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
Two new studies led by PCGVR Director of Research Dr. Jessica Beard have been published: Systematic disparities in reporting on community firearm violence on local television news in Philadelphia, PA. Read More
Our director of research Dr. Jessica Beard discussed our work on Trauma Code at WBAI in New York. Listen by clicking on the image above.
Congratulations and thank you to our research director Dr. Jessica Beard who was recognized with the Pina Templeton Injury Prevention Award by the American Trauma Society and the Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation on October 19, Read More
We had an opportunity to present our work to the Firearm Injury Prevention Institute at the University of Colorado.
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.)
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