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...
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
ED Nurse Screening, Clinician Prompts Improve OUD Treatment
Healthcare Innovation featured the Warm Handoff project. “Our findings indicate that the screening and prompts help clinicians to recognize patients and increasingly initiate important care for them,” says Maggie Lowenstein. “There is a huge group now eligible to...
Congratulations to Dr. Katie Hunzinger and Dr. Kevin Rix
Congratulations to Katie Hunzinger of the Perelman School of Medicine and Kevin Rix of the School of Nursing and Perelman School of Medicine for completing their postdoctoral fellowships at the Penn Injury Science Center and beginning their next chapters as assistant...
Responses to mass shootings vs. chronic gun violence
Elinore Kaufman of the Perelman School of Medicine spoke on Louisville NPR member station WFPL about the difference in public response to the recent mass shooting compared to the area's chronic gun violence. "It's interesting, I used to say the mass shootings are...
Khalif Mujahid Ali’s legacy
A powerful voice in the violence prevention world of Philadelphia was lost with the recent passing of Khalif Mujahid Ali. The Penn Community Violence Prevention team aims to carry on the legacy of one of its founding members and Khalif's longtime partners look to...