Charles C. Branas, PhD
Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology in Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Department: Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Contact information
Blockley Hall
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, 19104-6021
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, 19104-6021
Email:
cbranas@upenn.edu
cbranas@upenn.edu
Publications
Education:
BA (Mathematics)
Franklin and Marshall College, 1990.
MS (School of Technology)
Drexel University, 1993.
PhD (School of Public Health)
Johns Hopkins University, 1998.
Post-doc (School of Public Health)
University of California, Berkeley, 2000.
Permanent linkBA (Mathematics)
Franklin and Marshall College, 1990.
MS (School of Technology)
Drexel University, 1993.
PhD (School of Public Health)
Johns Hopkins University, 1998.
Post-doc (School of Public Health)
University of California, Berkeley, 2000.
Selected Publications
Reeping PM, Cerda M, Kalesan B, Wiebe DJ, Galea S, Branas CC: State gun laws, gun ownership, and mass shootings in the United States. BMJ - British Medical Journal 364: 1542-8, 2019.Parker C, Hirsch J, Hansen H, Branas CC, Martins S: Facing Opioids in the Shadow of the HIV Epidemic. NEJM - New England Journal of Medicine 380(1): 1-4, 2019.
Branas CC, South E, Kondo MC, Hohl BC, Bourgois P, Wiebe DJ, MacDonald JM: A citywide cluster randomized trial to restore blighted vacant land and its effects on violence, crime and fear. PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115(8): 1-11, 2018.
South EC, Hohl BC, Kondo MC, MacDonald JM, Branas CC: Effect of greening vacant land on mental health: a citywide randomized controlled trial. JAMA Network Open 1(3): 1-14, 2018.
Hohl BC, Wiley S, Wiebe DJ, Culyba AJ, Drake R, Branas CC: Association of drug and alcohol use with adolescent firearm homicide at individual, family, and neighborhood levels. JAMA Internal Medicine Page: 1-7, 2017.
Branas CC, Kastanaki AE, Michalodimitrakis M, Tzougas J, Kranioti EF, Theodorakis PN, Carr BG, Wiebe DJ: The impact of economic austerity and prosperity events on suicide in Greece: a 30-year interrupted time-series analysis. British Medical Journal Open 5(1): 1-11, 2015.
Culyba AJ, Jacoby S, Richmond TS, Fein JA, Hohl BC, Branas CC: Modifiable environmental features related to adolescent homicide. JAMA Pediatrics 170(3): 1-8, 2016.
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(11): 1-11, 2011.
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.
Branas CC, MacKenzie EJ, Williams JC, Schwab CW, Teter HM, Flanigan MC, Blatt AJ, ReVelle CS: Access to trauma centers in the United States. JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association 293(21): 2626-2633, 2005.