Charles C. Branas, PhD
Professor of Epidemiology in Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Department: Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Graduate Group Affiliations
Contact information
Blockley Hall
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, 19104-6021
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, 19104-6021
Email:
cbranas@upenn.edu
cbranas@upenn.edu
Publications
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Interactive US Stroke Center Maps
Interactive US Trauma Center Maps
Penn Cartographic Modeling Laboratory
Search PubMed for articles
Interactive US Stroke Center Maps
Interactive US Trauma Center Maps
Penn Cartographic Modeling Laboratory
Education:
BA (Mathematics)
Franklin and Marshall College, 1990.
MS (Emergency Services)
Hahnemann University, 1993.
PhD (Public Health)
Johns Hopkins University, 1997.
Permanent linkBA (Mathematics)
Franklin and Marshall College, 1990.
MS (Emergency Services)
Hahnemann University, 1993.
PhD (Public Health)
Johns Hopkins University, 1997.
Description of Research Expertise
Charles Branas is a Professor of Epidemiology and Director of the Cartographic Modeling Laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Branas works to improve health and healthcare and is recognized for his efforts to reduce violence and enhance emergency care. Much of his work incorporates human geography and spatial interactions. His studies have taken him to various places including the neighborhoods of Philadelphia and other cities, rural counties across the US, and cities and small towns in Guatemala and other countries. Dr. Branas has been on various boards and scientific review panels at the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control, the Canadian National Research Council, the South African Medical Research Council, and is a Past President of the Society for Advancement of Violence and Injury Research.Additional Positions
Director, Cartographic Modeling Laboratory
Professor of Emergency Medicine (secondary)
Professor of Surgery (secondary)
Senior Fellow, The Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics
Senior Fellow, Center for Public Health Initiatives
Faculty Associate, Institute for Urban Research
Courses Taught
PUBH 571/EPID 518: Geography and Health
EPID 560: Research Protocol Development
EPID 801: Fundamentals of Epidemiologic Study Designs
PUBH 508: Public Health Capstone Seminar
Selected Publications
Mullen MT, Judd S, Howard VJ, Kasner SE, Branas CC, Albright KC, Rhodes JD, Kleindofer DO, Carr BG: Disparities in evaluation at certified primary stroke centers: reasons for geographic and racial differences in stroke. Stroke in press, 2013.Merchant RM, Asch DA, Hershey JC, Griffis H, Hill S, Saynisch O, Leung A, Asch JM, Lozada K, Nadkarni L, Kilaru A, Branas CC, Starr L, Shofer F, Nichol G, Becker LB: A Crowdsourcing Innovation Challenge To Locate and Map Automated External Defibrillators. Circulation Page: 1-8, 2013.
Wiebe DJ, Guo W, Allison PD, Anderson E, Richmond TS, Branas CC: Fears of violence during morning travel to school. Journal of Adolescent Health in press, 2013.
Leung AC, Asch DA, Lozada KN, Saynisch O, Asch JM, Becker N, Griffis HM, Shofer F, Hershey JC, Hill S, Branas CC, Nichol G, Becker LB, Merchant RM.: Where are lifesaving automated external defibrillators located and how hard is it to find them in a large urban city? Resucitation in press, 2013.
Branas CC, DiNardo AR, Puac Polanco VD, Harvey MJ, Vassy JL, Bream K.: An exploration of violence, mental health and substance abuse in post-conflict Guatemala. Health in press: 1-10, 2013.
Branas CC, Gracia N, Rubin D, Guo W: Vacant properties and violence in neighborhoods. ISRN Public Health 2012: 1-23, 2012.
Garvin E, Branas CC, Keddem S, Sellman J, Cannuscio C: More than just an eyesore: local insights and solutions on vacant land and urban health. Journal of Urban Health 12(7): 9782-7, 2012.
Garvin E, Branas CC, Cannuscio CC: Greening vacant lots to reduce violent crime: A randomized controlled trial. Injury Prevention 18(5): 1-6, 2012.
Branas CC, Richmond TS, Ten Have TR, Wiebe DJ: Acute alcohol consumption, alcohol outlets, and gun suicide. Substance Use & Misuse 46(13): 1592-1603, 2011.
Branas CC, Cheney RA, MacDonald JM, Tam VW, Jackson TD, Ten Have TR: A difference-in-differences analysis of health, safety, and greening vacant urban space. American Journal of Epidemiology 174: 1-11, 2011.
Myers SR, Branas CC, Kallan MJ, Wiebe DJ, Nance ML, Carr BG: The use of home location to proxy injury location and implications for regionalized trauma system planning. Journal of Trauma 71(5): 1428-1434, 2011.
