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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).
2023-2024
- Adjacently Restrained Pediatric Occupants and CRS Interaction in Oblique Impacts
Principal Investigator: Madeline Griffith, MS
The aim of this study is to use sled testing to examine the effect of child restraint system overlap and interaction on adjacently seated rearward- and forward-facing pediatric occupants in an oblique impact.
2022-2023
- Effect of a Pre-Pretensioner on Motion of Booster Seated Children in a Pre-Crash Maneuver
Principal Investigator: Madeline Griffith, MS
This study seeks to evaluate the influence of a pre-pretensioner equipped seat belt on booster-seated child volunteers during sled-simulated pre-crash maneuvers.