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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).
2013-2014
- Motor Vehicle Crash-related Injury Causation Scenarios for Disabling Injuries in Children
Principal Investigator: Mark R. Zonfrillo, MD, MSCE
In the United States, injury is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality. In children, long term disability from trauma is far more common than death. Spinal cord injuries, either alone or in combination with other injuries, result in the most physical disability in children. The goal of the proposed line of research is to mitigate disabling crash-related spinal injuries in children by investigating the injury causation scenarios for…- Child Restraint System Misuse in the Field and in Full-Vehicle Crash Tests (Multiple Year Project)
Principal Investigator: Matthew R. Maltese, PhD
The objectives of this research are to: (1) convert from paper to digital format and analyze the field misuse data from the Pennsylvania Traffic Injury Prevention Project (PA TIPP) checkpoints, to further clarify behavior in the modern CRS consumer beyond what has been currently established, and (2) explain the performance of properly used and misused CRS in full-scale vehicle crashes, adding valuable data to previously published studies using sled…- Child Restraint System Misuse in the Field and in Full-Vehicle Crash Tests (Multiple Year Project)
Principal Investigator: Mark R. Zonfrillo, MD, MSCE
The objectives of this research are to: (1) convert from paper to digital format and analyze the field misuse data from the Pennsylvania Traffic Injury Prevention Project (PA TIPP) checkpoints, to further clarify behavior in the modern CRS consumer beyond what has been currently established, and (2) explain the performance of properly used and misused CRS in full-scale vehicle crashes, adding valuable data to previously published studies using…
2012-2013
- Child Restraint System Misuse in the Field and in Full-Vehicle Crash Tests (Multiple Year Project)
Principal Investigator: Matthew R. Maltese, PhD
The objectives of this research are to: (1) convert from paper to digital format and analyze the field misuse data from the Pennsylvania Traffic Injury Prevention Project (PA TIPP) checkpoints, to further clarify behavior in the modern CRS consumer beyond what has been currently established, and (2) explain the performance of properly used and misused CRS in full-scale vehicle crashes, adding valuable data to previously published studies using sled…- Child Restraint System Misuse in the Field and in Full-Vehicle Crash Tests (Multiple Year Project)
Principal Investigator: Mark R. Zonfrillo, MD, MSCE
The objectives of this research are to: (1) convert from paper to digital format and analyze the field misuse data from the Pennsylvania Traffic Injury Prevention Project (PA TIPP) checkpoints, to further clarify behavior in the modern CRS consumer beyond what has been currently established, and (2) explain the performance of properly used and misused CRS in full-scale vehicle crashes, adding valuable data to previously published studies using…
2011-2012
- Long-term Disability Following Pediatric Trauma
Principal Investigator: Mark R. Zonfrillo, MD, MSCE
The goal of the proposed study is to investigate the nature of the disabilities following pediatric injuries.
2009-2010
- Association of Body Mass Index and Motor Vehicle Crash Injury Among 4- to 8-year-olds
Principal Investigator: Mark R. Zonfrillo, MD, MSCE
The specific aim of this study is to determine the relative risk of significant injury for 4- to 8-year-old children in motor vehicle crashes who are overweight and underweight, as compared to children who are normal weight.