University of Iowa
Craig Zwerling,
MD, PhD, MPH
Phone: 319-335-4418
Fax: 319-335-4225
E-mail:
CRAIG-ZWERLING@UIOWA.EDU
University of Iowa
Department of Preventive Medicine and
Environmental Health
126 IREH, Oakdale Campus
Iowa City, Iowa
52242
Contact
Person:
John Lundell, MA, Deputy Director
Phone: (319) 335-4458
Fax: (319) 335-4631
Overview
The theme of the University of Iowa (UI) Injury Prevention Research Center (IPRC) is prevention and control of rural injuries. Based on available epidemiological data, rural populations at high risk for injury include children, the elderly, and farmers and farm families. Therefore, the goal of the IPRC is to control and prevent rural injuries in these high-risk populations through research, education and training, and public policies targeting especially rural motor vehicle injuries and farm and other occupational injuries. The Center is organized around three multidisciplinary cores, three dedicated research facilities, three research projects, and a pilot research grant program involving faculty from five colleges and sixteen departments at the UI. The specific aims of the research projects include: examining the rates and risk factors of farm-related injuries among Iowa farmers; evaluating the effectiveness of trauma care in Iowa; and examining driving avoidance behavior in drivers with traumatic brain injuries. The IPRC also provides outreach information and education programs, supports multidisciplinary training in injury prevention, and promotes development of public policies to prevent and control rural injuries.
The IPRC supports the Midwest Injury Prevention Consortium and provides an organizational mechanism to promote and advocate injury prevention in Iowa and the Midwest and to serve as a national resource for rural injury prevention.
Projects