We are working with partners to reduce traffic and transportation injury risk, encourage safe travel and improve the safety for active transportation modes (such as walking, biking and public transport). Our research areas include emerging road traffic challenges such as distraction, marijuana impairment, concussion; the safety impact of transportation infrastructure; and innovation in measuring pedestrian/bicycle exposure.
To accomplish these goals, we rely on community and research partnerships and a strong methods core with expertise in large data linkage, imputation, simulation, machine learning and artificial intelligence strategies. Our work ultimately seeks to prevent traffic-related injury and death, with an emphasis on health equity. We aim to do this through collaborative research, education and public awareness.
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Read More| Title | Authors | Journal | Date | Section1 | Section2 |
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| The Health and economic effects of light rail lines: design, methods, and protocol for a natural experiment. | Frank LD, Kuntz JL, Chapman JE, Fox EH, Dickerson JF, Meenan RT, Saelens BE, Young DR, Boone-Heinonen J, Fortmann SP | BMC Public Health | February 1st, 2019 | Safe & Active Transport | |
| Neighborhood built environment associations with adolescents' location-specific sedentary and screen time. | Bejarano CM, Carlson JA, Cushing CC, Kerr J, Saelens BE, Frank LD, Glanz K, Cain KL, Conway TL, Sallis JF | Health and Place | February 1st, 2019 | Safe & Active Transport | |
| Outcomes after concomitant traumatic brain injury and hemorrhagic shock: A secondary analysis from the Pragmatic, Randomized Optimal Platelets and Plasma Ratios trial. | Galvagno SM Jr, Fox EE, Appana SN, Baraniuk S, Bosarge PL, Bulger EM, Callcut RA, Cotton BA, Goodman M, Inaba K, O'Keeffe T, Schreiber MA, Wade CE, Scalea TM, Holcomb JB, Stein DM; PROPPR Study Group | The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery | October 1st, 2017 | Safe & Active Transport | |
| Air pollution exposure is associated with MRSA acquisition in young U.S. children with cystic fibrosis. | Psoter KJ, De Roos AJ, Wakefield J, Mayer JD, Rosenfeld M | BMC Pulmonary Medicine | July 1st, 2017 | Safe & Active Transport | |
| Changes in Eating Behaviors of Children with Obesity in Response to Carbohydrate-Modified and Portion-Controlled Diets. | Kirk S, Woo JG, Brehm B, Daniels SR, Saelens BE | Childhood Obesity | June 1st, 2017 | Safe & Active Transport | |
| Methylprednisolone Therapy in Acute Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury: Analysis of a Regional Spinal Cord Model Systems Database. | Sunshine JE, Dagal A, Burns SP, Bransford RJ, Zhang F, Newman SF, Nair BG, Sharar SR | Anesthesia & Analgesia | April 1st, 2017 | Safe & Active Transport | |
| Nonlinear Imputation of PaO2/FIO2 From SpO2/FIO2 Among Mechanically Ventilated Patients in the ICU: A Prospective, Observational Study. | Brown SM, Duggal A, Hou PC, Tidswell M, Khan A, Exline M, Park PK, Schoenfeld DA, Liu M, Grissom CK, Moss M, Rice TW, Hough CL, Rivers E, Thompson BT, Brower RG; National Institutes of Health (NIH)/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Prevention and Early Treatment of Acute Lung Injury (PETAL) Network | Critical Care Medicine | April 1st, 2017 | Safe & Active Transport | |
| Clonal distribution and associated characteristics of Escherichia coli clinical and surveillance isolates from a military medical center. | Manges AR, Mende K, Murray CK, Johnston BD, Sokurenko EV, Tchesnokova V, Johnson JR | Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease | April 1st, 2017 | Safe & Active Transport | |
