Injury Prevention Research Center

The University of Iowa Injury Prevention Research Center (UI IPRC) trains the next generation of the leaders in injury and violence prevention.  As one of the only injury centers in the Midwest funded by the National Center for injury Prevention and Control at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, we take pride in the…

Read our Q & A with UI Associate Professor Mark Berg about his research in violence & trauma and what motivates him.

Motorcycle-involved crashes accounted for a little less than 2% of all crashes on Iowa roads each year from 2014 – 2018. However this percentage is high, said State Safety Engineer Jan Laaser-Webb at the Iowa Department of Transportation (Iowa DOT), considering motorcycle use represents a very small portion of the traveling public in Iowa. “Even…

Last January Dr. Thomas Granchi, an acute care surgeon at the University of Iowa Health Care (UIHC) burn treatment center, appeared on the local news warning of the dangers of burns arising from social media challenges.  This past winter, his team saw burn injuries in two teenagers from the “salt & ice challenge.” This dangerous…

Every winter the UI IPRC announces the availability of pilot funding through the center’s pilot grant program it has sponsored since 1993.  This small “seed” funding gives opportunities to young investigators and investigators new to the injury field, and supports exploring new areas of injury and violence research. Often, these projects lead to larger studies…

According to the CDC, every day in the U.S. around 20 adults over the age of 65 are killed in motor vehicle crashes, and nearly 800 are injured. Read the latest on UI IPRC’s older driver research.

UI Professor Corinne Peek-Asa has served as the Director of the University of Iowa Injury Prevention Research Center (UI IPRC) since 2006, leading one of only 10 such centers in the U.S. funded by the CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. Read her insights into the challenges and achievements of the injury and…

Since our establishment in 1991, the work of the UI IPRC has contributed to victories in the injury and violence prevention field through strong collaborations and scientific rigor. We are a team dedicated and passionate about making a safer world. Here is a list of some of our highlights in 2018. We…   Sample of…

In 2005 over 40% of the people evacuated from devastating Hurricane Katrina floods had at least one chronic health condition, like diabetes, hypertension and heart disease, which required them to take medication.  Having these medications on hand is critical during and after disasters while those who depend on them wait for help to arrive. UI…

According to the CDC, every 20 minutes an older adult dies from a fall in the U.S, and many more are injured.  Falls among older adults are not only common and costly – they are preventable. The UI IPRC is very active in older adult falls prevention efforts in Iowa and nationally. With its partner,…