CDC Injury Control Research Centers
Research Priorities
The CDC focuses on 12 research priorities in three different categories: addressing urgent threats, preventing injury, and preventing violence.
Addressing urgent threats
- Adverse childhood experiences
- Drug overdose
- Suicide prevention
Preventing injury
- Drowning prevention
- Older adult falls
- Transportation safety
- Traumatic brain injury
Violence prevention
- Child abuse and neglect
- Cross cutting prevention
- Intimate partner violence
- Sexual violence
- Youth violence
Informational Resources on the Injury Control Research Centers
Currently Funded Injury Control Research Centers
- Columbia University: Columbia Center for Injury Science and Prevention (CCISP)
- Emory University: Injury Prevention Research Center at Emory (IPRCE)
- Johns Hopkins University: Center for Injury Research and Policy (CIRP)
- Medical College of Wisconsin Comprehensive Injury Center (CIC)
- Texas Violence and Injury Prevention Research Center (VIPR)
- University of Colorado: Injury and Violence Prevention Center
- University of Iowa Injury Prevention Research Center (UI IPRC)
- University of Michigan Injury Prevention Center (UM IPC)
- University of North Carolina: Injury Prevention Research Center (UNC IPRC)
- University of Pennsylvania: Penn Injury Science Center (PISC)
- University of Washington & Harborview Medical Center: Harborview Injury Prevention & Research Center (HIPRC)
- For more information, see the CDC Injury Control Research Center website