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Roberts Center for Pediatric Research 2716 South Street, 13th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19146
RESEARCH PORTFOLIO
Principal Investigator: Rachel Myers, PhD
The goal of this study is to create a unique source of epidemiologic crash data that enables novel description of use and installation patterns of child restraints among crash-involved children and— following linkage with hospital discharge and death certificate data—novel description of child occupant injury outcomes based on restraint use and installation (rear- vs. forward-facing).
2026-2027
- Analyzing Near-miss Pediatric Vehicular Heatstroke Cases in the US
Principal Investigator: Jalaj Maheshwari, MS
Studies on pediatric vehicular heatstroke (PVH) have primarily concentrated on fatalities, but little is known about non-fatal cases of children left behind in vehicles. The research team will analyze a novel PVH database as an important step toward understanding near-miss PVH cases, their circumstances, their distribution across the US, and how they are similar to/differ from PVH fatality data.- Associating Booster Seat Design Parameters to Pediatric Occupant Kinematic and Kinetic Outcomes in Frontal Impacts
Principal Investigator: Jalaj Maheshwari, MS
This study aims to tie booster seat design variables and belt fit metrics directly to the kinematic and kinetic measures of a child occupant in frontal crashes via finite element modeling.