Research In Action

Read abstracts of recent peer-reviewed research studies conducted by members of the Center for Injury Research and Prevention and the Center for Violence Prevention at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. 

Road Traffic Protection

Neck and Spinal Responses in the Reclined Large Omnidirectional Child Anthropomorphic Test Device with and without a Booster Seat during Far-Side Lateral Oblique Impacts. SAE International Journal of Transportation Safety, 2026. Valentina Graci, John Humm, Hans Hauschild.

Characterization of Pedestrian Automatic Emergency Braking Acceleration in Modern Light Vehicles: Potential Implications for Occupant Safety. SAE International Journal of Transportation Safety, 2026. Maitland Witmer, David Kidd, Valentina Graci.

Linkage of Medicare Insurance Claims to Police-Reported Motor Vehicle Crashes: Advancing Traffic Safety Research in Older Adult Populations. Injury Epidemiology, 2026. Fang-Wen Lu, Andrew Zullo, Allison Curry, Melissa Pfeiffer, Marzan Khan, Nina Joyce.

Concussion

The Leaky Pipeline of Injury: Disparities at Multiple Junctures for Children with Head Trauma. The Journal of Pediatrics, 2026. Daniel Corwin, Daniele Fedonni, Peter Camacho, Sadiqa Kendi, Christina Master, Kristy Arbogast.

Motion Sickness and Psychological and Vestibular Symptom Burden After Concussion. Clinical Pediatrics, 2026. Tara Nichols, Melissa Godfrey, Kristy Arbogast, Christina Master, Daniel Corwin.

Young Driver Safety

A Novel Paradigm for Identifying Eye-Tracking Metrics Associated With Cognitive Control During Driving Through MEG Neuroimaging. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behavior, 2026. Thomas Seacrist, Elizabeth Walshe, Shukai Cheng, Emily Brown, Charlotte Birnbaum, Victoria Kaufman, Flaura Winston, William Gaetz.

Adverse Drug Events Associated With Opioid Treatment for Pain After Motor Vehicle Crash.
Journal of Pain Research, 2026. Andrew Zullo, Steven Balog, Marzan Khan, Melissa Pfeiffer, Melissa Riester, Allison Curry, Francesca Beaudoin, Arman Oganisian, Brandon Marshall, Patience Dow, Beth Dana, Nina Joyce.

A Contemporary Examination of the Effect of Driver Training for Reducing Crash Risk in Novice Adolescent Drivers: Protocol for the DRIVER Study, a Random Assignment Trial. Injury Epidemiology, 2025. Elizabeth Walshe, Daniel Romer, Michael Elliott, Keith Baxelbaum, Kit Delgado, Jeffrey Ebert, Flaura Winston.

Autistic Young Adults' Routine Travel Pre- and Post-License. Autism, 2025. Emma Sartin, Lauren O'Malley, Alexis Tomlinson, Laura Bennett, Rachel Myers, Kristi Metzger, Haley Bishop, Benjamin Yerys, Allison Curry.

Transportation Equity

Urban-Rural and Poverty-Related Differences in Young Driver Licensing Pathways in Ohio. Findings, 2026. Xiaoxia Dong, Jasmine Wu, Elizabeth Walshe.

Violence Prevention

Addressing Challenging Interpersonal Interactions on University Campuses: A Systematic Review of Training and Intervention Programs. Race and Social Problems, 2026. Rui Fu, Stephen Leff, Meniyah Miller, Ashley Preves.

The Predictors and Consequences of Cyberbullying Perpetration and Cyber-Victimization: The Development of a New Cyberbullying Theory. Journal of Adolescence, 2026. Christopher Barlett, Douglas Gentile, Angeline Khoo, Robin Kowalski, Tracy Waasdorp.

Restrictive Media Parenting Associated With Reduced Cyberbullying in Early Adolescents: A Longitudinal Study. The Journal of Early Adolescence, 2025. Xiaogi Ma, Jennifer Doty, Christopher Barlett, Tracy Waasdorp.

Firearm Violence and Health in Policymaker Discourse: Mixed Methods Social Media Analysis. JMIR Formative Research, 2025. Vivek Ashok, William Vervilles, Katherine Kellom, Anyun Chatterjee, Isabella Ntigbu, Okechi Boms, Andrea Szabo, Joel Fein, Therese Richmond, Jonathan Purtle, Matthew Kearney, Zachary Meisel.