Dr. Fein's research evaluates how to best reduce the incidence and impact of violence in the lives of children and families, with a focus on adolescent mental health and traumatic stress. He previously led the CDC-funded Urban Partnership Academic Center of Excellence, a multi-institutional effort grounded in community-based participatory research to prevent violence exposure for youth in Philadelphia.

Dr. Fein is the co-director of the Center for Violence Prevention, and also directs the CHOP Violence Intervention Program, an intensive case management service for assault-injured youth recruited from the ED. In addition he works with the STOP IPV team to develop and test innovative methods within the pediatric care setting to screen families for IPV, and promotes safe gun storage using educational materials and safety devices provided to CHOP families. Dr. Fein, with colleagues at CHOP and Drexel University, also developed a computerized screening process for adolescents to sensitively endorse depression, suicide and other behavioral health concerns.

Regionally and nationally he is the co-director of the research workgroups for the The Health Alliance for Violence Intervention and the Philadelphia ACE Task Force research committee, which helped to develop the literature on "expanded ACEs" related to community and neighborhood exposures. Dr. Fein also serves on the core leadership team for the Center for Pediatric Traumatic Stress, a SAMHSA-funded Center that is part of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network, with a focus on dissemination to healthcare providers, and has investigated PTSD in children who come to the ED.

Notable career achievements include:

• Founding and directing the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Center for Violence Prevention
• Serving as a national leader in applying trauma-informed care to pediatric medical settings
• Pioneering hospital-based violence prevention research
• Applying research to create sustainable, fully implemented psychosocial interventions for vulnerable youth and families