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Meet Our Team

The Center for Injury Research and Prevention's interdisciplinary team spans a wide spectrum of specialties. Please use the drop-down menu to view staff members by their primary area of expertise.

Mari Allison, BS

  1. Bioengineering PhD Candidate
    The University of Pennsylvania

Kristy Arbogast, PhD

Director of Engineering
The Center for Injury Research and Prevention

Research Interests: Pediatric Biokinematics, crash test dummy development, optimizing rear seat design for children, pediatric concussion and traumatic brain injury

Projects: Center for Child Injury Prevention Studies (CChIPS), Minds Matter: Improving Pediatric Concussion Management, National Child Occupant Special Study, Partners for Child Passenger Safety (PCPS)

  1. Co-Director
    Center for Child Injury Prevention Studies (CChIPS)
  2. Research Associate Professor of Pediatrics
    Division of Emergency Medicine
    The University of Pennsylvania

Sriram Balasubramanian, PhD

Adjunct Research Scientist
The Center for Injury Research and Prevention

Research Interests: Impact, Sports and Orthopedic Biomechanics

  1. Assistant Professor
    School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems
    Drexel University

Aditya Belwadi, PhD

  1. Postdoctoral Fellow
    Center for Child Injury Prevention Studies (CChIPS)

Dana Bonfiglio, BS

Simulator Coordinator
The Center for Injury Research and Prevention

Lindsey M. Borda, BA

Outreach Specialist
The Center for Injury Research and Prevention

Ayana Bradshaw, MPH

Center Manager
The Center for Injury Research and Prevention

Charles C. Branas, PhD

Epidemiologist
The Center for Injury Research and Prevention

Research Interests: Gun Violence, Emergency Medicine

Projects: Philadelphia Collaborative Violence Prevention Center (PCVPC)

  1. Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics
    The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Courtney Brant, BS

Research Coordinator
The Center for Injury Research and Prevention

Lauren Corregano, MSW

Research Coordinator
The Center for Injury Research and Prevention

Allison E. Curry, PhD, MPH

Director of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
The Center for Injury Research and Prevention

Research Interests: Pediatric and Injury Epidemiology, Epidemiologic Methods, Teen Driving, Child Passenger Safety

Projects: Teen Driver Safety Research, National Child Occupant Special Study (NCOSS), Center for Child Injury Prevention Studies (CChIPS)

  1. Adjunct Scholar
    Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics
    Perelman School of Medicine, The University of Pennsylvania

Dennis Durbin, MD, MSCE

Co-Scientific Director
The Center for Injury Research and Prevention

Research Interests: Epidemiology, Emergency Medicine, Injury Prevention

Projects: Center for Child Injury Prevention Studies (CChIPS), Teen Driver Safety Research, Partners for Child Passenger Safety (PCPS), National Child Occupant Special Study (NCOSS), NHTSA Indefinite Quantities Contract

  1. Director of Research
    Division of Emergency Medicine
    The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
  2. Professor of Pediatrics and Epidemiology
    The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
  3. Director, Section on Research
    Division of Emergency Medicine
    The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Michael R. Elliott, PhD

Biostatistician
The Center for Injury Research and Prevention

Research Interests: Bayesian Models, Child Injury Risk, Industrial Injuries

Projects: Center for Child Injury Prevention Studies (CChIPS), Child and Adolescent Reaction to Injury and Trauma (CARIT), National Young Driver Survey, Partners for Child Passenger Safety (PCPS)

  1. Research Affiliate
    Population Studies Center
    The University of Michigan
  2. Assistant Professor of Biostatistics
    The University of Michigan
  3. Assistant Research Scientist
    Survey Research
    The University of Michigan

Joel A. Fein, MD, MPH

Investigator
The Center for Injury Research and Prevention

Research Interests: Epidemiology, Emergency Medicine, Injury Prevention

Projects: Philadelphia Collaborative Violence Prevention Center (PCVPC), National Network of Hospital-based Violence Intervention Programs (NNHVIP), Child and Adolescent Reaction to Injury and Trauma (CARIT)

  1. Principal Investigator
    Philadelphia Collaborative Violence Prevention Center
  2. Emergency Medicine Attending Physician
    The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
  3. Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine
    The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Annie Ferris, BA

Clinical Research Assistant I
The Center for Injury Research and Prevention

Teena Fletcher, BA, AS

Program Administrative Coordinator
The Center for Injury Research and Prevention

Chris Gantz, MBA

Project Coordinator
The Center for Injury Research and Prevention

Projects: Teen Driver Research

Karen L. Garnett, BA Candidate

Resource Coordinator
The Center for Injury Research and Prevention

Patricia Ann Harris, BS

Office Manager, Assistant to Drs. Dennis Durbin and Flaura Winston
The Center for Injury Research and Prevention

Suzanne D. Hill

Program Director, Outreach and Advocacy
The Center for Injury Research and Prevention

