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

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 APHA 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)

• CIRCL Webinars

For more information on any of the below webinars and instructions on how to join, please visit our Webinars page.

• Anthony Tomassoni, MD, MS, FACEP, FACMT presents:
  "Energize Me: The Role of Metabolic Energy Pathways for SPIs/SCPIs"
  Tuesday, January 27, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. (ET)
• Huiyan Xiang, MD, MPH, PhD presents:
  "Secondary Injuries among Individuals with Disabilities" Thursday, January 29, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. (ET)
• Bruce Simons-Morton, EdD, MPH and Jean Thatcher Shope, PhD present:
  "Preventing Motor Vehicle Crashes among Young Drivers"
  Wednesday, February 11, 2009 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

• New Federal Rule to Make School Buses Safer, Allow Districts to Use Federal Funds to Pay for Seat Belt Installations, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters Announces -- 10/15/08.
• Falls a Leading Cause of Injury-Related Emergency Department Visits for Infants Each Year -- 5/6/08.

• National Neurotrauma Society Meetings

• BIT Life Sciences' 1st Annual World Congress of Vaccine
  (WCV-2008)
  Baiyun International Convention Center, Guangzhou, China
  December 1-5, 2008
  www.bitlifesciences.com/wcv2008/

• 2009 SAVIR Conference

March 5-6, 2009
Atlanta, Georgia
For more information