Grantee: Desmond Upton Patton, PhD, MSW | University of Pennsylvania 

This video from the Kaiser Permanente Center for Gun Violence Research and Education features the groundbreaking work of SAFELab, a research initiative led by Desmond Upton Patton, PhD, MSW, at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Patton’s research - which is supported by grant funding from the Center - helps to uncover new ways to support youth in navigating grief and violence on social media, engages members of the most impacted communities as experts in this work, and promotes joy and healing to create safe, thriving neighborhoods.
Learn more about the Center’s 38 grantees working to address the root causes of violence in 20+ states at www.kpcenterforgunviolenceresearch.org