Galetta KM, Barrett J, Allen M, Madda F, Delicata D, Tennant TA, Branas CC, Maguire MG, Messner LV, Devick S, Galetta SL, Balcer LJ : The King-Devick Test as a determinant of head trauma and concussion in boxers and MMA fighters. Neurology 2: 1-10, 2011.
Ward MJ, Shutter LA, Branas CC, Adeoye O, Albright KC, Carr BG: Geographic access to neurocritical care units in the United States. Neurocritical Care Page: 11-19, 2011.
Branas CC.: Injury prevention in the developing world. Italian Journal of Public Health 7(2): 72-75, 2010.
Patel NP, Grandner MA, Xie D, Branas CC, Gooneratne N: Sleep disparity in the population: poor sleep quality is strongly associated with poverty and ethnicity. BMC Public Health 11(10): 475-485, 2010.
Carr BG, Porat G, Wiebe DJ, Branas CC: A review of legislation restricting the intersection of firearms and alcohol in the US. Public Health Reports 125(5): 674-679, 2010.
Albright KC, Branas CC, Meyer BC, Matherne D, Zivin JA, Lyden PD, Carr BG.: ACCESS: Acute cerebrovascular care in emergency stroke systems. Archives of Neurology 67: 1210-1218, 2010.
Branas CC, Richmond TS, Culhane DP, TenHave TR, Wiebe DJ. : Investigating the link between gun possession and gun assault. American Journal of Public Health 99(11): 2034-40, 2009.
Carr BG, Branas CC, Metlay JP, Sullivan AF, Camargo CA.: Access to emergency care in the United States. Annals of Emergency Medicine 54(2): 261-269, 2009.
Carr BG, Wiebe DJ, Richmond TS, Cheney R, Branas CC: A randomised controlled feasibility trial of alcohol consumption and the ability to appropriately use a firearm. Injury Prevention 15: 409-412, 2009.
Nance ML, Carr BG, Branas CC. : Access to pediatric trauma centers in the United States. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine 163(6): 512-518, 2009.
Branas CC, Elliott MR, Richmond TS, Culhane D, Ten Have TR, Wiebe DJ.: Alcohol consumption, alcohol outlets, and the risk of being assaulted with a gun. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 11(4): 906-915, 2009.
Carr BG, Caplan J, Pryor JP, Branas CC. : A meta-analysis of prehospital care times for trauma. Prehospital Emergency Care 10(2): 198-206, 2006.
Branas CC: Review of Suing the Gun Industry: A Battle at the Crossroads of Gun Control and Mass Torts. Journal of Legal Medicine 27(1): 103-108, 2006.
Branas CC, Wiebe DJ, Schwab CW, Richmond TS: Getting past the âFâ word in federally funded public health research. Injury Prevention 11(3): 191, 2005.
Branas CC, MacKenzie EJ, Williams JC, Schwab CW, Teter HM, Flanigan MC, Blatt AJ, ReVelle CS: Access to trauma centers in the United States. Journal of the American Medical Association 293(21): 2626-2633, 2005.
Metlay JP, Branas CC, Fishman NO: Small area variation in hospital reported levels of pneumococcal susceptibility to penicillin. Emerging Infectious Diseases 10(1): 54-59, 2004.
Branas CC, Nance ML, Elliott MR, Richmond TS, Schwab CW: Urban-rural shifts in intentional firearm death: different causes, same results. American Journal of Public Health 94(10): 1750-1755, 2004.
Wiebe DJ, Branas CC, Berlin JA, Morgenstern H: Correcting for bias using non-population-based subjects as controls. American Journal of Epidemiology 159(11): S54, 2004.
Ness RB, Bondy ML, Branas C, Camargo CA, Rothenberg R, Samet JM, Sandler DP, Swanson GM, Strom BL.: Dissent is a cornerstone of scientific discourse. Annals of Epidemiology 13(9): 597-598, 2003.
Wiebe DJ, Branas CC: Bias when using dead controls to study handgun purchase as a risk factor for violent death. Injury Prevention 9(4): 381-382, 2003.
Branas CC, Knudson MM: Helmet laws and motorcycle rider death rates. Accident Analysis & Prevention 33(5): 641-648. September 2001.
Branas CC, MacKenzie EJ, ReVelle CS: A trauma resource allocation model for ambulances and hospitals. Health Services Research 35(3): 489-507, 2000.
Branas CC, Sing RF, Davidson SJ: Urban trauma transport of assaulted patients using nonmedical personnel. Academic Emergency Medicine 2(6): 486-493, 1995.
Smith GS, Branas CC, Miller TR: Fatal nontraffic injuries involving alcohol: a meta-analysis. Annals of Emergency Medicine 33: 659-668, 1999.