Desmond Patton led a novel analysis using focus group and social media data to confirm or reject findings from qualitative interviews, conducted to understand how violence impacted low-income residents of color amidst co-occurring health (COVID-19) and social...
John Holmes and colleagues wrote a position paper articulating the need (and a framework) for “explainability” in the artificial intelligence that is employed in medicine. With diversity in their roles and perspectives, the authors discuss some of the...
Following the publication of a recent article in JAMA Network Open with a team of PISC Scholars, Elinore Kaufman and Michelle Degli Esposti describe in an LDI blog post how the findings identify opportunities for teasing out what makes the difference in firearm...
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...
Over the last 15 years a range of laws have been enacted across states in United States that enhance the rights of individuals to use lethal force in self-defense. These laws are collectively known as stand your ground or shoot first laws. The Stand Your Ground...
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...
Despite numerous implementations of “stand your ground” (SYG) laws, or policies that provide legal immunity to individuals who publicly use deadly force, their exact impact on violence is still unclear. Led by PISC postdoctoral fellow Michelle Degli...
A recent study featuring PISC Senior Scholar Allison E. Curry explores the impact of non-driving related license suspensions on quality of life. Fourteen adults with non-driving related license suspensions were evaluated. Participants engaged in semi-structured phone...
As COVID-19 spread even faster across the US in 2020, interventions were implemented at the national, state, and even county level. Some of the most integral policies were masking mandates, whose implementation different across states. This study, which features PISC...
(Above) The enactment of stand your ground laws in the U.S. since 2005. Dr. Michelle Degli Esposti, PISC Postdoctoral Fellow, was featured on a KUAF (NPR Affiliate) segment on the Stand Your Ground laws, discussing results from a study she conducted with PISC...
