In a Penn Injury Science Center Core Research Project led by Kate McDonald and Kit Delgado, and including Kevin Rix, Jeff Ebert, and Doug Wiebe, researchers found that adolescent drivers using handheld cellphones showed higher rates of risky driving behaviors like...
A study co-authored by Millan AbiNader, and colleagues Laurie Graham and Julie Kafka who presented last year at The Incubator, examined youth suicides linked to intimate partner violence (IPV), revealing higher odds of physical IPV among victims and psychological IPV...
A study led by Dan Corwin with Kate McDonald, Tina Master, and Kristy Arbogast examined the sociodemographic factors influencing pediatric concussion care settings. Findings show that children in the ED are more likely to be non-Hispanic Black, have public insurance,...
A scoping review by Millan AbiNader examined studies on perpetrators of violence against children in Sub-Saharan Africa, highlighting gaps in research on interventions targeting perpetrators. Findings show caregivers, intimate partners, and peers are the most common...
A study team, led by Elinore Kaufman and including Jamie Song, analyzed the treatment of injured rural residents across different hospital types. The research revealed that rural non-trauma centers (NTCs) provided care for over half of injured rural patients,...
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 team created a solar-powered, open-air shelter offering shade and radiant cooling....
Shoshana Aronowitz and Maggie Lowenstein led a qualitative study examining the implementation of CareConnect, an innovative program developed by Penn Medicine to increase access to buprenorphine for individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD) in Philadelphia. The study...
The Northwest Philadelphia Technical Assistance Program (NW Philly TAP), a human-centered design initiative, brought together nonprofits focused on community safety and well-being in Northwest Philadelphia. Led by Sara Solomon, Andrew Belfiglio, and Isabella Ntigbu...
Joel Fein and colleagues investigate the link between firearm access, fighting behavior, and conflict perception among adolescents in an urban emergency department. Their analysis reveals that youth who report fighting are more likely to have firearm access,...
A validation study led by Jeff Ebert, Kate McDonald, and Kit Delgado demonstrated that a widely used algorithm for classifying driver trips vs. passenger trips using smartphone kinematics was 97% accurate and robust to a variety of phone characteristics, vehicle...
