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Comprehensive Injury Center (CIC)

MCW Comprehensive Injury Center Research Core

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Crime Lab

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Interpersonal Violence
The Cardiff Model: Addressing Violence through Shared Information and Multisector Partnership (PDF)
Gun Violence
Gun Violence - A Biopsychosocial Disease
Funded Research and Evaluation Projects
  • Opioid Stewardship in Wisconsin:  Principal Investigator: Amy Zosel, MD, MSCS: Funding Agency; Wisconsin Department of Health Services (Pass-through from CDC)
     
  • Destination Zero: Zero Suicide in Fond du Lac County: Principal Investigator: Stephen Hargarten, MD, MPH: Funding Agency; AHW-Healthier Wisconsin Partnership Program
     
  • Medical Student Summer Research Training in Aging & Injury: Principal Investigator: Linda Meurer, MD, MPH and Stephen Hargarten, MD, MPH
     
  • Wisconsin Violent Death Reporting System: Principal Investigator: Stephen Hargarten, MD, MPH: Funding Agency; State of Wisconsin Department of Health Services (Pass-through from CDC)
     
  • Department of Corrections Subcontract: Principal Investigator: Stephen Hargarten, MD, MPH: Funding Agency; State of Wisconsin Department of Corrections
     
  • Violent Death Abstractor – Opioid Module: Principal Investigator: Stephen Hargarten, MD, MPH: Funding Agency; Wisconsin Department of Health Services (Pass-through from CDC)
     
  • Safe States Veteran Suicide Report: Principal Investigator: Stephen Hargarten, MD, MPH: Funding Agency; Safe States Alliance
     
  • Pediatric Performance Measures: Improving EMS Care for Time-Critical Illness and Injury: Principal Investigator: E. Brooke Lerner, PhD: Funding Agency; Health Resources and Services Administration
     
  • Prevention Initiatives for the Opioid Epidemic in Milwaukee: Principal Investigator: E. Brooke Lerner, PhD: Funding Agency; Zilber Family Foundation
     
  • The Cardiff Model: Building Capacity for Law Enforcement-Public Health Partnerships to Address Violence: Principal Investigators: Jennifer Hernandez-Meier, PhD, MSW and Stephen Hargarten, MD, MPH: Funding Agency; Bureau of Justice Assistance
     
  • Reducing Opioid Abuse and Misuse in Waukesha County through Sustainable Health Systems Change: Principal Investigator: Amy E. Zosel, MD, MSCS: Funding Agency; Wisconsin Department of Health Services (Pass-through from CDC)
     
  • Preparing the Community to Improve the Odds of Cardiac Arrest Survival: Principal Investigator: E. Brooke Lerner, PhD: Funding Agency; Advancing Healthier Wisconsin Partnership
     
  • Developing a Community-Based Approach to Reduce Drug Overdoses in Milwaukee County: Principal Investigator: E. Brooke Lerner, PhD: Funding Agency; Milwaukee County
     
  • Addressing Racial Disparities in the Ascertainment and Identification of Depression, Suicidal Ideation, and Death by Suicide: Principal Investigator: Stephen Hargarten, MD, MPH: Funding Agency; Charles E. Kubly Foundation
     
  • National Violent Death Reporting System Special Report: Principal Investigator: Stephen Hargarten, MD, MPH: Funding Agency; Safe States Alliance
     
  • Creating a Jackson County that supports Mental Health: Principal Investigator: Stephen Hargarten, MD, MPH, Funding Agency; Healthier Wisconsin Partnership Program
     
  • Integrating Emergency Department Data with Law Enforcement, Emergency Medical Service and Community Data to Reduce Violence: Principal Investigators Jennifer Hernandez-Meier, MSW and Stephen Hargarten, MD, MPH: Funding Agency; National Institute of Justice
     
  • Criminal Background Characteristics of Homicide Perpetrators and Victims and Suicide Decedents: Principal Investigator Stephen Hargarten, MD, MPH: Funding Agency; New Venture Fund
     
  • Evaluation of Lactate for the Identification of Severely Injured Children: Principal Investigators: Amy Drendel, DO and E. Brooke Lerner, PhD: Funding Agency; Children’s Research Institute Pilot Innovation Research
     
  • Utilizing Innovative Technology to Collect Pediatric Pain Outcomes: Principal Investigator: Amy Drendel, PO: Funding Agency; Children’s Research Institute Pilot Innovation Research
     
  • Evaluation of the Mock Crash as a Primary Prevention Program: Principal Investigator: Terri deRoon-Cassini, PhD: Funding Agency; American Automobile Association
     
  • The Role of the Endocannabinoid System in Resilience and Psychopathology after Traumatic Injury: Principal Investigator: Terri deRoon-Cassini, PhD: Funding Agency; National Institute of Mental Health
     
  • Initial Development of Trauma Screen: Principal Investigator: Terri deRoon-Cassini, PhD: Funding Agency; Research Affairs Committee (MCW), New Faculty Grant
     
  • Pilot: A Novel Comic Intervention to Reduce Pediatric Pain: Principal Investigator: Amy Drendel, DO: Funding Agency; John Vice Research Award, Children’s Hospital Foundation
     
  • Development of the Charlotte, Houston, and Milwaukee Prehospital Research Node: Principal Investigator: E. Brooke Lerner, PhD: Funding Agency; Health Resources and Services Administration
     
  • Use of Mechanism of Injury for the Identification of Severely Injured Children: Principal Investigator: E. Brooke Lerner, PhD: Funding Agency; NIH Child Health and Human Development
     
  • Rock County FIMR: Principal Investigator: Timothy E. Corden, MD: Funding Agency; Wisconsin Partnership Fund for a Healthy Future, LIHF – Life Course Initiative for Healthy Families
     
  • Text Messaging to Reduce Pediatric Pain; A Pilot Study: Principal Investigator: Amy Drendel, DO: Funding Agency; Children’s Research Institute: Pilot innovative Research
     
  • A Prospective, Longitudinal Study of Head Impact Exposure, Neurologic Health and Brain Imaging Biomarkers in Former NCAA Athletes: 15 year follow-up of the original NCAA Concussion Study: Co-Principal Investigators: Michael McCrea, PhD/Guskiewicz: Funding Agency; National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)
     
  • AACN Research Pilot:  Development of an AACN Data Transmission Plan for Milwaukee County and Development of an AACN Crash data set – Modification #5 to Crash Injury Research and Engineering Network (CIREN): Principal Investigator: Frank Pintar, PhD: Funding Agency; National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
     
  • Prevent Suicide Wisconsin: Principal Investigator:  Stephen Hargarten, MD, MPH: Funding Agency; Garrett Lee Smith (Sub-contract from Mental Health America of Wisconsin)
     
  • National Sports Concussion Outcome Study (NSCOS): Co-Principal Investigators: Michael McCrea/ Broglio/Eckner/Giza/Guskiewicz/Kutcher: Funding Agency; National Collegiate Athletic Association
     
  • An Independent, Prospective, Head to Head Study of the Reliability and Validity of Neurocognitive Test Batteries for the Assessment of Mild Traumatic Brian Injury: Principal Investigator: Michael McCrea, PhD: Funding Agency; Department of Defense/USAMRMC
     
  • Research in Prehospital Care: Models for Success National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: Principal Investigator: Brooke Lerner: Funding Agency; National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
     
  • Changing the Culture of Risky Drinking Behavior: Policy Change: Principal Investigator: Stephen Hargarten, MD, MPH: Funding Agency; Healthier Wisconsin Partnership Program
     
  • Kenosha County Suicide Prevention Initiative: Principal Investigator: Amy Zosel, MD: Funding Agency; Healthier Wisconsin Partnership Program
     
  • State Trauma Registry: Principal Investigator: Stephen Hargarten, MD, MPH (Brooke Lerner, PhD in 2012): Funding Agency; State of Wisconsin Department of Health
     
  • Violence Prevention Initiative – Research and Evaluation Team: Principal Investigator: Stephen Hargarten, MD, MPH: Funding Agency; Healthier Wisconsin Partnership Program
     
  • Study of EMS Findings Predictive of Pediatric Trauma Center Need: Principal Investigator: E. Brooke Lerner, PhD: Funding Agency; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
     
  • Blast and Blunt Mechanisms for Mild-TBI Induce Differing Outcomes: Principal Investigator: Frank Pintar, PhD: Funding Agency; Dept of Veterans Affairs
     
  • Biomedical Analysis, Tolerance, and Mitigation of Acute and Chronic Trauma: Principal Investigator: Frank Pintar, PhD: Funding Agency; Dept of Defense/US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command
     
  • Using Genomics to Address Drug Safety in Children with Traumatic Injury: An Innovative Approach to a Common Problem: Principal Investigator: Samina Ali, MD; Co-Investigator: Amy Drendel, DO: Funding Agency; Canadian Institute of Health Research
     
  • Crash Injury Research and Engineering Network (CIREN): Principal Investigator: Frank Pintar, PhD: Funding Agency; US Dept of Transportation/National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
     
  • Research and Evaluation of the Violence Prevention Initiative: Principal Investigators John Meurer, MD, MBA and Stephen Hargarten, MD, MPH: Funding Agency; Healthier Wisconsin Partnership Program
     
  • Evaluation of the Wisconsin Garrett Lee Smith Suicide Prevention Grant: Principal Investigators Stephen Hargarten, MD, MPH and Shel Gross, Mental Health America (Project Director): Funding Agency; Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
     
  • Diversity Matters: Improving the Public Health Workforce: Principal Investigator Peter Layde, MD, MSc: Funding Agency; Healthier Wisconsin Partnership Program
How To Get Your Injury Research Funded

Injury is a major biosocial disease that is a burden across all ages in our society. It is the leading cause of death for Americans under the age of 44. It is a preventable disease and an area where multi-disciplinary teams including physicians and researchers can come together and make a real difference.

If you would like more information or would like to discuss any of the CIC's resources for developing grant proposals, please contact Sara Kohlbeck, MPH.

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