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...
Opioid Care Concerns
Shoshana Aronowitz was featured in an article in the Inquirer about how the Parker Administration is approaching the opioid crisis. Aronowitz expressed concerns that people affected by the approach would not be able to access quality treatment.
A Modest Proposal
A decorated trio of firearm injury researchers, including Research Core Director Terry Richmond and External Advisory Board member Stephen Hargarten, published a viewpoint in favor of Strengthening the Role of the NIH in the Firearm Violence Epidemic in JAMA Internal...
Substance Use Policy
Emily Seeburger and Shoshana Aronowitz published an op-ed in the Inquirer describing how the Parker administration’s approach to the opioid crisis could be strengthened by science, emphasizing that coerced treatment does not work.