RISE Lab at BUSPH

We're the Research on Innovations for Safety & Equity (RISE) Lab @BUSPH. Our PI = @jonjaytweets. We study what makes cities safe and just.

[RISE Lab at BUSPH @bu_rise]

Our PI @jonjaytweets explains why gun violence is a critical #publichealth issue in this new @TheHAVI video 📽️

[The HAVI @TheHAVI]

“Gun violence is a public health issue. People who have themselves been harmed are more likely to cause harm in the future. So we need to understand how to interrupt those cycles.” – Jonathan Jay, DrPH, JD, @BUSPH. https://t.co/TswOeOpRLH
#GunViolencePrevention #PublicHealth

[K Lusk @KathLusk]

How severe is the US gun violence epidemic? https://t.co/MQLFEIMd4z

[BU Experts @BUexperts]

This year alone, there have been more than 18,000 gun violence deaths and over 275 mass shootings in the United States. @GBH's @npratc spoke with @BUSPH's @jonjaytweets, a gun violence expert, to discuss the issue of gun violence in America.

@ArunRath https://t.co/WsMIIm9la2

[The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics @JLME_ASLME]

The latest @JLME_ASLME is now available, featuring the FREE & OPEN-ACCESS "Curbing the Epidemic of Community Firearm Violence after the Bruen Decision," by @jonjaytweets & Allen. Please take a look! @BUSPH @ASLMENews @MomsDemand @Everytown
https://t.co/yzHkDvUSAT

[CaliforniaHealthline @CalHealthline]

Boston University study finds gun assault rates roughly doubled for kids in 4 large cities during the covid-19 pandemic. Black children are now 100X more likely to be victims than white children. @GunResearch @NJGVRC @jonjaytweets

📝: @SammyCaiola, @WHYY https://t.co/ozGp8RPUNI

[JAMA Network Open @JAMANetworkOpen]

Firearm assaults of children nearly doubled in 4 major US cities from the start of the pandemic through the end of 2021, with Black-White racial disparities reaching as high as 100x. @jonjaytweets https://t.co/LrkKOiJzqM

[Dr. Jonathan Jay @jonjaytweets]

@jt_simes @rachelcmartin_ @FaizahShareef @bu_rise

[BU Experts @BUexperts]

According to a @BUSPH and @UW study, ~7% of shootings can be attributed to above-average temperatures, even after adjusting for seasonal patterns. Northeast & Midwest regions experience the sharpest increases in gun violence on hotter-than-normal days. ➡️ https://t.co/uNQIZC87M0

[K Lusk @KathLusk]

Important work by @jonjaytweets @BUSPH et al. shows increase in gun violence in cities on days w/ above average temperatures. So, not just hot. Hotter than normal. Likely triggers stress/aggression + induces more outdoor activity @BuClimateHealth https://t.co/PIosRRp8iW

[BU Institute for Global Sustainability @IGS_BU]

Almost 8,000 US shootings are attributed to unseasonable heat, a sobering new #publichealth & #climatecrisis statistic from @BUSPH & @UW Seattle researchers. Cooling urban spaces & community prevention are critical. @gwellenius @BUClimateHealth @BUexperts https://t.co/ptAIt0zqED

[Boston University School of Public Health @BUSPH]

America's gun epidemic continues to worsen, but its burden is not equal.

“Gun violence is most likely in spaces that show signs of physical disinvestment," says SPH's @jonjaytweets.

Read more from @Deedrah in @CNN ➡️ https://t.co/AzEwKUK5MP

[Dr. Jonathan Jay @jonjaytweets]

Still buzzing from the incredible #2022FirearmResearchConf? Then you might love being faculty at @BUSPH in Community Health Sciences!

https://t.co/fgPuxhapRj

[Penn LDI @PennLDI]

#NEW study finds that neighborhoods with more tree cover experienced less firearm violence.

This work by LDI Fellow @Eugenia_South and colleagues provides more evidence that the built environment impacts health outcomes.

Read more on our blog. ⤵️
https://t.co/nswc3HT50p

[Sandro Galea @sandrogalea]

I am looking forward to today’s Public Health Conversation, “Abolition, Incarceration, and the Public’s Health”, beginning at 1:00 PM. @BUSPH Register here: https://t.co/agegptEyko

[Hariri Institute for Computing, Boston University @BU_Computing]

Congrats to HIC Junior Faculty Fellow @jonjaytweets on his @NIH career development award! Learn more about Jay's research on our blog: https://t.co/KMf1RPnCqr #HICyeah @BUexperts

[Sandro Galea @sandrogalea]

Excellent work being done by Professor @jonjaytweets on developing research to help eliminate racial disparities in youth gun violence. @BUSPH https://t.co/J1IkfOUstT

[Teachers College, Columbia University @TeachersCollege]

Highlighting gun violence exposure as “a source of racial inequity starting in childhood,” new research from TC’s @sonalirajan & @jonjaytweets show Black children have been disproportionately exposed to firearm violence & that increased during the pandemic.https://t.co/ObvGWwx3gY

[Suzanne McLone @SuzanneMcLone]

On the open road, heading east for grad school. It’s bittersweet leaving friends, family, home… but a new life awaits. So very thankful that I get to go to @busph! Farewell for now Chicago! @BUSPHEpi @BUSPH_epiPhD @BU_Computing @bu_rise

[Dr. Jonathan Jay @jonjaytweets]

Looking for a POSTDOC fellowship? Come join me & @gwellenius to study effects of neighborhood heat exposure on community gun violence! 🌡️ 🌳

The work combines social, spatial + environmental epi w/ disparities focus @BUSPH #EpiTwitter @FACTS_Safety

https://t.co/jlhs1zz7Vc