Welcome to CIRCL
The Center for Injury Research & Control (CIRCL) is an interdisciplinary academic research program involving many schools and departments at the University of Pittsburgh. The center conducts and promotes injury control research, gathers and disseminates information on injuries, provides training for health professionals, and informs public and community leaders on injury control issues.
Mission and Goal's
The mission of CIRCL is to understand injuries and reduce their occurrence, severity and consequences through development of multi-disciplinary research and educational and training activities.
CIRCL News
- Dr. Anthony Fabio has published the following article in Injury Prevention: Cohort differences in the progression of developmental pathways: evidence for period effects on secular trends of violence in males.
- At the 2008 Annual Meeting & Exposition in San Diego, CA on October 25, Dr. Anthony Fabio gave the following presentation: Enduring Influence of Neighborhood Disadvantage on the Shape of the Age-Crime Curve and Dr. Thomas Songer presented: Injuries from Falls among Veterans with Spinal Cord Injury (SCI).
- On October 25, 2008, Dr. Patrick Kochanek was one of the two opening speakers at the Annual Congress of the European Academy of Pediatrics in Nice, France. His presentation to more than 4,000 attendees of the conference highlighted CIRCL-funded work on biomarkers and brain injury. He discussed the potential use of these tools in both pediatric neurointensive care and child abuse detection.
- Dr. David Okonkwo is the senior author on the recently published paper, Levetiracetam versus Phenytoin as Seizure Prophylaxis in Severe Traumatic Brain Injury.
- Study Shows Major Increase in Cycle Head Injuries -- Pennsylvania motorcyclists suffered large increases in head injury, deaths and hospitalizations in the two years following repeal of state motorcycle helmet law. (News Release) -- 6/12/08. (See media coverage)
- In collaboration with the CDC, CIRCL is proud to
present the following webinar on November 25, 2008:
WISQARS NVDRS ~
Access to Data on Violent
Deaths from the CDC’s
National Violent Death
Reporting System
Presented by
J. Lee Annest, Ph.D.
Director
Office of Statistics and Programming
and
Debra L. Karch, PhD
Lead Behavioral Scientist
Division of Violence Prevention
Etiology and Surveillance Branch
• CIRCL Webinars
For more information on any of the below webinars and instructions on how to join, please visit our Webinars page.
- "National Study of Physical and Sexual Assault
among Women with Disabilities"
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. (ET)
- J. Lee Annest, PhD and Debra L. Karch, PhD present
"WISQARS NVDRS ~
Access to Data on Violent Deaths
from
CDC's National Violent Death Reporting System"
Tuesday, November 25, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. (ET)
- Margaret Watson, MPH presents "Investment in Safe Routes to School Projects: Public Health Benefits for the Larger Community" Friday, December 12, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. (ET)
- Nadine Schuurman, PhD presents
"A Model for Identfying and Ranking Need for Trauma Service in Nonmetropolitan Regions based on Injury Risk and Access to Service"
Tuesday, March 3, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. (ET)
Injury Research Related News
• National Neurotrauma Society Meetings
- November 20, 2008
"Brain Trauma Foundation Online Lunchtime Lecture Series
TBI Seizures: Myths, Realities, & Practicalities"
To register click here
or for more information go to www.braintrauma.org
- December 1-5, 2008
BIT Life Sciences' 1st Annual World Congress of Vaccine
(WCV-2008)
Baiyun International Convention Center, Guangzhou, China
www.bitlifesciences.com/wcv2008/
• 2009 SAVIR Conference
March 5-6, 2009
Atlanta, Georgia
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