SUBSTANCE USE

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

  • assessed 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.