Working Toward a Web-Based Intervention to Reduce Adolescent Driver Inattention
Learn about research being conducted at CHOP to help reduce teen driver distraction that was recently published in the Journal of School Nursing.
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Transforming Stories Into Actionable Data
Janice Bonsu, a recent graduate of UPenn's MPH program, shares her experience working with CIRP's Dr. Allison Curry and Eve Weiss in the area of exploring the experiences of healthcare professionals who provide driving rehabilitation services to adolescents with autism.
New Home for CIRP Driving Simulator
The CIRP Driving Simulator Core has new features and a new home at the Roberts Center for Pediatric Research in Philadelphia.
A New Research Tool to Predict Young Driver Behavior
Today we are pleased to welcome a guest blog post from Santiago Ontañón, PhD, a research scientist and assistant professor at the College of Computing and Informatics at Drexel University. Dr. Ontañón led a study, “Learning to Predict Driver Behavior from Observation,” and recently presented on the findings at the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) Spring Symposia on Learning from Observation of Humans at Stanford University.
Alcohol Policy Scale: A Novel Tool for Studying Alcohol Effect on Youth Crash Fatalities
A recent study taps useful research tools and data sources to shed light on the importance of strong state alcohol policies in preventing young people from dying in alcohol-related crashes.
‘Tis the Season to Thank Our Research Volunteers
Research participation is volunteerism! CHOP researchers deeply appreciate the contribution of families that chose to participate in studies, leading to breakthroughs and innovation daily.
New Brief Screening Tools for Posttraumatic Stress
Read about new CIRP@CHOP research about a tool that can help busy clinicians, school nurses, and others seeing in service settings screen for posttraumatic stress in children.
Validating Electronic Health Records for Injury Prevention Research
Read about a new CHOP study published in the Journal of Attention Disorders that validated an electronic health record (EHR)–based algorithm to classify the ADHD status of pediatric patients, which is part of a larger retrospective cohort study that aims to examine the association between ADHD and driving outcomes among adolescents.
Research Tool Aims to Help Children Recover After Injury
Learn about a new CIRP@CHOP research tool that aims to help researchers better understand how parents and children interact after an injury.
A Golden Age for Clinical Trial Participant Enrollment
Today we welcome a guest blog from Chris Gantz, MBA, program manager, Clinical Research Support Office, Recruit Enhancement Core, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute, who shares why social media and mobile technology are creating opportunities to engage with potential study participants in ways that were not possible just a few years ago.
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