Injury occurrence is typically thought of as “bad luck” or fatalistic; however, over the last fifty years the field of injury control science has grown to demonstrate that injuries can be controlled.
Many injuries can be prevented through behavioral interventions, engineering strategies, dissemination of education, and policy implementation.
Mission:
The Rhode Island Hospital (RIH) Injury Control COBRE supports the development of independent researchers to lead rigorous, innovative injury control research that changes practice and improves health. Through the Injury Control COBRE we will see the development researchers and a research infrastructure that examines the entire spectrum of injury prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation with individuals across the lifecycle (youth, emerging adults, and older adults) covering a range of injury topics.
The Administrative Core provides administrative, fiscal, and scientific infrastructure for the research cores to ensure that COBRE Research Project Leaders and Pilot Project grantees achieve research and career development success.
Injury Control Digital Innovation Core:
The Injury Control Digital Innovation (ICDI) Core transforms the measurement, development, and delivery of injury control research on a wider scale through expert support and technical assistance in digital health innovation for junior investigators and COBRE-affiliated researchers at Rhode Island Hospital as well as the broader scientific community.
The ICDI Core is led by faculty at the Brown-Lifespan Center for Digital Health (director Megan Ranney, MD, MPH and associate director Kirsten Langdon, PhD).
Lifespan, Rhode Island’s first health system, was founded in 1994 by Rhode Island Hospital and the Miriam Hospital.