Following the publication of a recent article in JAMA Network Open with a team of PISC Scholars, Elinore Kaufman and Michelle Degli Esposti describe in an LDI blog post how the findings identify opportunities for teasing out what makes the difference in firearm...
CHOP's Center for Violence Prevention, led by Joel Fein, and Moms Demand Action teamed up for a community memorial garden to offer a place of peace, reflection, and remembrance. The work was featured on 6 ABC's Hometown Hero segment. Read or watch the full story
“Seeing the traditionally vulnerable population of children and women becoming victims tells you the sense of security is just totally lost,” said Chidinma Nwakanma, an emergency medicine doctor at Penn Presbyterian Hospital. “That loss of safety and security is...
Zaffer Qasim and Chidinma Nwakanma penned an op-ed for The Inquirer, combining their firsthand experiences as emergency physicians and trauma surgeons at Penn Presby, the nation's stark reality of gun violence, a path forward through common ground, and a call to...
Celebrating its 35th anniversary this year, the CDC ICRC program released an update on the biggest impacts Injury Control Research Centers have had on the field of injury and violence prevention from 2012-2019. Various research, outreach, and training highlights from...
A study led by PISC Senior Scholar Kit Delgado and Anish Agarwal finds that patients of orthopaedic and urologic procedures were more likely to dispose of their extra opioid tablets when they received kits in the mail to do so. Read more from Penn Medicine News
The garden is a tribute to the three-year-old who was fatally shot down in the street in 2014 while a neighbor was braiding her hair. PISC Community Action Board Member Tyrique Glasgow, who was interviewed in the Fox29 story, organized the community and Deputy...
"As Philadelphia endures another year of near-record killings and nonfatal shootings, Temple University Hospital, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center and Einstein Medical Center are among the city hospitals adding staffers...who can address the emotional, as well as...
The PHIGHT Network's community listening session, Together We Can, on March 29th, 2022 was covered by Fox29 in their Save Our Streets segment. The event was hosted by The PHIGHT Network (an initiative of the West/Southwest Collaborative, of which Penn Injury Science...
On Sunday, April 3rd, 2022, 40 shots were fired in front of a church in Philadelphia's Strawberry Mansion neighborhood. While there were luckily no injuries to any church goers, this situation is only the latest in a worsening epidemic of firearm violence. In this...
(Above) The enactment of stand your ground laws in the U.S. since 2005. Dr. Michelle Degli Esposti, PISC Postdoctoral Fellow, was featured on a KUAF (NPR Affiliate) segment on the Stand Your Ground laws, discussing results from a study she conducted with PISC...
The PHIGHT Network, from the WSW Collaborative and including the Penn Injury Science Center, partnered with the YMCAs in Philadelphia in hosting the "Exercise Your Voice" event to give youth the stage in talking about community violence. Living in a city plagued by...