elinore
@elinorejkaufman.bsky.social
Trauma surgery. Injury prevention. Health services research. Philly. Queer all year. 💔🍉
Doesn’t want to fight Cerberus.
she/her
Doesn’t want to fight Cerberus.
she/her
I’m just mad because ruining the workplace would have made a banger Halloween costume but it’s not going to be relevant next year (I mean it’s already not relevant).
November 9, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I’m just mad because ruining the workplace would have made a banger Halloween costume but it’s not going to be relevant next year (I mean it’s already not relevant).
Hey that’s me! Incredible honor to be selected among a huge pool of extraordinary researchers here @pennmedcso.bsky.social
Congratulations to Elinore Kaufman (Surgery), recipient of the Marjorie A. Bowman New Investigator Research Award! Learn more about Dr. Kaufman & her work here➡️ tinyurl.com/sr4jsp92 #PSOMAOE @pennldi.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Hey that’s me! Incredible honor to be selected among a huge pool of extraordinary researchers here @pennmedcso.bsky.social
There’s some intense user testing going on out there! Great study to work on with my 2 amazing students, co-1st authors Grayson Graham and Colby Wilson. Look out for them!
Analyzing firearm storage product reviews, researchers found users prioritize devices offering rapid access while remaining resistant to theft/damage. Sturdiness and reliability also emerged as major themes. Details: https://www.journalofsurgicalresearch.com/article/S0022-4804(25)00385-3/fulltext
Firearm Owners’ Preferences for Secure Storage Devices: Insights From Product Reviews
Securely storing firearms can prevent suicide, unintentional injury, and gun theft.
However, fewer than half of the US firearm owners store all firearms securely. Ongoing
efforts to promote secure sto...
www.journalofsurgicalresearch.com
October 16, 2025 at 12:25 AM
There’s some intense user testing going on out there! Great study to work on with my 2 amazing students, co-1st authors Grayson Graham and Colby Wilson. Look out for them!
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"One would institute red flag laws... The others would ban devices that convert semi-automatic guns to automatic fire, require background checks for long gun purchases, and ban weapons that can avoid magnetometer detection, like 3D printed “ghost guns.”"
Pa. House Democrats advance a package of bills to toughen state gun laws • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
After a high profile string of deadly shootings, Democratic lawmakers in the state House are moving to tighten Pennsylvania’s firearm laws.
penncapital-star.com
September 23, 2025 at 7:04 PM
"One would institute red flag laws... The others would ban devices that convert semi-automatic guns to automatic fire, require background checks for long gun purchases, and ban weapons that can avoid magnetometer detection, like 3D printed “ghost guns.”"
Help extend essential medical care in Gaza: www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati...
Rebuild Al-Shifa: Help Us Build a 140-Bed Hospital Extension in the Heart of Gaza City
A Life-Saving Extension at Gaza’s Most Vital Hospital Site Goal: $737,000 USDWhy We’re Rebuilding Al-ShifaAl-Shifa Hospital, once the beating heart of Gaza’s healthcare system, now stands in ruins. Af...
www.zeffy.com
July 13, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Help extend essential medical care in Gaza: www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati...
I remain in awe of my colleagues in Gaza, not only surviving, not only providing care, but also collecting data. Here, a case that would have been a challenge anywhere, managed in a makeshift unit with minimal supplies but maximum skill: tsaco.bmj.com/content/10/2... @tsaco.bsky.social
Managing complex pancreatic and hepatic trauma in Gaza under wartime conditions
A patient presented during a mass casualty event after an airstrike with abdominal injuries from penetrating fragments and the blast wave. The patient was hemodynamically unstable and was transferred ...
tsaco.bmj.com
June 30, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I remain in awe of my colleagues in Gaza, not only surviving, not only providing care, but also collecting data. Here, a case that would have been a challenge anywhere, managed in a makeshift unit with minimal supplies but maximum skill: tsaco.bmj.com/content/10/2... @tsaco.bsky.social
HVIPs work.
"Just making sure we give them a path of healing, a path of positivity on how to restart and rebuild their lives."
Violence prevention program works with trauma care to connect gunshot survivors to services
Recent gun violence has some in Minneapolis rallying for change, while doctors say they are seeing a troubling trend — one that is putting them ahead of schedule and threatening hopes for another…
www.cbsnews.com
June 28, 2025 at 11:27 AM
HVIPs work.
