Jonathan Rupp
jonathanrupp.bsky.social
Jonathan Rupp
@jonathanrupp.bsky.social
Director, Injury Prevention Research Center at Emory; Vice Chair for Innovation and Discovery for the Emory Department of Emergency Medicine. I work at the intersection of engineering and public health to prevent injury and violence.
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For the 4th year, the Georgia Governor's Office of Highway Safety has awarded @iprcemory.bsky.social a grant to measure rates of seat belt use and track distracted drivers. From May through August, IPRCE will go to 400 sites in 20 Georgia counties to collect data.
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Injury Prevention Research Center at Emory awarded grant to track seat belt use, distracted drivers | Emory University | Atlanta GA
A grant from the Georgia Governor’s Office of Highway Safety will allow Emory researchers to monitor safety on Georgia’s roadways based on roadside observations of seat belt usage and driver distracti...
news.emory.edu
April 4, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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“If adults come back to run the government in four years, all this institutional memory will be lost. ... It’s going to take more than four years to get us back to where we were just two months ago.”
CDC Teams That Study Gun Violence and Collect Data Are Decimated by Layoffs
The Trump’s administration’s cuts come after the field of gun violence research saw renewed federal support during the Biden era.
www.thetrace.org
April 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM