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Safe Driving Role Models

Safe Driving Role Models

Center Co-Director Kate McDonald talked with Safety+Health magazine, a publication of the National Safety Council, about how parents become role models of safe driving from the moment their kids are turned around to their front-facing car seats.

CVP Pillars

CVP Pillars

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Center for Violence Prevention (CVP) at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), a spotlight series is highlighting CVP’s pillars and programs that help to reduce exposure to and impact of violence among youth and their...

Substance Use Policy

Substance Use Policy

Emily Seeburger and Shoshana Aronowitz published an op-ed in the Inquirer describing how the Parker administration's approach to the opioid crisis could be strengthened by science, emphasizing that coerced treatment does not work.

Public Safety Emergency

Public Safety Emergency

Mayor Cherelle Parker declared a public safety emergency during her January 2nd inaugural address. The order calls for a report from the police commissioner in 30 days with a plan of how to reduce violent crime within the first 100 days of the administration. The...

CIRP’s Next Chapter

CIRP’s Next Chapter

The Center for Injury Research and Prevention at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia announced their five-year strategic plan, which includes Founder Flaura Winston passing the directorship to Scientific Director Kristy Arbogast and Associate Director Rachel...

Meeting Needs

Meeting Needs

Elinore Kaufman and the Penn Trauma Violence Recovery Program have added psychologists to their team to meet mental health needs after violent injury. “Our patients are seeking care and we’re able to meet that need directly with no barriers. No financial barriers, no...

Lessons in Trauma

Lessons in Trauma

Grayson Graham, a junior at Germantown Friends, recently completed an internship experience with the Penn Injury Science Center and the Penn Trauma Violence Recovery Program. Penn Medicine News featured his experience and what he learned. Graham is hopeful that he...

Leadership Appointment

Leadership Appointment

Kate McDonald has been appointed Chair of Penn Nursing’s Department of Family and Community Health. “Dr. McDonald is an accomplished and well-respected researcher in injury science [...], she has excelled at providing mentoring and support to faculty teaching in the...

CIRP’s Next Chapter

CIRP’s Next Chapter

The Center for Injury Research and Prevention at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia announced their five-year strategic plan , which includes Founder Flaura Winston passing the directorship to Scientific Director Kristy Arbogast and Associate Director Rachel...

Building Public Health Capacity for IPV

Building Public Health Capacity for IPV

Millan AbiNader of the School of Social Policy & Practice (SP2) leads Penn's participation in the Survivor Link + Public Health AmeriCorps program to provide financial support for SP2 students to build capacity in public health agencies, promote evidence-based...

Young drivers with congenital heart disease

Young drivers with congenital heart disease

Leigh Ann DiFusco, a Penn Injury Science Center postdoc in the School of Nursing, wrote a blog post for CHOP's Center for Injury Research & Prevention about her portfolio of research - factors that make driving more difficult or risky for teens and young adults...