Research Interests: Health Policy

Projects: Teen Driver Safety Research, National Young Driver Survey, National Child Occupant Special Study, Minds Matter: Improving Pediatric Concussion Management, Partners for Child Passenger Safety (PCPS)

Patty Huang, MD

  1. Attending Physician
    Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics
    The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Lela Jacobsohn, PhD

Behavioral Researcher
The Center for Injury Research and Prevention

Projects: Teen Driver Research

Venk Kandadai, MPH

Clinical Research Coordinator III
The Center for Injury Research and Prevention

Nancy Kassam-Adams, PhD

Associate Director of Behavioral Research
The Center for Injury Research and Prevention

Research Interests: Pediatric Traumatic Stress

Projects: Child and Adolescent Reaction to Injury and Trauma (CARIT)

  1. Co-Director
    Center for Pediatric Traumatic Stress
    The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Kristen Kohser, LMSW

Research Coordinator
The Center for Injury Research and Prevention

Research Interests: Pediatric Traumatic Stress

Projects: Child and Adolescent Reaction to Injury and Trauma (CARIT)

Yi-Ching Lee, PhD

Human Factors Researcher
The Center for Injury Research and Prevention

Caitlin Locey, BS

Research Project Engineer
The Center for Injury Research and Prevention

Research Interests: Pediatric Injury Biomechanics

Projects: Center for Child Injury Prevention Studies (CChIPS)

Matthew R. Maltese, PhD

  1. Director, Biomechanics Research
    Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
    The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Meghan Marsac, PhD

Behavioral Researcher and Director of Training
The Center for Injury Research and Prevention

Emily A. Mathews, MS

  1. Biomedical Engineering PhD Candidate
    Drexel University

Catherine McDonald, PhD, RN

Post-Doctoral Fellow
The Center for Injury Research and Prevention

  1. Post-Doctoral Fellow
    University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing

Alec McGinley, BA

Research Coordinator
The Center for Injury Research and Prevention

Projects: Minds Matter: Improving Pediatric Concussion Management

Jessica H. Mirman, PhD

Behavioral Researcher
The Center for Injury Research and Prevention

Research Interests: Applied Developmental Psychology, Child Passenger Safety, Teen Driving, Health Management, Interactions with Parents and Peers in the Context of Health, Development of Health Behaviors, Intervention Development, and Program Evaluation

Dana Mortensen, BA

Media Relations Specialist
The Center for Injury Research and Prevention

Carol Murray, MSS, MLSP

Senior Research Coordinator
The Center for Injury Research and Prevention

Rachel K. Myers, MS

Research Coordinator
The Center for Injury Research and Prevention

Research Interests: Violence Prevention, Adolescent Health, Intimate Partner Violence, Child Passenger Safety, Public Health

Projects: Philadelphia Collaborative Violence Prevention Center (PCVPC), National Child Occupant Special Study (NCOSS)

Shashidhar Nagaral, MS

Network Administrator
The Center for Injury Research and Prevention

Michael L. Nance, MD

Investigator
The Center for Injury Research and Prevention

Research Interests: Pediatric Trauma

Projects: Partners for Child Passenger Safety (PCPS)

  1. Attending Surgeon
    The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
  2. Director
    Pediatric Trauma Program
    The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Christine Norris, BA

Writer/Editor
The Center for Injury Research and Prevention

Projects: Teen Driver Safety Research, National Young Driver Survey, Violence Prevention, CChIPS

Kristina Puzino, BA

Clinical Research Assistant I
The Center for Injury Research and Prevention

Thomas Seacrist, MBE

Biomechanical Research Engineer
The Center for Injury Research and Prevention

Projects: Center for Child Injury Prevention Studies (CChIPS), NHTSA Indefinite Quantities Contract

Megan C. Fisher Thiel, MPH

Research Coordinator
The Center for Injury Research and Prevention

Projects: Teen Driver Research

Winston Wallace

Resource Coordinator
The Center for Injury Research and Prevention

Wenli Wang, MS

Data Analyst
The Center for Injury Research and Prevention

Eve Weiss, MS

Project Manager
The Center for Injury Research and Prevention

Projects: The Center for Child Injury Prevention Studies (CChIPS)

Douglas Wiebe, PhD

Epidemiologist
The Center for Injury Research and Prevention

Research Interests: Firearm-related trauma

  1. Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics
    The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Flaura Koplin Winston, MD, PhD

Scientific Director and Founder
The Center for Injury Research and Prevention

  1. Co-Director
    Center for Child Injury Prevention Studies (CChIPS)
  2. Attending Physician
    The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
  3. Professor of Pediatrics
    Division of General Pediatrics
    The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Mark R. Zonfrillo, MD, MSCE

Investigator
The Center for Injury Research and Prevention

Research Interests: Epidemiology, Emergency Medicine, Injury Prevention

Projects: National Child Occupant Special Study (NCOSS), Center for Child Injury Prevention Studies (CChIPS), Minds Matter: Improving Pediatric Concussion Management

  1. Attending Physician
    Division of Emergency Medicine
    The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
  2. Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Epidemiology
    The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine