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...
In the past several decades, there has been increasing awareness of the neuropathological effects of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and their relation to increased risk of a range of neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and AD-related dementias...
The Ivy League – Big Ten Epidemiology of Concussion Study is a multi-institutional research effort whose mission is to better understand the causes and effects of sport-related concussion and head injuries. Researchers and athletic clinicians within the Big Ten,...
Home / Projects National Collaborative on Gun Violence Research (NCGVR) Firearm Injury Study We’ve set out to study firearm injury in a way that has not been done before… A recent comprehensive review by RAND found that, while state firearm policies...
This study uses telematics to identify the spatial and temporal characteristics of adolescent cell phone use while driving, as well as the “risky driving” patterns that are associated with it, so that we can develop messaging and interventions to reduce...
This is a Core Research Project of the Penn Injury Science Center’s Injury Control Research Center (R49) funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The project aims to improve the treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD) by developing, refining,...
This study seeks to prevent falls in older adults with mild cognitive impairment by determining if an in-home sensor can predict falls better than traditional assessments, and understanding the perspectives of older adults, their family caregivers, and other...
This study seeks to reduce health disparities affecting Black men by examining the relative contribution of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and neighborhood factors to pre-injury health, the occurrence of injury, and post-injury outcomes, and subsequently...
