KIPRC Current Projects
| Name |
Purpose |
Funding |
Project Manager |
| State Injury Prevention Program |
Statewide injury prevention outreach, surveillance, and research |
Ky. Dept. for |
Julia F. Costich, J.D., Ph.D. |
Integrated Core Injury Prevention Program |
Expanded surveillance of fatal and non-fatal injuries |
Centers for Disease Control/KDPH |
Michael Singleton, M.S. |
Crash Outcomes Data |
Links multiple data sources for motor vehicle crash surveillance and analysis |
National Highway Traffic Safety Admin. |
Michael Singleton, M.S. |
Neurotrauma Registry |
Links and analyzes data from multiple sources on traumatic and acquired brain injury as well as spinal cord injury |
Cabinet for Health & Family Services |
Michael Singleton, M.S. |
Prevention of Fire-Related Injuries |
Provides fire prevention training and smoke detectors in partnership with local fire departments |
Ky. Dept. for Public Health |
Robert McCool, M.S. |
Kentucky Trauma |
Compiles and analyzes patient data from verified trauma centers and other sources |
HRSA/Ky. Board of Emerg. Med. Services |
Julia F. Costich, J.D., Ph.D. |
Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation |
Surveillance of occupational fatalities and field investigations for targeted causes |
National Institute on Occupational Safety and Health/KDPH |
Terry L. Bunn, Ph.D. |
Non-Fatal Occupational Injury Surveillance Program; Benzene Exposure Research |
Performs occupational injury and illness surveillance in NIOSH-specified and state priority areas; related small grant explores benzene exposure in farmworkers |
NIOSH/KDPH/UKRF |
Terry L. Bunn, Ph.D. |
Pediatric and Adolescent Injury Prevention Program |
Pediatric injury surveillance and research; focus on child passenger safety, child fatality review, playground and safety, child abuse, children with special health care needs, consumer product safety |
KDPH; Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; SAFE KIDS/USFA |
Susan Pollack, M.D. |
National Violent Death Reporting System and Sudden Unexplained Infant Death Syndrome Project |
Develops statewide systems and records Kentucky violent death data for analysis and integration with national database; related project investigates sudden unexplained infant deaths |
Centers for Disease Control/KDPH |
Sabrina Walsh, M.P.H. |
Drug Endangered Child Training Network |
Increase community and professional awareness of the impact of adult drug involvement on children |
Appalachian Region Commission |
Mark Schneider, M.C.P. |