Columbia Injury Control Research Center

描述（由申请人提供）：拟议中的哥伦比亚伤害控制研究中心（红十字国际委员会）的长期目标是通过知识的创造、传播和翻译、创新和结构化培训计划的发展以及基于证据的干预措施和最佳做法的实施和评估，通过降低伤害发病率和死亡率来改善人口健康。哥伦比亚红十字国际委员会的具体目标是：1)建立一个行政结构，以提供有效的领导、监督、指导和协调，整合各学术部门的专业知识和其他资源，并利用财政和其他支持来实现中心的长期目标；2)扩大和运营多层次外展网络，以促进公共和私营部门之间的合作，并确保获得技术援助、培训和将科学发现转化为有效的干预计划；3)制定创新和变革的培训和教育计划，为学生、研究人员、临床医生和其他专业人员提供跨学科的学习机会；4)在伤害相关政策评估、转化研究和研究方法领域建立卓越的学术成就。拟议的项目通过将有效的预防方案转化为当地社区，解决老年人跌倒问题，对青少年造成暴力创伤的残疾，联邦资助的安全路线上学方案在减少儿童行人伤害方面的有效性，以及州医用大麻法律对致命机动车事故中药物参与的影响。拟议中的红十字国际委员会将有助于加强预防和控制伤害和暴力的科学基础，并加快有效干预方案的传播和实施。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The long-term objective of the proposed Columbia Injury Control Research Center (ICRC) is to improve population health by reducing injury morbidity and mortality through knowledge creation, dissemination, and translation, development of innovative and structured training programs, and implementation and evaluation of evidence-based interventions and best practices. The specific aims of the Columbia ICRC are to: 1) create an administrative structure to provide effective leadership, oversight, mentorship, and coordination, to integrate expertise and other resources across academic divisions, and to leverage financial and other support for achieving the center's long-term objective; 2) expand and operate a multilevel outreach network to facilitate collaboration across public and private sectors, and to ensure access to technical assistance, training, and translation of scientific discoveries into effective intervention programs; 3) develop innovative and transformative training and education programs to provide interdisciplinary learning opportunities for students, researchers, clinicians, and other professionals; and 4) establish academic excellence in the areas of injury-related policy evaluation, translational research, and research methodology. Proposed projects address falls in older adults by translating efficacious prevention programs into local communities, disability resulting from violent trauma to youth, effectiveness of federaly funded safe-routes-to-school programs in reducing child pedestrian injuries, and impact of state medical marijuana laws on drug involvement in fatal motor vehicle crashes. The proposed ICRC will help strengthen the scientific foundation for the prevention and control of injury and violenc, and accelerate the dissemination and implementation of effective intervention programs.