Structural and Institutional Predictors of Community Violence Prevention Programs
Vivek Ashok led a recent paper, with co-authors including Terry Richmond and Elinore Kaufman, that found the location of hospital-based community violence prevention programs are determined more by hospital resources — not local violence levels. These programs are...
Trainees and early career researchers connect and take home top prizes at SAVIR 2026
Thank you to everyone who connected with the Penn Injury Science Center at SAVIR 2026! The trainee community at Penn was radiant at the annual injury and violence prevention conference – from posters, to oral presentations, to a family-style lunch in downtown...
R01 – Research Grants for Preventing Interpersonal Violence and Suicide Among Youth and Young Adults
The National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has forecasted two Notice of Funding Opportunities (NOFOs) for Research Related to Preventing Interpersonal Violence and Suicide Among Children and...
Lawmakers focus most on mass shootings when posting about gun violence
Zachary Meisel and Vivek Ashok discuss a recent JMIR Formative Research article, co-authored with Terry Richmond, which found a majority of the 1,491 posts analyzed were in response to mass shootings, and half assigned causal blame, including specific causes and...
An opportunity to do more to help victims of violence
The Penn Trauma Violence Recovery Program received new Pennsylvania funding to help victims rebuild their lives interrupted by violence. “We started the Penn Trauma Violence Recovery Program because we heard from community members, organizations, and patients, that...
Video: Social Media Summit for Violence Prevention & Wellness Promotion
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,...
Poster: Mobilizing Social Media for Violence Prevention – Perspectives from Philadelphia Violence Prevention Professionals
This poster was presented at SAVIR 2024 in Chapel Hill, NC by Jasmine Weiss.
Event Program: Social Media Summit for Violence Prevention and Wellness Promotion
View the agenda and speakers from the Social Media Summit on October 12, 2024.