Our Mission
The University of Michigan Injury Prevention Center is one of eleven CDC-funded Injury Control Research Centers nationally, that address urgent injury issues with research, education, and outreach.
The Center benefits from the vast educational, research, and outreach resources of the University of Michigan to address the burden of injury in Michigan and the Great Lakes Region.
Mission of the U-M Injury Prevention Center
The U-M Injury Prevention Center conducts, translates, and accelerates injury prevention research into practice to reduce the burden of injuries across the Great Lakes and US.
A multidisciplinary approach
With over 1,000 members from 35+ institutions and faculty leadership from more than 14 departments, the Center brings together many disciplines to focus on injury prevention. Center activities encourage interaction among many disciplines to stimulate interdisciplinary collaboration.
Developing evidence-based interventions, and generating data-grounded injury knowledge to inform practice through research and analysis.
Providing the infrastructure to disseminate, translate, and connect the vast injury scientific findings created by our Center members and partners to practitioner audiences.
Expanding resources to provide technical assistance to state health departments and practitioners.
Providing infrastructure for leveraging additional financial support for sustaining injury science and integrating a larger multidisciplinary cadre of collaborators.
Training the next generation of researchers/practitioners in injury science and translation.
Our Cores
The University of Michigan Injury Prevention Center is organized into Cores that focus on the following activities:
Administrative Core & Research Projects
The Administrative Core provides integrated leadership, coordination, and strategic partnerships to sustain the Center and advance its injury prevention mission. It promotes collaboration among researchers and community partners, engages with national networks, and supports research projects. The research efforts focus on advancing injury science through core project oversight, pilot studies, collaborative research, and expert support in statistical, technical, and translational methods.
Outreach & Translation
The Outreach and Translation Core (OTC) aims to develop and disseminate preventive interventions across various audiences, establish linkages with professionals to translate research findings, and provide technical assistance to state health departments and public health practitioners.
Training & Education
The Training and Education Core (TEC) offers unique opportunities for students and other trainees to gain valuable research, practice, and translational experiences with strong, formal mentoring support as they learn about innovative approaches to intentional and unintentional injury prevention research and practice.
With subgroups that provide additional support to Center activities:
Statistics & Methods Section
The Statistics & Methods Section aims to provide statistical and methodological consultation and support for Center research and grant submissions.
Evidence-Based Implementation
The Center will leverage an evidence-based implementation framework to identify, adapt, and disseminate injury prevention strategies for community adoption.