At a glance
View each ICRC's grantee exploratory research projects listed by ICRCs. The projects cover topics such as adverse childhood experiences, intimate partner violence, falls prevention, opioid overdose, transportation safety, suicide prevention, and violence and injury prevention.
Columbia University: Columbia Center for Injury Science and Prevention (CCISP)
Core Research Projects
- Motor Vehicle Crashes — Impacts of Ridesharing on Motor Vehicle Crashes, Alcohol-Related Morbidity, and Assault
- Suicide — Adolescent Depression and Suicidality Are Increasing in the US: What Is the Role of Social Media? Investigation in Three National Samples of Adolescents
- ACEs — School Violence Exposure as an Adverse Childhood Experience: A Nationwide Study of K-12 School Responses to Violence and Their Impact on Youth Mental Health and Educational Outcomes
- Opioid Overdose — Interventions to Reduce Opioid Overdose: Transportability of Evidence-Based Approaches Through Agent-Based Modeling
Exploratory Research Project
- Suicide — Spatial and Psychological Factors for Suicidality and Self-Harm in Transgender Women
Emory University: Injury Prevention Research Center at Emory (IPRCE)
Core Research Projects
- Violence & Injury — Organizational Readiness of the Georgia Trauma System to Implement the Cardiff Model
- Opioid Overdose — Small Area Estimation for Opioid Abuse Prevention and Response
- ACEs — Addressing ACEs Among Hispanic Caregivers in a Pediatric Primary Care Population to Improve Child Health and Decrease Early Adversity
- ACEs & Suicide —ACEs and Suicidal Behavior in African Americans: Assessment and Prevention
Exploratory Research Project
- Suicide — Leveraging Physical and Online Digital Infrastructures to Infer College Students' Social Isolation and Its Relationship to Risk of Suicide
- Opioid Overdose — Life Care Specialists (LCS) With a Focus on Multi-Modal Non-Pharmacologic Strategies for Pain Control in the Aftermath of Orthopaedic Trauma
- Intimate Partner Violence—Building a Social Media Platform for Surveillance and Support of Intimate Partner Violence and Its Victims During COVID-19 and Beyond
Johns Hopkins University: Center for Injury Research and Policy (JHCIRP)
Core Research Projects
- ACEs & Sexual Violence — Evaluating Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Strategies Within Youth Serving Organizations
- Opioid Overdose – Implementation, Evaluation, and Replication of an Indian Health Service Medication Storage and Disposal Initiative for Older Adults in Tribal Communities
- Motor Vehicle Crashes — Promoting the Use of Existing Technologies to Reduce Teenage Drivers' Crashes
- Motor Vehicle Crashes & Opioid Overdose — Effects of State Opioid Prescribing Laws on Fatal Motor Vehicle Crashes
Exploratory Research Projects
- Motor Vehicle Crashes — E-scooters, Bikeshare and Rideshare: Helping or Hurting? A National Survey of Safety Practices and Usage Patterns for New Mobility Products and Services
- Opioid Overdose — Preventing Injury Among Youth Affected by Parental Drug Abuse: A Human-Centered Design Approach
- Falls — National Estimates of Incidence Trends and Costs Due to Injurious Falls Among Older Adults
- Violence, Substance Abuse, and Injury — Safety in the Age of COVID-19: Exploring the Implications of COVID-19 Safety Measures on Dating Violence, Substance Use, and Injuries Among Girls and Young Women in Baltimore City
Nationwide Children’s Hospital: Center for Injury Research and Policy (Nationwide CIRP)
Core Research Projects
- ACEs & Opioid Overdose — Opioid Overdoses and Child Abuse and Neglect
- Motor Vehicle Crashes — A Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Trial to Improve Safe Driving Among Teen Drivers with Traffic Violations
- Motor Vehicle Crashes — Behind the Wheel Smartphone Application: Utilizing Technology to Quantify Driving Behaviors and Promote Safe Driving in Adolescents
- Suicide — Targeting Adolescent Insomnia to Lessen Overall Risk of Suicidal Behavior
Exploratory Research Project
- Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) — Using Virtual Technologies to Prevent Injuries in Adolescents With TBI
University of Iowa Injury Prevention Research Center (UI IPRC)
Core Research Projects
- Opioid Overdose & Falls — Implementation of an Opioid Medication Care Plan to Reduce Fall Injuries Among Rural Older Adults
- ACEs — Childhood Stressors and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Adulthood: A Longitudinal Investigation of Divergent Explanatory Models
