Injury Research Centers

Injury Academic Research Centers:

Please send information on links to other academic injury research centers. We will be pleased to post a link to your home page. Note that links to topical centers (i.e., highway safety) may be found either below or in the appropriate part of the Injury Specific Resources section.

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USA

Center for Injury Sciences (CIS) - University of Alabama at Birmingham
Center for Injury Research and Control (CIRCL) - University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
TraumaLink -- The Interdisciplinary Pediatric Injury Control Research Center, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA.
Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center (HIPRC) - University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
Emory Center for Injury Control - Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
West Virginia University Injury Control Research Center- West Virginia Univ., Morgantown, WV.
Trauma Foundation - San Francisco General Hospital - San Francisco, CA.
San Francisco Injury Center for Research and Prevention - University of California, San Francisco at San Francisco General Hospital. San Francisco, CA.
Southern California Injury Prevention Research Center (SCIPRC) - UCLA, Los Angeles CA.
University of North Carolina Injury Prevention Research Center - Chapel Hill, NC.
University of Alabama Injury Control Research Center - University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL.
Harvard Injury Control Center, New England Injury Prevention Research Center (HICC)- Harvard University, Boston, MA.
Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy - Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
Colorado Injury Control Research Center - Colorado State University, University of Colorado & Colorado DPHE.
Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence (CSPV), in the Institute of Behavioral Science University of Colorado at Boulder.
University of Iowa Injury Prevention Research Center & Midwestern Injury Prevention Consortium - Iowa City, IA.
Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center (KIRPC) - University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY.
William Lehman Injury Research Center - University of Miami School of Medicine.
Center for Violence Prevention and Control - University of Minnesota. Minneapolis, MN.
Intermountain Injury Control Research Center - University of Utah,- Salt Lake City, Utah.
Center for the Advanced Study of Public Safety and Injury Prevention, University at Albany School of Public Health, Rensselaer, NY.
Brookhaven Nat'l Lab - Safety and Environmental Protection Division

Targeted Injury Research Centers (U.S.)

The University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) is a multidisciplinary research arm of the University of Michigan intended primarily to increase the safety of surface motor-vehicle travel.
University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center
Agricultural Health and Safety Centers (National Institute of Occupational Safety & Health affiliated).
Neuromuscular Research Center - Boston University, Boston, MA
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Aging and Injury - Resources, Research and Information about Preventing Unintentional Injuries Among Older Adults

Other Countries

Australia

Australian National Injury Prevention Surveillance Unit
Monash University Accident Research Centre is one of Australia's leading road safety and injury prevention research organisations. The mission of the Centre is to contribute to a reduction in the frequency and severity of injury by the application of a scientific multi-disciplinary approach. Back issues of their Journal Hazard are available.
University of Western Australia Injury Research Centre - The mission of the centre is to apply a public health approach to the identification, prevention and control of injuries.

Canada

New Zealand

Injury Prevention Research Unit: Dunedin, Otago

Sweden

The Swedish KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET Department of Public Health Sciences Division of Social Medicine lists their efforts in Research in Safety Promotion and Injury Prevention.

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Last updated: 04/25/06 - http://www.injurycontrol.com/icrin/centers.htm

ICRIN is sponsored by the:
Center for Injury Research and Control (CIRCL)
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.

Author: Hank Weiss MS, MPH, PhD Visiting Research Professor
Co-WebMaster: Gerald McGwin Jr. MS, PhD
URL: http://injurycontrol.com/icrin
Initial posting:1/1/95, Acknowledgments