Washington Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center

At a glance

View the Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center's (HIPRC) ICRC profile and grantee research projects. ICRCs study ways to prevent injuries and violence and work with community partners to put research findings into action. They focus on three core functions—research, training, and outreach.

Contact Information

University of Washington: Harborview Injury Prevention & Research Center (HIPRC) director
Megan Moore, PhD, MSW

Megan Moore, PhD, MSW (she/her)
Sidney Miller Endowed Associate Professor, School of Social Work
Interim Director, Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center
Address: 325 Ninth Ave, Box 359960, Seattle, WA 98104
Phone: 206.616.2862
Email: mm99@uw.edu
Website: hiprc.org
Twitter: @HIPRC
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HIPRC/

Overview

Founded in 1985, the University of Washington Harborview Injury Prevention & Research Center (HIPRC) is a worldwide leader in injury research, outreach, and education and training. We aim to prevent injury and violence and are committed to collaborative community engagement, outreach, and training to achieve health equity in injury across the lifespan.

Goals:

  • Respond to community voices and priorities in research, training, and outreach.
  • Lever action that promotes injury-related equity efforts across injury science, injury scientist development, and community partnerships.
  • Advance injury science and community impact by training the next generation of injury prevention scholars in community engaged research strategies.

Active Research

  • Global Injury
  • Rural Injury Prevention
  • Injury Care
  • Safe & Active Transport
  • Traumatic Brain Injury
  • Violence Prevention
  • Drowning Prevention
  • Suicide Prevention
  • Pre-Hospital/Acute Care
  • Rehabilitation
  • Initmate Partner Violence
  • Burns
  • Opioid Overdose
  • Falls
  • School Violence Prevention
  • Health Equity in Injury

2024 ICRC Grantee Research Projects - HIPRC

Core Research Projects

  • Opioid Overdose — Increasing Access to Harm Reduction in Rural Primary Care to Prevent Overdose
  • Adverse Childhood Experiences — Promoting Prevention and Resilience from Adverse Childhood Experiences in Tribal Communities Through Culturally Responsive Brief Behavioral Parent Training
  • School Violence Prevention — Promoting School Safety Through Community Collaboratives
  • Falls — Cultural Adaptation of Remotely Delivered Enhance Fitness for Falls Prevention Among Rural American Indian Older Adults
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National Center for Injury Prevention and Control