PCGVR director Jim MacMillan and research director Dr. Jessica Beard discuss gun violence, prevention and the role of the media on The Trauma Beat podcast with journalist, trauma researcher and author Tamara Cherry Read More
A new two-year, $450,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health builds on previous research from PCGVR research director Dr. Jessica Beard, pictured at top, right above during a meeting of our research collaborative in 2022. She Read More
Each week we share news from the Center plus updates on gun violence and prevention from our partners at Billy Penn.
Above: Beatrice Forman of Billy Penn prepared a report after attending our recent Better Gun Violence Workshop. It’s at the top of this newsletter.
Our Director of Research Dr. Jessica Beard introduced new research from our collaborative in Washington on March 31 during the annual conference held by SAVIR, the Society for the Advancement of Violence and Injury Research. Read More
DR. Jessica Beard will study the current state of gun violence reporting in Philadelphia and partner with local journalists to educate the public on root causes and solutions for the city’s gun violence epidemic. Read More
(PHILADELPHIA) –The Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting and the Stoneleigh Foundation today named Dr. Jessica H. Beard, a trauma surgeon at Temple University Hospital and public health researcher at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, as a Stoneleigh Fellow and the Center’s director of research effective July 1. Read More
Dr. Jessica Beard represented the Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting alongside some of the nation’s leading leading news organizations during the recent Gun Violence New Summit organized by the Columbia Journalism Review. (Watch the complete event video.)
Trauma surgeon and public health researcher Dr. Jessica H. Beard, MD, MPH, FACS, addressed the Philadelphia City Council Special Committee on Gun Violence Prevention on Tuesday, March 30, 2021 Read More
Dr. Jessica Beard and Jim MacMillan of the Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting were among authors of a study published in the journal Preventive Medicine titled “Making the news: Victim characteristics associated with media reporting on firearm injury.” In summary: Researchers and the public turn to the media for information on firearm violence. Half of all shooting victims were not reported in the news. Deaths, multiple shootings, women, and children were more often covered by the media. Comprehensive data on firearm injury is essential. Read More
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