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Comprehensive Injury Center (CIC)

MCW Comprehensive Injury Center Training and Education

The Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) and the Comprehensive Injury Center (CIC) are committed to developing the next generation of scientists and practitioners focused on injury prevention and control through rigorous training and education programs. The CIC organizes and supports the training of medical and graduate students in injury-related topics across the MCW campus.

Educational Audiences

The field of injury science is broad and interdisciplinary. Our educational efforts are designed for multiple types of learners across disciplines, sectors, and roles. These include:

  • Postdoctoral fellows, medical and graduate students at the MCW campus and undergraduate and graduate students at other institutions of higher learning in Milwaukee and across Wisconsin
  • Injury scientists, both at MCW and beyond
  • State agencies
  • Public health practitioners in the field working on evidence-based injury prevention and control strategies
  • Healthcare providers
  • Community members interested in increasing community capacity around injury prevention and control
  • Community coalitions

Training and Education Initiatives

The CIC’s training and education projects focus on:

  • Providing injury-related course offerings for learners at MCW and other local campuses
  • Facilitating a stipend project for doctoral students interested in injury research
  • Offering Summer Injury Prevention Institute
  • Developing a certificate in injury prevention
  • Mentoring medical and pharmacy students, residents, and fellows in injury-related scholarly activities
  • Mentoring graduate students in injury-related field placements, capstone projects, theses, and dissertations
  • Mentoring junior faculty in injury-related research to support career development
  • Enhance educational opportunities for trainees to be exposed to injury science
  • Developing an annual summer injury symposium
  • Hosting grand rounds, lectures, webinars, and podcasts in injury control and prevention
  • Hosting community town halls in injury prevention and control
  • Engaging in collaborative inquiry with community to address injury priority topics
  • Providing trauma-informed care training to trauma providers
  • Providing Stop the Bleed training for locations in Milwaukee with clustering of violence

Contact Us

To learn more about the CIC’s educational opportunities, please contact Dr. Sehr Khan at skhan@mcw.edu, Dr. Terri deRoon-Cassini at tcassini@mcw.edu, or Heidi Gremmer at hgremmer@mcw.edu.

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