024
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Evidence-Driven Approaches to Preventing Firearm Deaths

Deaths from firearm violence remain stubbornly high in the U.S. Those most affected include youth under the age of 20, for whom firearm violence is now the top cause of death, and Black men. Black teens and young men ages ... Read More
Community Safety as a Social Determinant of Health: A Workshop
December 6, 2023
9:00 am

Community Safety as a Social Determinant of Health: A Workshop

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Roundtable on Population Health Improvement will conduct a hybrid public workshop December 6, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET, and December 7, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET, to discuss various dimensions ... Read More
Fall Gathering of the Penn Injury Science Center
October 25, 2023
10:00 - 12:30

Fall Gathering of the Penn Injury Science Center

Join your colleagues at the Penn Injury Science Center's Fall Gathering on October 25, 2023 from 10:00 am to 12:30 pm in the Faculty Lounge (14th FL) of the Biomedical Research Building. Click here to see the agenda (opens PDF) ... Read More
The Incubator (Sep 2023)
September 19, 2023
2:30 - 4:00

The Incubator (Sep 2023)

The Injury Science Incubator returns September 19th 2:30-4:00, with a special edition! PISC Community Action Board Member Marcella Nyachogo, of Lutheran Settlement House, leads the second Community Outreach Incubator with her team to "take their Survivors' Network to the next ... Read More
Mayoral debate on public safety
March 1, 2023

Mayoral debate on public safety

Elinore Kaufman served as one of the moderators in the Restoring Safety Forum, posing questions to Philadelphia mayoral candidates about their plans to address public safety and gun violence. You can watch a recording of the event from Billy Penn ... Read More
CareConnect: A Virtual Low-Barrier Model for Increasing Engagement in Opioid Use Disorder Care
September 12, 2022
12:00pm - 1:00pm EST

CareConnect: A Virtual Low-Barrier Model for Increasing Engagement in Opioid Use Disorder Care

Shoshana Aronowitz and Margaret Lowenstein present at the seminar series titled “How the Injury Control Research Centers are responding to the Opioid Epidemic: Reports from the Front Lines of a Public Health Crisis," organized by the Johns Hopkins Center for ... Read More
March Together Against Gun Violence
April 26, 2022
4:00PM - 6:00PM

March Together Against Gun Violence

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 ... Read More
Integrating Data from Health and Criminal Legal Systems to Inform Public Health and Safety Interventions
January 28, 2022
12:00pm - 1:00pm

Integrating Data from Health and Criminal Legal Systems to Inform Public Health and Safety Interventions

Join Ali Rowhani-Rahbar as he discusses the utility of integrating data from the health and criminal legal systems to study firearm-related harm and its contribution to informing public health and public safety programs and policies ... Read More