Ruth M Abaya, MD, MPH

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Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics (Emergency Medicine)
Attending Physician , Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Practice-Based Scholar, Center for Violence Prevention, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Senior Scholar, Penn Injury Science Center
Advisory board member, Penn Injury Science Center
Department: Pediatrics

Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Division of Emergency Medicine
34th & Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-300-9612
Education:
B.A.
Bluffton University, 2005.
MPH (Preventative Health)
Northwestern University, 2009.
MD
Northwestern University, 2009.
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Selected Publications

Hohl, B. Mancheno, C. Collins, C. Ocampo, P. Johnson, K. Eife, M. Abaya, R. : Guaranteed Income for Survivors of Firearm Violence in HVIPs: Qualitative Results of a Feasibility Study. SAVIR Conference 2025.

Zaller, N, Brown, J, Fischer, K, Abaya, R, Cardoso, L, Dreier, F. : The Critical Role of Federal Funding in Combating Firearm Violence. Health Affairs 2025.

Casey Sebastiano: “Philly Advocates Confront Gun Violence with Healing and Hope”. Metro Philadelphia Metro Philadelphia 2025.

Sara Solomon, Catarina Roman, Melissa Davey-Rothwell, Ruth Abaya, Shannon Frattorolli: Community-based efforts to reduce violence: A scoping review on the implementation of Cure Violence. Inquiry 2025.

Vivek Ashok, Ruth Abaya, Aditi Vasan: An Anti-Racist Approach to Firearm Injury Prevention Screening and Safety Counseling. Pediatrics 2025.

Zaller, N. Abaya, R. Brown, J. Zakrison, T. Schexnider, M. Cosey-Gay, F. Harris, S. Lovelady, N. Kaufman, E. Flynn, K.: Guaranteed Income: An Innovative Strategy for Reducing Firearm Violence. Technical Workshop. SAVIR conference 2025.

Abaya, R. Capasso, C. Ruffin, A. Ferreira Cardoso, L. Johnson, N. Barbosa, M. Zaller, N. Walker, S: Building Capacity among Violence Intervention Practitioners and Researchers: Identifying Research Training Priorities. SAVIR conference 2025.

Naseem Miller: Research highlights need for public health approach in news reporting of gun violence. Journalist's Resource 2024.

Kaitlin Washburn: ‘Minimizing harm:’ New toolkit provides best practices for reporting on gun violence. Association of Health Care Journalists 2024.

Abaya, R. Mancheno, C. Ocampo, P. Collins, C. Eife, M. Kaufman, E. Hohl, B. : Guaranteed basic income for survivors of firearm violence in HVIPs in Philadelphia: A feasibility study. Annual Conference: Society for the Prevention of Firearm Related Harms. 2024.

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