Federico E. Vaca, MD, MPH
Dr. Federico E. Vaca is a physician-scientist and leader in emergency medicine, injury prevention, and automotive safety research. He currently serves as Professor and Executive Vice Chair in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of California, Irvine...
Zachary Meisel, MD, MPH, MSHP
Zachary F. Meisel, MD, MPH, is the Vice Chair of Research, Director of the Center for Emergency Care Policy and Research, and William G. Baxt Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine. He is co-Director of the Penn Injury Science Center. Dr....
Poster: Improving mental health among community health workers
Carmen Alvarez presented at The ISTSS 40th Annual Meeting: Advancing Translational Science in Traumatic Stress Studies. The International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies took place September 2024 in Boston, Massachusetts. Click here to email the author (opens...
Enhancing Access to Opioid Use Disorder Care: Insights from CareConnect
Shoshana Aronowitz and Maggie Lowenstein led a qualitative study examining the implementation of CareConnect, an innovative program developed by Penn Medicine to increase access to buprenorphine for individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD) in Philadelphia. The study...
Visual Abstract: Experimental kickoff rule prevents concussions
An analysis from the Ivy League – Big Ten Epidemiology of Concussion Study found that a disproportionate amount of football concussions were happening during kickoff plays, where both teams are running towards each other at high speed. These findings were communicated...
A spotlight on the 2023-24 Trainee Learning Lab
The Penn Injury Science Center (PISC) is proud to spotlight the latest cohort of its Trainee Learning Lab (TLL). This dynamic program and CDC Success Story continues to advance the field of injury and violence prevention by fostering a collaborative and insightful...
Time for New Questions?
“These HOLC maps will undoubtedly remain part of how we understand structural racism in the United States. The question now is how we change the current realities and examine empirically, as clinicians and health researchers, how racism and economic exclusion...
Parsing the Evidence
Terry Richmond moderated a panel of top experts in the field of firearm violence, making sense of “what works and what doesn’t” in the prevention of firearm deaths. Federal research dollars are now being reinvested into the topic after a more than...