Harborview Medical Center
Charles Mock, MD, PhD
University of Washington
Harborview Injury Prevention & Research
325 Ninth Avenue, Box 359960
Seattle, WA 98104
Phone: 206-744-9430
Fax: 206-744-9962
E-mail: cmock@u.washington.edu
Overview
The Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center (HIPRC) is a multidisciplinary effort which, through its research, education, and prevention programs, seeks to diminish the impact of trauma on people's lives and to broaden the effectiveness of the Northwest region's injury prevention and treatment programs. This Center develops, applies, and evaluates current and new interventions and strategies to decrease morbidity and mortality from trauma. This is accomplished by efforts within the four defined phases of injury control: prevention, acute care, rehabilitation, and biomechanics. We accomplish our aims by continuing to focus on priorities consistent with the aims of Healthy People 2010. We will continue our successful strategy of:
- Applying state-of-the-art tools of epidemiology to define risk factors and evaluate interventions;
- Developing and rigorously evaluating new injury prevention programs and disseminating these nationally and internationally;
- Evaluating traditional and new approaches to the treatment of acutely injured patients and disabled victims of trauma;
- Developing methods to prevent secondary disabilities among trauma victims;
- Using biomechanics to determine the physical cause of injury;
- Training investigators in the field of injury research; and
- Working with public and private organizations to provide technical assistance and consultation to enhance our mutual efforts to control injuries.
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