PISC Senior Scholar Bernadette Hohl and Ping-Hsin Chen published a study that aimed to improve firearm injury surveillance by examining social determinants, circumstance factors, and clinical indicators among victims of firearm violence in New Jersey. Read the full...
Lead author Helena Addison, along with PISC Scholars and collaborators Therese Richmond, Lisa Lewis, and Sara Jacoby evaluate the current state of scientific knowledge describing the mental health of Black men who have experienced incarceration. Quantitative findings...
Lead author Utsha Khatri and PISC Senior Scholars Kit Delgado, Gina South and Ari Friedman questioned whether there was an association between race and/or ethnicity and the receipt of chemical sedation among Emergency Department patients presenting for psychiatric...
The opioid crisis has hit Philadelphia particularly hard, with over 46 overdose deaths per 100,000 residents in 2017, twice the national average. In response, the City of Philadelphia developed an overarching prevention strategy, the Resilience Project, which includes...
Abby Bretzin led a paper examining sex differences in high school soccer concussions. Despite females having greater concussion rates relative to males, males had (1.54) greater odds of immediate removal from play. If an athletic trainer (AT) was the initial examiner,...
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...
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...
Cervical artery dissection (CeAD) is the leading cause of stroke in young adults. A recent study featuring PISC External Advisory Board Member Charles Branas, PhD, evaluates the rate at which CeAD is diagnosed in rural and urban regions in New York State. Data is...
Contributed to by PISC Senior Scholars Kristy Arbogast, PhD, Joel Fein, MD, MPH, and Daniel Corwin, MD, this study compared demographic characteristics, medical care, and outcomes among patients with assault-related concussions (ARC) versus sports and...
Black men are disproportionately impacted by injuries in the United States. A recent study led by PISC Executive Committee Member Therese S. Richmond, PhD, RN, featuring Senior Scholar Marta Bruce, PhD, RN, analyzes how injured Black men perceive the relationship...