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Surprisingly effective things Zohran Mamdani ran on:
-free buses
-rent freeze
-halal cart for $8 instead of $10
-taxing the 1%
-no cost childcare
-city-owned grocery stores
-a Department Of Community Safety for mental health programs and crisis response
-building affordable housing
-why Cuomo sucks
-free buses
-rent freeze
-halal cart for $8 instead of $10
-taxing the 1%
-no cost childcare
-city-owned grocery stores
-a Department Of Community Safety for mental health programs and crisis response
-building affordable housing
-why Cuomo sucks
June 25, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Surprisingly effective things Zohran Mamdani ran on:
-free buses
-rent freeze
-halal cart for $8 instead of $10
-taxing the 1%
-no cost childcare
-city-owned grocery stores
-a Department Of Community Safety for mental health programs and crisis response
-building affordable housing
-why Cuomo sucks
-free buses
-rent freeze
-halal cart for $8 instead of $10
-taxing the 1%
-no cost childcare
-city-owned grocery stores
-a Department Of Community Safety for mental health programs and crisis response
-building affordable housing
-why Cuomo sucks
Congratulations New York!
June 25, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Congratulations New York!
Kids find stuff.
parents sometimes think kids can’t get to stuff and kids think they can
Parental Firearm Storage and Teens' Perceived Firearm Access in US Households
This cross-sectional study examines the associations between parent-reported household firearm storage behaviors and teen perceived access to firearms using national survey data.
jamanetwork.com
June 21, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Kids find stuff.
June 20, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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🚨 ALERTA PHILLY 🚨
Hearing from a very credible local source that there may be ICE action tomorrow (Sunday 6/8) in the following areas:
5th and Washington Ave
7th and Snyder Ave
5th and McKean/Wolf
Chinatown
Let your neighbors know to stay safe and be vigilant. Be ready. Be water.
Hearing from a very credible local source that there may be ICE action tomorrow (Sunday 6/8) in the following areas:
5th and Washington Ave
7th and Snyder Ave
5th and McKean/Wolf
Chinatown
Let your neighbors know to stay safe and be vigilant. Be ready. Be water.
June 8, 2025 at 1:21 AM
🚨 ALERTA PHILLY 🚨
Hearing from a very credible local source that there may be ICE action tomorrow (Sunday 6/8) in the following areas:
5th and Washington Ave
7th and Snyder Ave
5th and McKean/Wolf
Chinatown
Let your neighbors know to stay safe and be vigilant. Be ready. Be water.
Hearing from a very credible local source that there may be ICE action tomorrow (Sunday 6/8) in the following areas:
5th and Washington Ave
7th and Snyder Ave
5th and McKean/Wolf
Chinatown
Let your neighbors know to stay safe and be vigilant. Be ready. Be water.
The exonerative tense!
you can't tell at first because this is written in the exonerative tense, but she was shot *by another police officer*
June 6, 2025 at 11:58 PM
The exonerative tense!
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The Cure Violence program run by New Kensington Community Development Corporation, is one of 350 groups learning their Justice Department grants would end early.
PA violence prevention programs hit by federal funding cuts
CLARIFICATION: The grant from Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency is helping to keep program staff employed. An earlier version of the story said it was helping to expand the program.…
www.publicnewsservice.org
May 30, 2025 at 1:46 AM
The Cure Violence program run by New Kensington Community Development Corporation, is one of 350 groups learning their Justice Department grants would end early.
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Today, I was denied access to seeing my constituent, Mr. Kilmar Abrego Garcia. If there is nothing to hide, cut the crap. Let his lawyer and I check on him.
May 26, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Today, I was denied access to seeing my constituent, Mr. Kilmar Abrego Garcia. If there is nothing to hide, cut the crap. Let his lawyer and I check on him.
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"I am getting very sick & tired of having to go onto news programs because journalists aren't allowed in to point out what is happening here... this is a televised slaughter. History will not judge us kindly."
I spoke today to Dr Tom Potokar, UK surgeon in Gaza:
Full intv: zeteo.com/p/televised-...
I spoke today to Dr Tom Potokar, UK surgeon in Gaza:
Full intv: zeteo.com/p/televised-...
May 20, 2025 at 11:57 PM
"I am getting very sick & tired of having to go onto news programs because journalists aren't allowed in to point out what is happening here... this is a televised slaughter. History will not judge us kindly."
I spoke today to Dr Tom Potokar, UK surgeon in Gaza:
Full intv: zeteo.com/p/televised-...
I spoke today to Dr Tom Potokar, UK surgeon in Gaza:
Full intv: zeteo.com/p/televised-...
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“We are only slowly beginning to understand the impact that social media is having on violence. In the 21st century we really need to invest in this space.”
@upenn.edu professor and @nam.edu member Desmond Patton shares his perspective while attending #JAMASummit.
@upenn.edu professor and @nam.edu member Desmond Patton shares his perspective while attending #JAMASummit.
May 13, 2025 at 8:53 PM
“We are only slowly beginning to understand the impact that social media is having on violence. In the 21st century we really need to invest in this space.”