| Pragmatic (trial) informatics: a perspective from the NIH Health Care Systems Research Collaboratory. | Richesson RL, Green BB, Laws R, Puro J, Kahn MG, Bauck A, Smerek M, Van Eaton EG, Zozus M, Ed Hammond W, Stephens KA, Simon GE | Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association | March 1st, 2017 | Safe & Active Transport | |
| Damage control laparotomy utilization rates are highly variable among Level I trauma centers: Pragmatic, Randomized Optimal Platelet and Plasma Ratios findings. | Watson JJ, Nielsen J, Hart K, Srikanth P, Yonge JD, Connelly CR, Kemp Bohan PM, Sosnovske H, Tilley BC, van Belle G, Cotton BA, OʼKeeffe TS, Bulger EM, Brasel KJ, Holcomb JB, Schreiber MA | Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery | March 1st, 2017 | Safe & Active Transport | |
| Measuring a conceptual model of the relationship between compulsive cell phone use, in-vehicle cell phone use, and motor vehicle crash. | O'Connor SS, Shain LM, Whitehill JM, Ebel BE | Accident Analysis and Prevention | February 1st, 2017 | Safe & Active Transport | |
| Development and Feasibility of a Real-Time Clinical Decision Support System for Traumatic Brain Injury Anesthesia Care. | Kiatchai T, Colletti AA, Lyons VH, Grant RM, Vavilala MS, Nair BG | Applied Clinical Informatics | January 1st, 2017 | Safe & Active Transport | |
| Morbidity and Mortality Differences Between Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Survivors and Other Cancer Survivors. | Chow EJ, Cushing-Haugen KL, Cheng GS, Boeckh M, Khera N, Lee SJ, Leisenring WM, Martin PJ, Mueller BA, Schwartz SM, Baker KS | Journal of Clinical Oncology | January 1st, 2017 | Safe & Active Transport | |
| Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: Longitudinal Study of Cognition, Functional Status, and Post-Traumatic Symptoms. | Dikmen S, Machamer J, Temkin N | Journal of Neurotrauma | December 1st, 2016 | Safe & Active Transport | |
| The Coalition for National Trauma Research (CNTR) Supports the Call for a National Trauma Research Action Plan. | Coimbra R, Kozar RA, Smith JW, Zarzaur BL, Hauser CJ, Moore FA, Bailey JA, Valadka A, Jurkovich GJ, Jenkins DH, Davis KA, Price MA, Maier RV | Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery | December 1st, 2016 | Safe & Active Transport | |
| Authors' response to commentaries on rosuvastatin for delirium and cognitive impairment in sepsis-associated acute respiratory distress syndrome. | Dinglas VD, Colantuoni E, Ely EW, Hough CL, Morris PE, Mendez-Tellez PA, Wozniak AW, Hopkins RO, Needham DM | Journal of Thoracic Disease | November 1st, 2016 | Safe & Active Transport | |
| Adoption of Evidence-Based Fall Prevention Practices in Primary Care for Older Adults with a History of Falls | Phelan EA, Aerts S, Dowler D, Eckstrom E, Casey CM | Frontiers in Public Health | September 1st, 2016 | Safe & Active Transport | |
| Reciprocal Effects of Positive Future Expectations, Threats to Safety, and Risk Behavior Across Adolescence. | Prince DM, Epstein M, Nurius PS, Gorman-Smith D, Henry DB | Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology | September 1st, 2016 | Safe & Active Transport | |
| Early prediction of outcome after severe traumatic brain injury: a simple and practical model. | Rizoli S, Petersen A, Bulger E, Coimbra R, Kerby JD, Minei J, Morrison L, Nathens A, Schreiber M, de Oliveira Manoel AL; ROC Investigators | BMC Emergency Medicine | August 1st, 2016 | Safe & Active Transport | |
| Disparities In Medical Staffing In Secondary School Sport: Implications For Concussion Identification: 3090 Board #155 June 3, 3: 30 PM - 5: 00 PM. | Kroshus E, Chrisman S | Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise | May 1st, 2016 | Safe & Active Transport | |
| Comprehensive Qualitative Assessment of Urethral Stricture Disease: Toward the Development of a Patient Centered Outcome Measure. | Breyer BN, Edwards TC, Patrick DL, Voelzke BB | Journal of Urology | April 1st, 2016 | Safe & Active Transport | Injury Care |