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Areas of Focus

Other Emerging Areas

The U-M Injury Prevention Center has an emerging portfolio in adverse childhood experiences, child maltreatment, burns, drowning, substance abuse, and pediatric injuries. From funded exploratory studies to educational events, we are working to find ways to prevent injury across populations in the Great Lakes Region and the United States. Below you’ll find links to more information about our work in this area, as well as a listing of members doing work or interested in this area. We invite you to explore and join us as we move forward to advance research and prevention.

Resources

Courses and Toolkits

Course

Massive Open Online Course–Child Maltreatment Section

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Toolkit

A Summary of Evidence-Based Child Maltreatment Prevention Programs–Triple P and the Nurse-Family Partnership

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Course

U-M IPC Lunchtime Seminar: Dr. Maria Muzik, Child Maltreatment

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Other Emerging Areas Prevention Information and Tools

Prevention Resources

Summary of Evidence-Based Child Maltreatment Prevention Programs–Triple P and the Nurse-Family Partnership
This handout highlights the Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) program, a community health program for low-income, first-time moms and their babies, and the Triple P (Positive Parenting Program) program, a multi-level system of interventions for parents with children from birth to 16 years.

Summary of an Evidence-Based Child Maltreatment Program–The Period of PURPLE Crying
This handout highlights the Period of PURPLE Crying, an evidence-based Shaken Baby Syndrome/Abusive Head Trauma prevention program that supports parents and caregivers in understanding typical crying features of normal infants.

Funded Research Projects Focused on Other Emerging Areas Prevention

The U-M Injury Prevention Center has funded current and past injury research projects focusing on the prevention of Other Emerging Areas.

Core Faculty and Practitioners with Expertise in Other Emerging Areas Prevention

Please click on a faculty/practitioner’s name to access their full profile with research interests and funded projects.

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Kipling (Kip) Bohnert

Associate Professor, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Michigan State University

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Douglas Roehler

Epidemiologist, Research, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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Richard L. Neitzel

Associate Director, Global Public Health, University of Michigan School of Public Health

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Jamie Racklyeft

Executive Director, Great Lakes Water Safety Consortium,

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Lara Coughlin

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan

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Todd Herrenkohl

Professor and Marion Elizabeth Blue Endowed Chair in Children and Families, School of Social Work, University of Michigan

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Maureen Walton

Research Core Director, Injury Prevention Center, University of Michigan

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Andrew Grogan-Kaylor

Professor, Social Work, University of Michigan

Marie Snodgrass

Injury Prevention Program Lead, Pediatric Trauma Program, C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, University of Michigan

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Jane Riebe-Rodgers

Clinical Information Analyst, Pediatric Trauma, C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, University of Michigan

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Vicki Johnson-Lawrence

Assistant Professor, Division of Public Health, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University

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Stewart Wang

Endowed Professor of Burn Surgery, Surgery, U-M Medical School

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Sean Esteban McCabe

Director, Center for the Study of Drugs, Alcohol, Smoking and Health (DASH), School of Nursing, University of Michigan

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Denise G. Tate

Professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, U-M Medical School

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James A. Cranford

Associate Research Scientist, Psychiatry, U-M Medical School

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Karla S. Klas

Managing Director, Injury Prevention and Community Outreach, University of Michigan Trauma Burn Center

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Jennifer Waljee

Associate Professor, Surgery, U-M Medical School

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Shawna Jo Lee

Associate Professor, Social Work, University of Michigan

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Peter F. Ehrlich

Co-Director, Outreach and Translation Core, University of Michigan Injury Prevention Center

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Lisa Fedina

Assistant Professor, Department of Social Work, University of Michigan

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Anne Fernandez

Assistant Professor, Psychiatry, U-M Medical School

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Andrew Hashikawa

Professor, Emergency Medicine, U-M Medical School

Members with Interest/Expertise in Other Emerging Areas Prevention

  • Mary Jo Desprez
    University of Michigan
  • Meghna Shukla, MSN
    Wayne State University/Children's Hospital of Michigan
  • Meghna Singh
    (A) The University of Michigan; (B) The Healthy Minds Network
  • Mehr Lungani, MA
    N/A
  • Melissa Jenkins, MSW
    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Melissa Kevra, BS
    OneGoal
  • Melissa Rome, MD
    Forefront TeleCare, Inc.
  • Melissa Shays, ND
    Hood River County Health Department
  • Meredith Eis, MPP, MPH
    University of Michigan
  • Michael Bourgoise, MSW
    University of Michigan
  • Michael Elliott, PhD
    University of Michigan
  • Michael McVerry, BA
    University of Virginia
  • Michelle Bangen, MPH
    Incite Agency for Change
  • Michelle Fasano
    Henry Ford Health Systems
  • Molly Maloney, PhD
    Purdue University
  • Molly Merrill-Francis
    Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
  • Mostafa Akbari, MSc
    Iran University of Science and Technology
  • Nancy Becker Bennett, MS
    Michigan State Police
  • Natalie Burns, LMSW, MA
    TRAILS
  • Natalie Schellpfeffer, MD
    University of Michigan
  • Nebiyat Girma, BA
    University of Michigan School of Public Health
  • Nichole Burnside, MBA
    University of Michigan
  • Niki Konstantinides, BA
    CU Boulder
  • Oluchi Uju-Eke
    University of Michigan
  • Paige Andrews
    Wisconsin Department of Public Health
  • Pam Ford
    Safe Kids Greater South Haven, led by Bronson Health Group
  • Pat Watson, EdS
    Bloomfield Hills Schools
  • Patricia Geisel, PhD
    NYSUT
  • Paul Nelson, MD, MS
    Family Health Care, P.C.
  • Penelope Anne Rose Bould, BS
    MBACP Registered Member of British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy & Addiction Professionals. Also member of e.g. NAADAC, British, European & International Societies for Sexual Medicine. National Organisation for the Treatment of Abuse (UK). Complex Trauma Institute etc. (Note specially trained to work with sex offenders & Royal Society of Medicine trained in providing expert witness testimony for legal cases since 2014)