Presentations

Conference Panels (partial list)

1. Ranjan, S., (2023). The Face of Community Violence Intervention Programs: Policy Matters. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology (ASC), Philadelphia, PA.

2. Peltier M., (2023). Understanding Violent Victimization – Advancing Methods and Theory. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology (ASC), Philadelphia, PA.

3. Ranjan, S., (2023). Advancing Knowledge About Hospital-Based Violence Programs Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Meeting (ACJS), National Harbor, MD.

4. Ranjan, S., (2022). The Face of Community Violence Intervention Programs: Policy “Matters”. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology (ASC), Atlanta, GA.

5. Ranjan, S., (2021). Hospital-based Violence Intervention Programs (HVIPs): Making a case for Qualitative Evaluation Designs (Sponsored by the Division of Victomology). Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology (ASC), Chicago, IL.

Conference Presentations (partial list)

ACJS 2026 (March 3-7, 2026) 

Ranjan, S., Strange, C., Ku, C., Pullem, S., Quadri, H.,. (2026, March 3-7). Healthcare Approaches to Justice Collaborative [Roundtable presentation]. Presentation at the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Philadelphia, PA.

ASC 2025 (November 12–15, 2025)

Wongchanapai, P., Green, R., Ku, C. S., Peltier, M., & Ranjan, S. (2025). Factors impacting gun violence at the regional level.

Johnson, K., Wongchanapai, P., Ranjan, S., & Shah, A. (2025). Hospital systems can lead the change.

Ranjan, S., & Dmello, J. (2025). Role of the community partnership coordinator in coordinated community response.

HAVI 2025 (October 7–9, 2025) 

Ranjan, S., Shah, A., & Das, S. (2025, October). Healthcare Approaches to Justice Collaborative. Presentation at the Health Alliance for Violence Intervention Conference: Honor the Past, Empower the Future: Celebrating 15 Years of the HAVI, Kansas City, MO.

UNODC CCPCJ 2025 (May 2025)

Ranjan, S., Johnson, K., Wongchanapai, P., & Shah, A. (2025, May). Centering victims in a changing world: Upholding victims’ rights amid evolving crimes. Presentation at the Thirty-Fourth Session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice of the UNODC, Vienna, Austria.

ACJS 2025 (March 11–15, 2025) – Accepted but did not attend 

Wongchanapai, P., Green, R., Ku, C. S., Peltier, M. R., & Ranjan, S. (2025, March). Factors impacting gun violence at the regional level. Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Denver, CO.

Luo, J., Pugliese, K., & Ranjan, S. (2025). Building stronger communities: A leadership academy for coordinated community response to violence. Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Denver, CO.

Lozano, N., Pugliese, K., Strange, C. C., Nguyen, N., & Ranjan, S. (2025, March). Evaluating community interactions with law enforcement and healthcare services: Insights from people who use drugs. Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Denver, CO.

Chockalingam, R., Flugrad, N., Lozano, N., Dmello, J., & Ranjan, S. (2025, March). Role of brief mental health training and de-escalation of mental health crisis in law enforcement. Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Denver, CO.

Flugrad, N., Lozano, N., Sagot, A., Ranjan, S., & Peltier, M. R. (2025, March). A survey of psychologists about violence risk assessments for firearm screening. Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Denver, CO.

Pugliese, K., Nguyen, N., Luo, J., Ranjan, S., Shah, A., & McDermott, L. (2025, March). Exploring the experiences of victims of violence receiving services from a hospital-based violence intervention program (HVIP) in New Jersey. Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Denver, CO.

Pugliese, K., Nguyen, N., Luo, J., Ranjan, S., Shah, A., & McDermott, L. (2025, March). Assessing client satisfaction in a hospital-based violence intervention program. Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Denver, CO.

Nguyen, N., Pugliese, K., Lozano, N., Ranjan, S., Shah, A., & McDermott, L. (2025, March). Assessing the impact of hospital-based violence intervention programs in suburban communities: Perspectives from New Jersey residents. Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Denver, CO.

ASC 2024 (November 13–16, 2024)

Strange, C. C., Ranjan, S., & Pugliese, K. (2024, November 13). A multi-state case study of Medicaid reimbursement policy implementation for hospital-based violence interventions: Full results.

Wongchanapai, P., Peltier, M. R., Ku, C. S., Ranjan, S., & Green, R. (2024, November 13). Domestic violence and particulate matter 2.5: Does location matter?.

Luo, J., Pugliese, K., & Ranjan, S. (2024, November 14). Connecting coordinated community response with data evaluations.

