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Enhancing the System for Overdose Surveillance through Prospective Spatiotemporal Prediction
Dr. Jason Goldstick This project will use the System for Overdose Surveillance, created by the U-M Injury Prevention Center, to conduct a rigorous comparison of several powerful spatiotemporal prediction methods …
Athletic Trainers and Remote Symptom Monitoring as Facilitators for Improved Sport-Related Concussion (SRC) Recovery
Dr. Abigail Bretzin The project will develop an injury surveillance system that prospectively monitors SRCs in the high school setting to record details regarding the incident injury and utilization of …
Translation of a Military/Veterans Crisis Line for Suicide Prevention using Crisis Line Facilitation
Dr. Mark Ilgen Preventing suicide among members of the US armed forces, including the National Guard (NG), is of high public health significance. Crisis lines, including the Military and Veterans …
Association Between State-Level Prescription Opioid Limitation Laws & Suicide Outcomes
Dr. Kip Bohnert Dr. Jason Goldstick Suicide is a significant and growing public health concern, and a leading cause of death in the United States (U.S.). Suicide ranks in the …
Overdose and Fall Risk Concentration among Benzodiazepine Users
Dr. Donovan Maust BZD prescribing to older adults continues despite decades of evidence demonstrating the risk for significant injury from both falls and OD. In the face of continued use, …
Examining opioid overdose risk in the context of changing patterns of opioid prescribing and overdose
Dr. Allison Lin Opioid overdose mortality continues to rise, but major shifts have occurred in the relative proportion of deaths attributed to specific opioids and other substances. To examine risk …
Return to Sport Following Symptom Free Supervised Exercise
Dr. Abigail Bretzin Dr. Matthew Lorincz Dr. Andrea Almeida This study aims to fill the gap in knowledge concerning the rate of return to sport without reoccurrence of concussion symptoms …
University of Michigan Alumni Neurological Health Study: Phase 2
Dr. Eleanna Varangis Dr. James Eckner Dr. Philip Veliz This pilot study seeks to compare neurocognitive and neuroimaging outcomes between a convenience cohort of older male and female athletes (ages …
Eyes Forward, Mind Focused: A Survey of Distracted Driving and Mindfulness Among Young Drivers
Dr. Colleen Peterson Dr. Renee St. Louis We plan to conduct a comprehensive, nationally distributed online survey of 375 U.S. drivers aged 18 to 24 with the following three specific …
Unintended Consequences of Medicare Policies for Post-Hospital Injuries among Older Adults
Dr. Geoffrey Hoffman Falls remain a worrisome public threat that is growing with the aging of the US population and the recent pandemic. Risk factors are well established and numerous …
Evaluating a Virtual Reality Game Demonstrating How Distractions Cause Performance Drop-Off: A Mixed Methods Approach in Early Teen Drivers
Dr. Andrew Hashikawa Motor vehicle crashes (MVCs) are the leading cause of teenage deaths worldwide. Teen drivers (ages 15-19) are vulnerable to crashes from texting while driving (TWD) because of …
Family Safety Net: Universal firearm safety to keep youth safe at home
Dr. Lisa Wexler Suicide is a major and rising public health problem in the United States. In one of the most rural states, Alaska, suicide rates are consistently triple the …