- Motor Vehicle Crashes — Impact of State Driver Licensing Policies on Older Driver Crash Involvement Rates
- Sexual Violence — Translation of an Evidence-Based Teen Dating Violence Prevention Program Into Rural Community-Based Prevention Networks
Exploratory Research Projects
- ACEs — Advancing Iowa's Research to Reduce the Burden of Adverse Childhood Experiences
- Violence and Injury — Evaluation of Rapid Response Systems and Resources in Rural Critical Access Hospitals to Reduce Unexpected Inpatient Injury and Mortality
- Violence and Injury — Objective Measurement of Nurse Fatigue Using Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- ACEs — Assessing the Effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences and Rehabilitation Programming in a Population of Adjudicated Youth
University of Michigan Injury Prevention Center (U-M IPC)
Core Research Projects
- Opioid Overdose & Falls — Overdose and Fall Risk Concentration Among Benzodiazepine Users
- Opioid Overdose — Examining Opioid Overdose Risk in the Context of Changing Patterns of Opioid Prescribing and Overdose
- Suicide — Translation of a Military/Veterans Crisis Line (MVCL) for Suicide Prevention Using Crisis Line Facilitation
- Opioid Overdose & Suicide — Association Between State-Level Prescription Opioid Limitation Laws & Suicide Outcomes
Exploratory Research Projects
- Sexual Violence — Adapting an Evidence-Based Sexual Assault Prevention Intervention for Women Undergraduates for Online Delivery
- Firearm Safety — Family Safety Net: Universal Firearm Safety to Keep Youth Safe at Home Request for Applications
- Opioid Overdose — Developing and Piloting a Method to Identify Warning Signs for Opioid Overdose Among Adults Presenting to the Emergency Department
University of North Carolina Injury Prevention Research Center (UNC IRPC)
Core Research Projects
- Opioid Overdose — Medicaid Expansion and Deaths Due to Opioid Overdose, Suicides, and Homicides Among Formerly Incarcerated Persons
- Sexual Violence — Adaptation of the "Moms and Teens for Safe Dates" Program for Web-Based Delivery
- Sexual Violence — Patterns of Intimate Partner Violence from Adolescence Into Adulthood Among Sexual Minorities and Heterosexuals
- Opioid Overdose — Development of an Emergency Department Patient-Centered Intervention for the Primary Prevention of Long-Term Opioid Use
Exploratory Research Project
- Opioid Overdose — Longitudinal Prescription Opioid Use Among Patients Experiencing Interpersonal Violence
- Opioid Overdose—Correlates of Opioid Misuse Among Pregnant and Parenting Women Seeking Treatment in an Outpatient Pain Clinic
- Violence & Injury—Assessing Domestic Violence Intervention Programs in the United States: Identifying Strengths, Weaknesses, and a Path Towards Restorative Justice
- Violence Prevention — Disarming Abusers — Domestic Violence Protective Order (DVPO) Firearm Restriction Processes and Outcomes
University of Pennsylvania: Penn Injury Science Center (PISC)
Core Research Projects
- Opioid Overdose — Towards Making "Warm Handoff" Pathways to Treatment the Default Option for Patients With Opioid Use Disorder Presenting in the Emergency Departments
- Motor Vehicle Crashes — Space-Time Characteristics of Adolescents' Cell Phone Use While Driving
- ACEs — The Contribution of ACEs and Neighborhood Exposures to Health Outcomes Experienced by Seriously Injured Black Men
- Falls — Using Innovative Technology to Facilitate Fall Prevention for Older Adults With Mild Cognitive Impairment
Exploratory Research Project
- Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) – Investigating the Effects of Concussion in Women on Postpartum Depression
University of Washington: Harborview Injury Prevention & Research Center (HIPRC)
Core Research Projects
- Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) — Return to Learn Implementation Bundle for Schools (RISE) After Concussion
- Opioid Overdose — Collaborative Opioid Taper After Trauma: Preventing Opioid Misuse and Opioid Use Disorder
- Suicide — Evaluation of Suicide Prevention Training for Healthcare Professionals: A Natural Experiment
- Falls — Development and Testing of a Toolkit to Prevent Falls in Long Term Care Facilities (LTCF)
Exploratory Research Project
- Violence and Injury—Sexual Violence Reporting Among College Athletes: The Role of Costs, Benefits, and Institution Protocols
- Falls—Adapting an Evidence-based Exercise Program for Remote Delivery to Rural Older Adults
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