SUBSTANCE USE

Azad, H. A., Goin, D., Nathan, L. M., Goffman, D., Rajan, S., Reddy, U., D'Alton, M. E., & Laraque-Arena, D. (2026). Overdose, Homicide, and Suicide as Causes of Maternal Death in the United States. The New England journal of medicine, 394(7), 722–723. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMc2512078

  • Homicide, suicide, and drug overdose accounted for more than one-fourth of maternal deaths from 2018 through 2023

Chihuri, S., & Li, G. (2026). Impact of the enhanced Fatality Analysis Reporting System on drug detection in fatally injured drivers.Accident Analysis & Prevention, 226, 108354. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2025.108354

  • Polysubstance use detection improved with expanded FARS data collection methods.

Shi, Q., & Li, G. (2025). Cannabis use and suicide: A case-control study based on integrative data analysis. Journal of Cannabis Research, 7, Article 93. https://doi.org/10.1186/s42238-025-00352-1

  • The association between cannabis use and suicide using the case-control design and integrative data analysis technique

Adverse Childhood Events (ACEs)

Ladhani, Z., & Rajan, S. (2025). A Call to Action: Meeting the Needs of Autistic Adolescents With a History of Adverse Childhood Experiences.American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 108125.

  • Autistic adolescents who have a history of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) may face unique health. Ladhani and Rajan (2025) highlight the prevalence of this issue in the U.S., the need for an interdisciplinary approach to addressing the unique needs of this population, and present a call to action for policymakers and key stakeholders to invest in trauma-informed care in schools.

Public Safety

Semenza, D. C., Richmond, T. S., Rajan, S., Betz, M. E., Branas, C., Buggs, S. A. L., Hargarten, S., Richardson, J., Rivara, F. P., Rowhani-Rahbar, A., Sharpe, T. L., Webster, D. W., & Pizarro, J. M. (2025). Firearm Violence Prevention in Peril: A Call to Defend Our Public Safety Infrastructure.American journal of public health, 115(11), 1805–1808. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2025.308231

Díaz-Faes, D. A., Rajan, S., & Branas, C. C. (2026). Pre-attack crisis indicators in mass shooters: Differences across no-, single-, and dual-harm groups. Journal of affective disorders, 399, 121074. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2025.121074

Rivara, F. P., Richmond, T. S., Hargarten, S., Branas, C. C., Rowhani-Rahbar, A., Webster, D., Richardson, J., Jr, Ayanian, J. Z., Boggan, D., Braga, A. A., Buggs, S. A. L., Cerdá, M., Chen, F., Chitkara, A., Christakis, D. A., Crifasi, C., Dawson, L., deRoon-Cassini, T. A., Dicker, R., Erete, S., … JAMA Summit on Reducing Firearm Violence and Harms (2025). Toward a Safer World by 2040: The JAMA Summit Report on Reducing Firearm Violence and Harms.JAMA, 334(24), 2208–2219. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2025.18076

Road Safety

Zadey, S., Roberts, L. E., Bushover, B., Gobaud, A. N., Mehranbod, C. A., Fish, C. S., ... & Morrison, C. N. (2024). Effectiveness of Leading Pedestrian Intervals for Pedestrian Safety in New York City.medRxiv, 2024-05.

Children’s Health and Safety

Laraque-Arena, Danielle. "Imperatives for Action and Impact of Humanitarian Crises Affecting Children." Pediatric Clinics.

Injury Free Coalition for Kids Annual Conference Proceedings

Proceedings of the 31st Annual Injury Free Coalition for Kids® Conference: Forging New Frontiers: Progress Through Persistence

Proceedings of the 30th Annual Injury Free Coalition for Kids® Conference: Forging New Frontiers: Injury in Evolving Environments

Proceedings of the 29th Annual Injury Free Coalition for Kids® Conference: Forging New Frontiers: Engineering for Equity

Proceedings of the 28th Annual Injury Free Coalition for Kids® Conference: Forging New Frontiers: Secure for Safety