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Research and Engineering
Network (CIREN)
is a multi-center research program involving a collaboration of clinicians
and engineers in academia, industry, and government. Together, they are
pursuing in-depth studies of crashes, injuries, and treatments to improve
processes and outcomes. CIREN's mission is to improve the prevention,
treatment, and rehabilitation of motor vehicle crash injuries to reduce
deaths, disabilities, and human and economic costs. |
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UPCOMING
EVENTS:
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CIREN - Public
Meeting
CIREN will hold its next public meeting at the University of Maryland-Baltimore's
CIREN Center
The meeting will be held in the Health Science Facility (building 2, room 130) on Thursday November 4, 2004 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 :00pm
The facility is located at the corner of Penn and Lombard Streets in Baltimore, Maryland
Nine of the Centers will present their research findings. Topics include booster seats, vehicle mismatch, second generation airbags, lower extremity injuries caused by the knee bolster, spine and spinal cord injuries, and crash assessment for field triage.
Pre-registration is required.
Contact Tim Kerns at (410) 328-4244
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In lieu of annual CIREN Conferences, regular
quarterly meetings were instituted in May of 2000.
Third
Annual CIREN Conference - October 28, 1999
San Diego Paradise Point Resort
San Diego, California
Second Annual
CIREN Conference - September 15, 1998
University of Michican Medical Center
Ann Arbor, Michigan
First Annual
CIREN Conference - October 20,1997
University of Michigan Medical Center
Ann Arbor, Michigan
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CIREN
Electronic Cases
The CIREN database consists of multiple discrete fields of data concerning
severe motor vehicle crashes, including crash reconstruction and medical
injury profiles. Personal and location identifiers and highly sensitive
medical information have been removed from the public files to protect
patient confidentiality. CIREN cases, extending back to 1996, for which
coding and quality control have been completed, are available for public
viewing. Additional cases are released to the public as they become
available.
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What
CIREN is all about 
CIREN is a collaboration of research on crashes and injuries at ten
Level 1 Trauma Centers linked by a computer network. Researchers can
review data and share expertise, which could lead to the design of safer
vehicles. Seven of these Centers are funded by NHTSA, and one by Honda.
The Froedtert Hospital & Medical College of Wisconsin CIREN Center
is self-funded. Level 1 Trauma Centers are traditionally "teaching"
institutions associated with a university.
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Bibliography
of Publications and Presentations of CIREN Centers
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The CIREN Centers and their academic
partners are:
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Children's
National Medical Center, Washington, D.C. - George Washington
University
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National
Study Center for Trauma & EMS / R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma
Center, Baltimore, Maryland - University of Maryland
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New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey - University
of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey
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William Lehman Injury Research Center, Miami, Florida - University
of Miami
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University
of Michigan Health System Program for Injury Research & Education,
Ann Arbor, Michigan - University of Michigan Transportation Research
Center
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Harborview
Injury Prevention & Research Center, Seattle, Washington -
University of Washington
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San Diego County Trauma
System, San Diego, California - University of California
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Mercedes-Benz
CIREN Center, Birmingham, Alabama - the University of Alabama
at Birmingham
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Honda
Inova Fairfax Hospital CIREN Center, Falls Church, Virginia
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The Froedtert
Hospital & Medical College of Wisconsin CIREN Center
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