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CChIPS Operation

What are the roles of the IAB, The Center for Injury Research and Prevention, CHOP, and NSF?

  • Industrial Advisory Board provides:
    • Memberships fees (source of funding)
    • Technical support, scientific relevance & direction
  • The Center for Injury Research and Prevention provides:
    • Faculty and students: Research and innovation
    • Interdisciplinary expertise - research and analysis
  • The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia provides:
    • Administration and fiduciary oversight of CCHIPS
    • Waives the overhead on all membership fees as a direct financial contribution
    • Technology Transfer office manages contracts and patents
  • National Science Foundation provides:
    • Annual seed money, TIE grants, student funding
    • An independent evaluator
    • Connectivity: Other I/UCRCs, NSF, federal agencies
    • Other sources of funding, such as TIE grants, summer student funding, collaborative research funding, etc.

How much of the membership fee goes to the research?

100% of the membership fee goes to the research. The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia waives overhead on the membership fees as a direct contribution to the research. Administration of the Center is covered by an annual grant from the National Science Foundation.

What determines the budget available for CChIPS Research Projects?

Financial support for the research comes from CChIPS member companies and the NSF. Industry and other federal agencies support the I/UCRC through annual membership fees. This group of members forms the Industrial Advisory Board. Annual membership fees from each member company form the CChIPS annual budget.

CChIPS Leadership

CChIPS Students

Alana DeSimone

School:  Rowan Univeristy

Major:  Mechanical Engineering

Degree being pursued:  BS

Graduation Date: Spring 2006

Caitlin Locey

School:  Drexel University

Major:  Mechanical Engineering

Degree being pursued:  BS

Expected graduation date:  June 2009

Daouda Kone

School:  Drexel University

Major:  Biomedical Engineering

Degree being pursued:  BSE

Expected graduation date: June 2008

David Schwartz

School:  Rowan Univeristy

Major:  Mechanical Engineering

Degree being pursued:  BS

Graduation Date: Spring 2007

Ewa Kalicka

School: Drexel University

Major: Psychology and Behavioral Health Counseling

Degree being pursued: BS

Expected Graduation Date: December 2008

Jami Saffioti

School:  Rowan Univeristy

Major:  Mechanical Engineering

Degree being pursued:  MS

Expected Graduation Date: Spring 2009

John Callahan

School:  Rowan Univeristy

Major:  Mechanical Engineering

Degree being pursued:  BS

Graduation Date: Spring 2006

Kenny Morabito

School:  Drexel University

Major:  Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering

Degree being pursued:  BSE

Graduation date: June 2007

Kristen Grdinich

School:  Rowan Univeristy

Major:  Mechanical Engineering

Degree being pursued:  BS

Graduation Date: Spring 2007

Lexie Haughey

School:  University of Illinois

Major:  Biology and Chemistry

Degree being pursued:  BS

Graduation date: Dec 2005

Mary Milone

School:  Drexel University

Major:  Biomedical Engineering

Degree being pursued:  BSE

Graduation date: June 2007

Matthew Tomasello

School:  Drexel University

Major:  Bioomedical Engineering, Science, and Health Systems

Degree being pursued:  BSE, MSE

Graduation date: June 2007

Nicole Ibrahim

School:  University of Pennsylvania

Major:  Bioengineering

Degree being pursued:  PhD

Expected Graduation Date: 2008

Sabrina Sun

School:  Rowan Univeristy

Major:  Mechanical Engineering

Degree being pursued:  BS

Graduation Date: December 2006

Steven Rowson

School:  Virginia Tech

Major:  Biomedical Engineering

Degree being pursued:  MS

Expected Graduation Date: Spring 2008

Yoganand Ghati

School:  Wichita State University

Major:  Mechanical Engineering

Degree being pursued:  PhD

Expected graduation date: December 2008

Zachary Winston

School: Penn State University

Major: Mathematics

Degree being pursued: BA

Expected Graduation Date: 2011

Komal Ahuja

School:  Drexel University

Major:  Bioomedical Engineering

Degree being pursued:  BS/MS

Expected graduation date: June 2010

Patrick Capella

School:  Drexel University

Major:  Bioomedical Engineering

Degree being pursued:  BS

Expected graduation date: June 2008

Thomas Castner

School:  University of Pennsylvania

Major:  Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics

Degree being pursued:  BS

Expected Graduation Date: 2010

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Contact CChIPS:

Flaura Koplin Winston, MD PhD
The Center for Injury Research and Prevention at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
34th Street and Civic Center Blvd.
3535 Market St., 10th floor, Suite 1024
Philadelphia, PA 19104
USA

phone: 215-590-5208
fax: 215-590-5425

Scientific Director and Founder
The Center for Injury Research and Prevention
URL: http://stokes.chop.edu/programs/injury/

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Division of General Pediatrics
URL: www.upenn.edu

Director
Center for Child Injury Prevention Studies

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The Center for Child Injury Prevention Studies
This Center is made possible through a grant from the NSF which unites Children’s Hospital and University of Pennsylvania researchers with R&D leaders in the automotive and insurance industries to translate research findings into tangible innovations in safety technology and public education programs.