New research from the Perelman School of Medicine and co-first-author Andrea Schneider reveals that traumatic brain injury (TBI) and spinal cord injury (SCI) should be treated as a chronic condition, with long-term treatment plans and follow-up, due to long-term...
The number of patients treated for severe withdrawal linked to medetomidine—a powerful veterinary sedative increasingly found in fentanyl—quadrupled in recent years, according to a new analysis by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine, including Margaret...
A new book by researcher and author Desmond Patton examines the intersection of social media, violence, technology, and humanity through the story of Gakirah Barnes. The Streets Don't End at the Corner, forthcoming from University of California Press in May 2027,...
A study led by Gina South and Zack Meisel, including co-authors Shoshana Aronowitz and Nicole Thomas, found that sealing abandoned houses in Philadelphia neighborhoods was associated with a 17.6% reduction in fatal opioid overdoses and an 11.5% reduction in nonfatal...
Suicide risk among youth remained elevated after the pandemic — especially among non-Hispanic Black youth, Medicaid-insured youth, and those in neighborhoods with high firearm violence, according to a new study analyzing over 71,000 pediatric primary care visits in...
A study of over 23,000 pediatric emergency department visits in Philadelphia (2013–2024) found that youth who reported fighting, and who lived in neighborhoods with high firearm violence, were more likely to believe they could get a gun even without one at home — and...
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...
In this qualitative study of 28 clinicians and staff from buprenorphine programs, participants reported that insurance coverage, reimbursement, payer policies, and regulatory requirements were major drivers of clinical practice. Many programs relied on supplemental...
Elizabeth Nesoff and colleagues examined geospatial polysubstance use overdose typologies and socio-structural determinants among overdose decedents in Cook County, Illinois, from 2017 to 2022. Three clusters of polysubstance use—low, moderate, and high—emerged with...
While most providers hold largely positive views of telehealth for MOUD, hesitation towards telehealth is linked to assumptions about the broader empirical state of in-person MOUD treatment and about patient needs, preferences, and capacities to engage in care. Learn...
Recently published research in the Journal of School Nursing highlights opportunities for targeted, community-specific education for school nurses and youth athletic program leaders in urban community settings to address gaps in concussion management for youth....
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...