Kit Delgado is quoted in a STAT article, part of The Deadliest Drug series, about how lessons learned from "nudges" for treating opioid use disorder in the health system can similarly be applied to address excessive drinking. Read more.
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Giving gun locks, safes, and guidance to gun owners and learning what works
Across the region, Penn Medicine teams recognize that gun ownership is a reality in many communities, but injuries and deaths don’t have to be. Collectively, these teams are keeping patients, staff, and visitors safe by stopping weapons from entering health care...
PA Homicide and Suicide Fact Sheets for 2023
Two new fact sheets are available from the Pennsylvania Violent Death Reporting System (PAVDRS), using 2023 violent death data from our partners (coroners, medical examiners, law enforcement, the Bureau of Health Statistics and Registries). Suicide and homicide fact...
Overdose Prevention in Hotels and Motels
A new CDC MMWR Notes from the Field publication examines fatal drug overdoses that occurred in hotels and motels in the United States during 2022–2024. In 2024, across 43 jurisdictions with enhanced overdose death data, more than 2,000 fatal drug overdoses occurred in...
Testing Firearm Injury Prevention Efforts to Save Young Lives
Katie Hoskins was recently featured in a CHOP Research Institute Cornerstone blog post highlighting the Uniting Pediatric Nurses as Leaders in Firearm Injury Prevention: A Hybrid Trial (UPLIFT) Study team’s research evaluating the inpatient hospital implementation of...
Structural and Institutional Predictors of Community Violence Prevention Programs
Vivek Ashok led a recent paper, with co-authors including Terry Richmond and Elinore Kaufman, that found the location of hospital-based community violence prevention programs are determined more by hospital resources — not local violence levels. These programs are...
What to Do if Your Child Engages in Online Gaming Bullying
Tracy Waasdorp wrote a blog for Psychology Today where she outlined ways to recognize bullying behavior in online gaming environments and recommends strategies to address children who may be engaging in bullying online, including: Stay calm and focus on behavior, not...
Trainees and early career researchers connect and take home top prizes at SAVIR 2026
Thank you to everyone who connected with the Penn Injury Science Center at SAVIR 2026! The trainee community at Penn was radiant at the annual injury and violence prevention conference - from posters, to oral presentations, to a family-style lunch in downtown...
Lawmakers focus most on mass shootings when posting about gun violence
Zachary Meisel and Vivek Ashok discuss a recent JMIR Formative Research article, co-authored with Terry Richmond, which found a majority of the 1,491 posts analyzed were in response to mass shootings, and half assigned causal blame, including specific causes and...
How AI-powered ‘smart homes’ could transform care for people with dementia
George Demiris was featured on Scientific American’s Science Quickly podcast exploring how AI-powered “smart home” technologies could improve safety and quality of life for people living with dementia. In the episode, Demiris discussed Sense4Safety - a technology...
Parent and adolescent perceptions on technology to reduce distracted driving
A recent publication from a core project of the Penn Injury Science Center explored how parents and adolescents perceive cellphone-based technologies designed to reduce distracted driving. Interviews with adolescent-parent dyads found that while these technologies can...
An opportunity to do more to help victims of violence
The Penn Trauma Violence Recovery Program received new Pennsylvania funding to help victims rebuild their lives interrupted by violence. “We started the Penn Trauma Violence Recovery Program because we heard from community members, organizations, and patients, that...