Nguyen, N., Pugliese, K., Luo, J., & Ranjan, S. (2024, November 14). Community needs assessment & outcomes evaluation.

Ranjan, S., Dodda, D., & Ku, C. S. (2024, November 14). Multidisciplinary approaches to data collection.

Lozano, N., Pugliese, K., Nguyen, N., Strange, C. C., & Ranjan, S. (2024, November 14). Evaluating the role of police responding to community substance use: A review of the literature.

FMEC 2024 (September 19–21, 2024)

Lozano, N., Pugliese, K., Strange, C. C., Nguyen, N., & Ranjan, S. (2024, September 20). Addressing substance use stigma perpetuated by first responders and the role of family medicine physicians. Poster presentation at the Family Medicine Education Consortium Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.

ACJS 2024 (March 19–23, 2024)

Green, R., Ku, C. S., Peltier, M. R., Wongchanapai, P., & Ranjan, S. (2024, March 20). Exploring the spatial relationship between domestic violence and environmental pollutants.

Green, R., Pugliese, K., Strange, C. C., Flugrad, N., & Ranjan, S. (2024, March 20). Hospital-based violence programs and theory – A closer look.

Flugrad, N., Pugliese, K., Green, R., McDermott, L., Shah, S., Doumas, S., Weiner, D., & Ranjan, S. (2024, March 20). Combining HVIP data with medical records – Challenges and findings.

Luo, J., Ranjan, S., & Wilson-Brown, D. (2024, March 20). Building the community for a coordinated community response.

Pugliese, K., Vander, K., McDermott, L., Ranjan, S., & Shah, A. (2024, March 20). Risk and risk/needs assessments with HVIP participants.

ASC 2023 (November 15–18, 2023)

Ku, C. S., Peltier, M. R., Green, R., Zuta, E., & Ranjan, S. (2023, November 16). Application of text mining for systematic reviews of qualitative research – A case study using hospital-based violence intervention programs (HVIPs).

Das, S., & Ranjan, S. (2023, November 16). Improving the responsivity of hospital-based violence intervention programs to key client needs.

Green, R., Wongchanapai, P., Flugrad, N., Marshall, M., Peltier, M. R., & Ranjan, S. (2023, November 16). Challenges in the theoretical development of neighborhood factors associated with intimate partner violence.

Flugrad, N., Pugliese, K., Doumas, S., & Ranjan, S. (2023, November 16). Challenges of data collection in HVIP settings.

Strange, C. C., Ranjan, S., & Shah, A. (2023, November 17). A multi-state case study of Medicaid reimbursement policy implementation for hospital-based violence interventions.

HAVI 2023 (September 27, 2023)

Ranjan, S., Das, S., & McDermott, L. (2023, September 27). Designed to HEAL: Planning HVIP outcomes to align with client needs.

NIJ Research Conference 2023 (May 23–25, 2023)

Flugrad, N., Strange, C., Das, S., & Ranjan, S. (2023, May). Classifying outcomes for hospital-based violence intervention programs using a community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach. Poster presentation, Arlington, VA.

ACJS 2023 (March 14–18, 2023)

Ranjan, S., Intrator, J., & Neudecker, C. (2023, March 18). Hospital-based violence intervention programs: A meta-synthesis of the qualitative evidence and agenda for future research.

Ranjan, S., Ku, C. S., & Green, R. (2023, March 18). Healthcare informatics – A knowledge discovery approach.

Strange, C., Ranjan, S., Shah, A., & Solhkhah, R. (2023, March 18). Implementing Medicaid reimbursement policies for hospital-based violence intervention services: A case study.

Ranjan, S., Green, R., Flugrad, N., Marshall, M., Peltier, M., & Wongchanapai, P. (2023, March 18). Domestic violence in New Jersey: Does neighborhood context matter?.

WHO 14th World Conference on Injury Prevent. & Safety Promotion (November 27–30, 2022)

Ranjan, S., & Solhkhah, R. (2022, November). The role of health networks in addressing violent injury prevention.

ASC 2022 (November 16–19, 2022)

Ranjan, S., Shah, A., McDermott, L., & Solhkhah, R. (2022, November 17). The social determinants of health framework for community violence intervention: A tool to advocate for equitable organizational policies in healthcare settings.

National Center for Victims of Crime NTI (October 6–8, 2022)

Ranjan, S., Strange, C., Wojcik, M. L. T., Shah, A., & Solhkhah, R. (2022, October). Setting up violence intervention specialists for success: Bridging the gap between concept and practice.