In collaboration with the ABRO Experience, the Penn Trauma Violence Recovery Program and SAFELab hosted the Social Media Summit for Violence Prevention and Wellness Promotion on October 12, 2024, to bring together local content creators, community members,...
Dr. Christen Rexing, PhD, MPH is the Executive Director for the Society for Advancement of Violence and Injury Research (SAVIR), a professional organization that provides leadership and fosters excellence in the science of violence and injury prevention and care. Dr....
Dr. Cheryl Bettigole served as the Health Commissioner for the City of Philadelphia from 2021-2024 and recently joined the University of Pennsylvania as a Professor of Clinical Family Medicine and Community Health. At Penn, she is working on developing collaborative...
I am a general internist and health equity researcher committed to improving the quality of care and health outcomes of racial and ethnic minorities. My research program pursues two overarching goals. First, I explore dynamic processes that produce racial health...
I am a medical anthropologist and qualitative social scientist, and am currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Family and Community Health in the School of Nursing. I hold a bachelor’s in Anthropology from Princeton University, and...
Dr. Daniel Semenza is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice (Primary) and the Department of Urban-Global Public Health in the School of Public Health (Secondary) at Rutgers University. He is the Director of...
Dave Humphreys, led a study estimating the growth of the U.S. civilian firearm stock, projecting an increase from 378 million firearms in 2022 to 565 million by 2034 under current trends. The study, published in JAMA Network Open, highlights how modest increases in...
The work of Gina South, Nicole Thomas, and colleagues is featured on the cover story of the fall/winter 2024 issue of Penn Medicine magazine. In transformative efforts to address structural drivers of health disparities, the work highlights the link between...
Gabriela Khazanov, a research psychologist with the Philadelphia VA and the University of Pennsylvania, co-authored a groundbreaking study on the impact of collaborative care in primary care settings. The research, featured in Healthcare Innovation, highlights...
Local police officers and other external law enforcement officers are ubiquitous in emergency departments (EDs) across the country. But the job of law enforcement to protect public safety can sometimes conflict with clinicians’ dedication to patient care while putting...
