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Facts

Unintentional
At every age the majority of injury deaths are unintentional. For persons 28 years and over, suicide rates consistently exceed homicide rates. Source: CDC/NCHSBergen G,Chen LH, Warner M, Fingerhut LA. Injury in the United States: 2007. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2008


Center Members

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ARKANSAS
Injury Prevention Center
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

800 Marshall Street
Little Rock, AR 72202-3591
Director: Mary Aitken, MD, MPH
Phone: (501) 364-1100 Fax: (501) 364-3112
Email: AitkenMaryE@uams.edu



CANADA
Alberta Center for Injury Control & Research

RTF4075
8308-114 St.
Edmonton AB, Canada T6G2E1
Director: Don Voaklander, PhD
Phone: (780) 492-0454 Fax: (780) 492-7154
Email: don.voaklander@ualberta.ca



COLORADO
Colorado Injury Control Research Center
Colorado State University

1876 Campus Delivery
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1876
Director: Lorann Stallones, MPH, PhD
Phone: (970) 491-6156 Fax: (970)491-0527
Email: lorann.stallones@colostate.edu



University of Colorado
Colorado School of Public Health
Pediatric Injury Prevention, Education & Research
13001 East 17th Ave., Campus Box B-119; Room W3145
Aurora, CO   80045
Director:  Carol W. Runyan, MPH, PhD
Phone: 303-724-6499
Email:  carol.runyan@ucdenver.edu



GEORGIA
Emory Center for Injury Control
Emory University School of Medicine
Department of Emergency Medicine
Atlanta, GA 30303
Director: Deb Houry, MD, MPH
Phone: (404)616-6010
E-mail: dhoury@emory.edu



ILLINOIS
Injury Prevention and Research Center
Children's Memorial Hospital

2300 Children's Plaza #62
Chicago, IL 60614
Director: Karen Sheehan, MD
Phone: (773) 880-4412
E-mail: ksheehan@northwestern.edu



IOWA
Injury Prevention Research Center
University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa 52242
Director: Corinne Peek-Asa, PhD
Phone: (319)335-4895 Fax: (319)337-9226
Email: corinne-peek-asa@uiowa.edu



KENTUCKY
Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center
University of Kentucky

333 Waller Ave., Suite 206
Lexington, KY 40504-2915
Director: Terry Bunn, PhD
Phone: (859) 257-4955 Fax: (859) 257-3909
E-mail: tbunn2@uky.edu



MARYLAND
Center for Injury Research and Policy
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Hampton House, 5th Floor
624 N. Broadway
Baltimore, MD 21205-1996
Director: Andrea Gielen, ScD, ScM
Phone: (410) 955-2397 Fax: (410) 955-2397
E-mail: agielen@jhsph.edu



Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit

615 North Wolfe Street, Suite E-8132
Baltimore, MD   21205
Director:  Adnan Hyder, Md, PhD, MPH
Phone: 410-955-1253
Email:  ahyder@jhsph.edu



MICHIGAN
University of Michigan Injury Center
24 Frank Lloyd Wright, Suite H-3200, PO Box 443
Ann Arbor, MI 48106
Director: Rebecca Cunningham, MD
Phone: (734) 763-3111 Fax: (734) 936-2706
Email:
stroh@med.umich.edu


 

MISSOURI
Brown Center for Violence and Injury Prevention
Washington University
Campus Box 1196, 1 Brookings Drive
St. Louis, MO 63130
Co-Director: Melissa Jonson-Reid, PhD
Phone: (314) 935-4953
Email: jonsonrd@wustl.edu



NEW YORK
Center for Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
  at Columbia University

722 West 168th Street, Suite 524
New York, New York 10032
Director:  Guohua Li, MD, DPH 
Phone:  212-305-8486
Email:  GL2240@mail.cumc.columbia.edu



NORTH CAROLINA
Injury Prevention Research Center
University of North Carolina

137 E. Franklin Street, Suite 500
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7505
Director: Steve Marshall, PhD
Phone: (919)966-2251 Fax: (919)966-0466
Email: smarshall@unc.edu



OHIO
Children’s Comprehensive Injury Center
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
3333 Burnet Avenue, MLC 3019
Cincinnati, OH   45229
Director:  Michael Gittelman, MD, Co-Director
Phone: 513-636-0296   Fax:
Email:  Michael.gittelman@cchmc.org



Center for Injury Research and Policy
Columbus Children's Research Institute

700 Children's Drive
Columbus OH 43205
Director: Gary Smith, MD, DrPH
Phone: (614) 722-2400 Fax: (614) 722-2448
Email: gsmith@chi.osu.edu



RHODE ISLAND
Injury Prevention Center at RI Hospital
592 Eddy St., Claverick 2
Providence RI 02903
Director: Michael J. Mello, MD, MPH, FACEP
Phone: 401-444-2685 Fax: 401-444-2249
Email: mjmello@lifespan.org



TEXAS
Injury Prevention Center
Trauma Services Department
Dell Children's Medical Center
 

4900 Mueller Blvd.
Austin, Texas 78723
Director:  Karla A. Lawson, PhD, MPH
Phone: 512-324-0000 ext. 86732
Email:   KALawson@seton.org


Injury Prevention Center of Greater Dallas

5000 Harry Hines Blvd., Suite 101
Dallas, TX 85235
Director: Shelli Stephens Stidham, MPA
Phone: (214)590-4461 Fax: (214)590-4469
Email: shelli.stephens-stidham@phhs.org



WASHINGTON
Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center
325 Ninth Ave., Box 359960
Seattle, WA 98104
Director: Ebel, Beth, MD, MSc, MPH
Phone: (206) 744-9430 Fax: (206) 744-9962
Email: bebel@u.washington.edu



WEST VIRGINIA
West Virginia University Injury Control Research Center
1299 Pineview Drive
Morgantown, WV 26505
Director: Jeff Coben, MD
Phone: (304) 293-6682 Fax: (304) 293-0265
Email: jcoben@hsc.wvu.edu



WISCONSIN
Injury Research Center at the
Medical College of Wisconsin (IRC-MCW)

8701 Watertown Plank Road
Milwaukee, WI 53226
Director: Stephen Hargarten, MD, MPH
Phone: (414) 456-7650 Fax: (414) 456-6470
Email: hargart@mcw.edu