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...
Katie Hoskins, with co-investigators Joel Fein, and Dorothy Novick, leads a new study funded by a $3.2 million NINR grant. This five-year project at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) scales out the S.A.F.E. Firearm intervention, promoting secure firearm...
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...
Terry Richmond and Jo Richardson were part of a virtual seminar of top experts convened by the University of Pennsylvania’s Leonard David Institute of Health Economics (LDI) and co-sponsored by the Penn Injury Science Center, discussing the rising public health crisis...
The executive director of PHILLY TRUCE, a community partner of the Penn Community Violence Prevention program, wrote an op-ed on their program’s success in reducing gun violence and the lack of recognition and support that is all too common for community-based...
CDC has released the Community Violence Prevention Resource for Action: A Compilation of the Best Available Evidence for Youth and Young Adults to help communities and states focus on strategies with the greatest potential to prevent violence and promote health and...
Dr. Vivek Ashok, a postdoctoral fellow part of the National Clinical Scholars Program, has been active in press conferences, op-eds, committee hearings, and webinars regarding the impacts of gun violence and the ways to improve gun safety and public safety through...
Dr. Laura Vargas, past trainee and postdoctoral fellow at the Penn Injury Science Center, was one of nine speakers invited to partake in the White House Roundtable on Addressing Gun Violence in Latino Communities on October 11, 2024. It is the first meeting of its...
