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The driving simulator at the Center for Injury Research and Prevention at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Linking teen driving behaviors to ADHD, other mental health factors

Teen drivers are three times more likely to get into a fatal crash than their more-experienced counterparts. New research found a link between mistakes these new drivers make and self-reported ADHD.

Limiting training hours makes medical residents happier, but not better, trainees

Capping first-year medical resident hours may make for happier trainees, but directors and patients may be negatively affected.

Bike lanes experiment measures cyclist response to infrastructure design

A PennDesign pilot study tracks riders in urban bike lanes to visualize a safer redesign.

Opening the Teach-in by breaking down barriers

The first full day of the Penn Teach-in engaged participants with expert panels on vaccine denial and firearm violence, an "evolutionary walk through time," and a dialogue on the production and dissemination of knowledge.

Rebecca Umbach, a fourth-year doctoral student in the department of Criminology at Penn

Short-term effects of Daylight Saving Time

Assaults decrease by 3 percent the Monday after the switch to Daylight Saving Time in the spring, according to research from Penn criminologists.

Penn takes on Philadelphia’s opioid epidemic

The University is leveraging its expertise to fight the city’s opioid crisis on multiple fronts.

Taking steps to improve activity-tracking results

Activity-tracking devices like Fitbit are all the rage, but rarely used. A Penn Medicine health incentive expert explains why, and offers solutions.

Vacant lot remediation work from Penn and Columbia researchers found that cleaning up blighted spaces could reduce crime and make neighborhoods safer.

Cleaning up vacant lots makes neighborhoods safer

Removing trash and debris, grading land, planting new grass, and maintaining lots resulted in a 29 percent reduction in gun violence, 22 percent decrease in burglaries, and 30 percent drop in nuisances.

New open-access data resource aims to bolster collaboration in global infectious disease research

Population-based epidemiological studies provide new opportunities for innovation and collaboration among researchers addressing pressing global-health concerns.

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