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Current Awards

Traumatic Injury Biomechanics

CDC-RFA-CD08-002
Biomechanics Applications to the Reduction of Traumatic Injuries and Their Severity


Susan Margulies, Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania 
Development and Validation of a Diagnostic Tool for Infant Head Injuries from Falls

Mark D Grabiner, Ph.D.
University of Illinois at Chicago
Reducing Falls in the Eelderly: Beyond the Laboratory to the Community
 

CDC-RFA-CD07-006
Grants for Traumatic Injury Biomechanics Research

Paul C. Ivancic, Ph.D.
Yale University
Prevention of neck injuries in older adults during rear motor vehicle collisions

Thomas McAllister, M.D.
Trustees of Dartmouth College
Effect of Biomechanical Force Exposure on Cognition and Brain Activation in Student Athletes


Past Awards

Traumatic Injury Biomechanics Research 

Grantee Abstracts

John Cavanaugh, MD
Wayne State University
Neurophysiology of Whiplash Pain: Phase 1 & Phase 2

Li-Shan Chou, PhD
University of Oregon
Biomechanical and Sensory Motor Functions After Concussion

Jeff Crandall, PhD
University of Virginia
Benefits of Rear-Facing Restraints for Older Children

Edith D. Gurewitsch, MD
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Preventing Unintentional Mechanical Birth Injuries

Geoffrey T. Manley, MD, PhD
University of California San Francisco
Vascular Biomechanics in Traumatic Brain Injury

Mark Grabiner, PhD

Dept. of Movement Sciences (MC994)
Reducing Falls Using Task-Specific Training

Roger Haut, PhD
Michigan State University
Addressing Injury to Cartilage by Forces Generated during Knee Ligament Trauma

Beth Ann Winkelstein, PhD
University of Pennsylvania
Biomechanical Mechanisms of Facet-Mediated Whiplash Injury & Pain

Timothy Ovaert, PhD
University of Notre Dame
Computer Modeling and Etiological Investigation of Acute Injury Risk

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