Injury Prevention Research Center

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,…

For the last 15 years, the UI IPRC has been fortunate to co-sponsor the annual Iowa Preventing Childhood Injury Conference.  Along with our partners — Blank Children’s Hospital, UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital, EMC Insurance Companies, the Iowa Department of Public Health, and SafeKids Iowa – we have brought childhood injury advocates across the state…

It’s a common sight to see Professor Joe Cavanaugh sitting around a table with UI IPRC faculty, students and collaborators as he consults with them on their study designs, analytic approaches and methodological interests. As UI IPRC’s longstanding biostatistician, he has worked on projects and data involving numerous injury issues—from childhood trauma and intimate partner…

Over two decades ago, Iowa created an organized system of transporting and treating patients with traumatic injuries—where time is crucial to save lives. The Iowa Trauma System became operational in 2001 and included standards for trauma care, protocols for triage and transfer, and categorized Iowa’s hospitals based on their trauma resources (Level 1 being the…

Over two decades ago, UI Professors Jodie Plumert and Joe Kearney collaborated to establish a virtual environments lab to study how children and adult bicyclists cross roads.  Their equipment was simpler back then —a stationary bicycle mounted in front of three large computer monitors with simulation software. When they upgraded to three large display screens—each…