Pilot Study Awards
As a way to encourage meaningful research collaborations and to build capacity in injury research in the region, the UM Injury Center sponsor an annual pilot study funding competition, which funds a number of studies focused on injury prevention or treatment.
The 2012 funded pilot study awardees were recently announced. Congratulations to the following PIs:
- “Will Advanced In-vehicle Crash Warning Systems Improve Young Driver Safety? An Evaluation from Naturalistic Driving Data” -- Shan Bao, PhD, Research Fellow, UMTRI
- “Cell Phone Bans: Effect on Teen Driver Crashes” – Ed Ionides, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Statistics, College of Literature, Science & Arts
- “Increasing Mother-Child Attachment in Substance-Abusing Mothers: A Model Intervention to Prevent Child Maltreatment” -- Jennifer Jester, PhD, Assistant Research Scientist, Psychiatry
- “Pilot Evaluation of Risk Factors for Adverse Interactions between Drivers and Bicyclists” – Richard Neitzel, PhD, CIH, Assistant Professor, Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health
- “Injury Prevention under the Healthy Homes Program” – Jerome Nriagu, PhD, Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health
- “Community-based Sociocultural Tailoring of IPV Prevention through peer-Educator Interactive Theater Performances and Audience Response Measurement” – Mieko Yoshihama, PhD, Professor, School of Social Work
The 2011 funded pilot studies are:
- "Development of a Brief Prescription Opioid Overdose Prevention Intervention" led by Amy Bohnert, PhD, Assistant Professor, Psychiatry
- "Neural Predictors of Risky Driving and Susceptibility to Peer Influence in Adolescents" led by Emily Falk, PhD, Assistant Professor, Institute for Social Research
- "Functional and Structural Neuroanatomy of Abuse and Neglect in Childhood" led by Suzanne Perkins, PhD, Research Fellow, Psychiatry
- "Evaluating and Comparing spatial Variations on the Effectiveness of Graduated Driver Licensing Programs in the USA" led by Peter X. Song, PhD, Professor, Biostatistics, School of Public Health
- "Protecting Youth from Harm: Exploring Hope, Purpose, and Meaning as Promotive Factors against Youth Violence" led by Sarah A. Stoddard, PhD, Research Fellow, Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health
- "Prevalence and Correlates of Secondary and Comorbid Conditions Following Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury" led by Denise Tate, PhD, Professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
The studies align with the CDC's priorities for injury research.
