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Read the latest CChIPS blog posts on our research and news in the field of child safety.

Rear-Facing Child Restraint Systems with Support Legs in Frontal Crashes

Published January 18, 2022 in Research in action

Dr. Declan Patton describes research associating child restraint system support legs with lower head injury metrics.

Rear-Facing Child Restraint Systems with Support Legs in Frontal Crashes

Download the 2021 CChIPS Annual Report

Published November 18, 2021 in Research in action

Download the 2021 CChIPS Annual Report

The Center for Child Injury Prevention Studies (CChIPS) has released its 2021 Annual Report highlighting funded research projects for the 2020-21 project year.

Hot Cars Kill: Focusing Efforts to Prevent Tragedy

Published July 29, 2021 in Research in action

Hot Cars Kill: Focusing Efforts to Prevent Tragedy

Pediatric hot car deaths unfortunately continue to be a problem in the US. Learn about new legislation and research to prevent pediatric heatstroke.

Recent CIRP Publications - June 2021

Published June 29, 2021 in Research in action

Recent CIRP Publications - June 2021

Read recent peer-reviewed research study abstracts from the Center for Injury Research and Prevention and the Center for Violence Prevention at CHOP.

Human Factors and Emergency Autonomous Vehicle Takeover

Published May 25, 2021 in Research in action

Human Factors and Emergency Autonomous Vehicle Takeover

New research reinforces the need for owners of highly automated vehicles to stay alert and be ready to intervene when automated navigation needs to be taken over.

CChIPS Announces 2021-2022 Research Portfolio

Published April 29, 2021 in Research in action

CChIPS Announces 2021-2022 Research Portfolio

CChIPS is proud to announce the 11 projects in its 2021-2022 research portfolio, spanning various topics and methodologies in child passenger safety and teen driving.

New Resource Alert: Research to Protect Children on Our Roadways Video

Published April 8, 2021 in Research in action

New Resource Alert: Research to Protect Children on Our Roadways Video

Watch a new video about how researchers and industry members collaborate to make meaningful impact on child safety at the Center for Child Injury Prevention Studies.

Celebrating Engineers Week

Published February 25, 2021 in Research in action

Celebrating Engineers Week

To honor Engineers Week, CIRP highlights engineering-related blog posts from the past year.

New Year, New Web Presence

Published January 14, 2021 in Research in action

New Year, New Web Presence

As we kick off the New Year, CIRP is excited to share the release of three new websites in our digital communications family.

Announcing the 2020 CChIPS Annual Report

Published December 9, 2020 in Research in action

Announcing the 2020 CChIPS Annual Report

The Center for Child Injury Prevention Studies (CChIPS) has released its 2020 Annual Report highlighting research projects funded through the consortium for the 2019-2020 project year.