The San Francisco Injury Center (SFIC) has as its theme """"""""Injury Control 2010: Making Changes and Meeting Challenges."""""""" Our proposed work builds on our history of successfully conducting high quality scientific research that impacts the care of the severely injured patient, while at the same time focusing on prevention programs driven by local data. The Core activities for the next five years include: 1) development and dissemination of an interactive, computer-based prevention game for elementary school children;2) development of a burn prevention program in an underdeveloped country;and 3) continuing our strong commitment to the education and training of future injury control professionals through our work with doctors in training, research fellows, local community groups, and practicing physicians in the U.S. and abroad. The small research projects include the following specific aims: 1) to explore screening and intervention for psychiatric disorders in acutely injured patients as a means of injury prevention;and 2) to develop a new paradigm for a trauma system's approach to the care of interpersonal violent injury victims in order to minimize risk of future injury.
The specific aims of the major research projects include: 1) to critically evaluate the cost-effectiveness of traffic interventions aimed at reducing pedestrian injuries;2) to investigate the use of two novel methods of monitoring resuscitation in critically injured patients;and 3) to develop and validate a scenario-based, simulation-enhanced curriculum designed to prepare surgeons to deal with injuries common to military and civilian mass casualty incidents.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC)
Type
Injury Control Research and Demonstration Projects and Injury Prevention Research Centers (R49)
Project #
5R49CE001178-05
Application #
8115800
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZCE1-GXC (03))
Program Officer
Smutz, Paul
Project Start
2007-08-01
Project End
2013-07-31
Budget Start
2011-08-01
Budget End
2013-07-31
Support Year
5
Fiscal Year
2011
Total Cost
$900,618
Indirect Cost
Name
University of California San Francisco
Department
Surgery
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
094878337
City
San Francisco
State
CA
Country
United States
Zip Code
94143
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Dicker, Rochelle A; Mah, Jennifer; Lopez, Dahianna et al. (2011) Screening for mental illness in a trauma center: rooting out a risk factor for unintentional injury. J Trauma 70:1337-44
Dicker, Rochelle A; Lopez, Dahianna S; Pepper, Marci B et al. (2011) Cost-driven injury prevention: creating an innovative plan to save lives with limited resources. J Trauma 70:985-90