@upenn.edu professor and @nam.edu member Desmond Patton shares his perspective while attending #JAMASummit.
@upenn.edu professor and @nam.edu member Desmond Patton shares his perspective while attending #JAMASummit.
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Hospitals acquired by PE show a 2.7 pp ↑ in 30D surgical mortality, driven by a 3.9 pp ↑ in failure to rescue.
We need enforceable nurse‑staffing minimums, full ownership transparency, and federal review of PE transactions. @andrewmibrahim.bsky.social @um-ihpi.bsky.social
bit.ly/432VyWP
We need enforceable nurse‑staffing minimums, full ownership transparency, and federal review of PE transactions. @andrewmibrahim.bsky.social @um-ihpi.bsky.social
bit.ly/432VyWP
May 5, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Hospitals acquired by PE show a 2.7 pp ↑ in 30D surgical mortality, driven by a 3.9 pp ↑ in failure to rescue.
We need enforceable nurse‑staffing minimums, full ownership transparency, and federal review of PE transactions. @andrewmibrahim.bsky.social @um-ihpi.bsky.social
bit.ly/432VyWP
We need enforceable nurse‑staffing minimums, full ownership transparency, and federal review of PE transactions. @andrewmibrahim.bsky.social @um-ihpi.bsky.social
bit.ly/432VyWP
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HAPPENING NOW: Hundreds of protesters have now gathered outside a federal courthouse in downtown Milwaukee to support Judge Hannah Dugan
April 25, 2025 at 8:25 PM
HAPPENING NOW: Hundreds of protesters have now gathered outside a federal courthouse in downtown Milwaukee to support Judge Hannah Dugan
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"Pennsylvania has found a solution — invest in communities to fuel their own solutions. Let those closest to the violence rebuild the structures and resources they need to prevent the next case." Opinion:
Investing in our lives through violence prevention (opinion)
Community violence intervention workers make a big difference in Pennsylvania, and more can be done.
www.readingeagle.com
April 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
"Pennsylvania has found a solution — invest in communities to fuel their own solutions. Let those closest to the violence rebuild the structures and resources they need to prevent the next case." Opinion:
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In February, epidemiologists published a landmark study calculating pregnancy-associated violence by state, and the report suggests a strong connection to firearm legislation and reproductive protocols.
Maternal Homicide Is Very Common — Particularly in These States
When epidemiologist Maeve Wallace first began publishing national data on pregnancy-associated homicide and suicide nine years ago, she knew that more granular numbers would be essential to…
www.thetrace.org
April 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
In February, epidemiologists published a landmark study calculating pregnancy-associated violence by state, and the report suggests a strong connection to firearm legislation and reproductive protocols.
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"Fortunately for our students, Cornell is not a business. We are a university. And universities, despite rapidly escalating political, legal and financial risks, cannot afford to cede the space of public discourse and the free exchange of ideas."
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/o...
Opinion | Universities Should Not be Afraid of Contentious Ideas
Higher education cannot cede the space of public discourse and the free exchange of ideas.
www.nytimes.com
April 2, 2025 at 1:31 PM
"Fortunately for our students, Cornell is not a business. We are a university. And universities, despite rapidly escalating political, legal and financial risks, cannot afford to cede the space of public discourse and the free exchange of ideas."
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/o...
Thank you to the injury center.
You can read Sarah Roby’s beautiful letter here:
Inside the C.D.C., a Final ‘Love Letter’ Before Mass Layoffs (Gift Article)
The agency’s injury center was among the departments that were largely gutted in Tuesday’s wave of dismissals. Read a staff member’s letter to colleagues while they awaited their fates.
www.nytimes.com
April 3, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Thank you to the injury center.
Reposted by elinore
You can read Sarah Roby’s beautiful letter here:
Inside the C.D.C., a Final ‘Love Letter’ Before Mass Layoffs (Gift Article)
The agency’s injury center was among the departments that were largely gutted in Tuesday’s wave of dismissals. Read a staff member’s letter to colleagues while they awaited their fates.
www.nytimes.com
April 2, 2025 at 11:05 PM
You can read Sarah Roby’s beautiful letter here:
Reposted by elinore
This exciting resolution from Rutgers University Senate is exactly the kind of model I think higher ed needs: a mutual defense pact of, in this case, Big 10 schools. They call for member institutions to create a joint defense fund and make resources available to any member institution under attack.
March 30, 2025 at 2:47 PM
This exciting resolution from Rutgers University Senate is exactly the kind of model I think higher ed needs: a mutual defense pact of, in this case, Big 10 schools. They call for member institutions to create a joint defense fund and make resources available to any member institution under attack.