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

CChIPS Funds 20th Year of Research Projects

Published April 25, 2024 in Research in action

Learn about the newly funded 2024-25 Center for Child Injury Prevention Studies research portfolio.

CChIPS Funds 20th Year of Research Projects

The Chance to Answer My Own Research Question

Published April 16, 2020 in Research in action

The Chance to Answer My Own Research Question

Drexel University's Rahul Akkem shares his experiences as a co-op student on CIRP's Biomedical Engineering team and how it has shaped his future.

Child Passengers and Autonomous Vehicles: An International Perspective

Published February 6, 2020 in Research in action

Child Passengers and Autonomous Vehicles: An International Perspective

Read this blog post about how the international child safety community is defining priorities for the design of and research about autonomous driving systems (ADS).

How Age and Gender Affect Emergency Takeover in Self-Driving Cars

Published January 9, 2020 in Research in action

How Age and Gender Affect Emergency Takeover in Self-Driving Cars

A new CChIPS study published in Traffic Injury Prevention explores how age and sex impact a person’s ability to respond to an emergency when in a self-driving vehicle.

Recent CIRP Publications - January 2020

Published January 7, 2020 in Research in action

Recent CIRP Publications - January 2020

In today's post, we highlight recent peer-reviewed publications from CIRP researchers since October 2019.

Read the 2019 CChIPS Annual Report

Published November 21, 2019 in Research in action

Read the 2019 CChIPS Annual Report

The Center for Child Injury Prevention Studies (CChIPS) has released its 2019 Annual Report highlighting research projects funded through the consortium for the 2018-2019 project year.

Human Factors and Automated Vehicles

Published October 3, 2019 in Research in action

Human Factors and Automated Vehicles

Learn about new Human Factors research recently presented at the sixth Automated Vehicles Symposium in Orlando, Florida.

My Road to Consumer Reports

Published September 19, 2019 in Research in action

My Road to Consumer Reports

Read about the research training experiences of Ethan Douglas, MSE at the Center for Injury Research and Prevention.

Self-Driving Vehicles and Child Passenger Safety

Published July 9, 2019 in Research in action

Self-Driving Vehicles and Child Passenger Safety

Research funded by CChIPS explores what factors come into play when children to ride unaccompanied in an autonomous vehicle.

Announcing the 2019-2020 CChIPS Research Project Portfolio

Published June 11, 2019 in Research in action

Announcing the 2019-2020 CChIPS Research Project Portfolio

Learn the topics and objectives of the 11 newly funded projects for the 2019-2020 CChIPS research portfolio.

Mobility 21 Consortium Offers New Opportunities for CHOP to Influence Safety of Autonomous Vehicles for Child Passengers

Published December 6, 2018 in Research in action

Mobility 21 Consortium Offers New Opportunities for CHOP to Influence Safety of Autonomous Vehicles for Child Passengers

Learn about autonomous vehicle safety research presented at a recent MAP 21/Mobility 21 Deployment Partner Consortium Event.