Publications, News, & Awards
The archive of all news and publications on the PISC site.
A new study from a Penn Injury Science Center Core Research Project, led by Terry Richmond, Sara Jacoby, Cassis Boateng, and colleagues, examines the role of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) […]
Researchers from Penn partnered with North10 to design and test a cooling shelter prototype in Hunting Park, addressing the severe heat caused by “heat islands.” Led by Sara Jacoby, the […]
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 […]
“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, […]
Sara Jacoby is a part of two teams that were recently awarded grants from the Penn Community Collaboratory for Co-Creation (Penn4C), an initiative from Penn Nursing and Penn Engineering, for […]
Sara Jacoby and John Holmes have received the 2024 Lindback Awards for Distinguished Teaching. Since 1961, this prestigious award has recognized outstanding faculty members at colleges and universities in Pennsylvania […]
Gina South of the Perelman School of Medicine, Sara Jacoby of the School of Nursing, and colleagues describe the “racial empathy gap” in care for opioid use disorder, wherein Black patients are left wanting compassionate and […]
Sara Jacoby and colleagues examined the perspectives of people injured by firearms with regards to the news media’s coverage of firearm violence. The study found that survivors of firearm injury perceived harms […]
Sara Jacoby and colleagues examined the perspectives of people injured by firearms with regards to the news media’s coverage of firearm violence. The study found that survivors of firearm injury […]
Sara Jacoby was appointed as Calvin Bland Fellow at the School of Nursing, a fellowship awarded to select individuals in the Schools of Nursing, Social Policy & Practice, and the […]
Sara Jacoby led a commentary that argues “recidivism” as a less than ideal metric for evaluating success in tertiary firearm injury prevention, as well as the insinuation it makes about […]
Chris Morrison, Sara Jacoby, and colleagues add a layer of understanding to the impact of historical racist redlining practices on present day firearm violence by assessing the relationship in different […]