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CChIPS Operation

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

  • The Industrial Advisory Board (IAB) 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
    • no overhead on all membership fees as a direct financial contribution
    • contract and patent management through its Technology Transfer Office

  • 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

Komal Ahuja
School:  Drexel University
Major:  Biomedical Engineering
Degree being pursued:  BS/MS
Expected graduation date: June 2010

John Callahan
School:  Rowan Univeristy
Major:  Mechanical Engineering
Degree:  BS
Graduation date: Spring 2006

Patrick Capella
School:  Drexel University
Major:  Bioomedical Engineering
Degree:  BS
Graduation date: June 2008

Thomas Castner
School:  University of Pennsylvania
Major:  Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics
Degree being pursued:  BS
Expected Graduation Date: 2010

Alana DeSimone
School:  Rowan Univeristy
Major:  Mechanical Engineering
Degree:  BS
Graduation Date: Spring 2006

Claire Edwards (Philadelphia Public School District, funded by RET, Summer 2008).
PI: Verna Cole, PhD., Project Title: Service Learning Lesson Plans Related to Driver Safety Behavior

Kristen Grdinich
School:  Rowan Univeristy
Major:  Mechanical Engineering
Degree:  BS
Graduation date: Spring 2007

Lexie Haughey
School:  University of Illinois
Major:  Biology and Chemistry
Degree:  BS
Graduation date: Dec 2005

Nicole Ibrahim
School:  University of Pennsylvania
Major:  Bioengineering
Degree being pursued:  PhD
Graduation Date: June 2008

Ewa Kalicka
School: Drexel University
Major: Psychology and Behavioral Health Counseling
Degree being pursued: BS
Expected Graduation Date: June 2009

Grady Hedstrom
School: University of Pennsylvania
Major:  Biomedical Engineering
Degree: Post-Bachelor’s Program
Expected graduation date:

 

Daouda Kone
School:  Drexel University
Major:  Biomedical Engineering
Degree:  BSE
Expected graduation date: June 2008

Caitlin Locey
School:  Drexel University
Major:  Mechanical Engineering
Degree being pursued:  BS
Expected graduation date:  June 2009

Kenny Morabito
School:  Drexel University
Major:  Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering
Degree:  BSE
Graduation date: June 2007

Mary Milone
School:  Drexel University
Major:  Mechanical Engineering
Degree being pursued:  MS
Expected graduation date: June 2009

Steven Rowson
School:  Virginia Tech
Major:  Biomedical Engineering
Degree:  MS
Graduation Date: Spring 2008

Jami Saffioti
School:  Rowan Univeristy
Major:  Mechanical Engineering
Degree being pursued:  MS
Expected Graduation Date: Spring 2009

David Schwartz
School:  Rowan Univeristy
Major:  Mechanical Engineering
Degree:  BS
Graduation Date: Spring 2007

Despina Stavrinos
School:  University of Alabama at Birmingham
Major:  Lifespan Developmental Psychology
Degree being pursued:  PhD
Expected Graduation Date: 2009

Sabrina Sun
School:  Rowan Univeristy
Major:  Mechanical Engineering
Degree:  BS
Graduation date: December 2006

Matthew Tomasello
School:  Drexel University
Major:  Biomedical Engineering, Science, and Health Systems
Degree:  BSE, MSE
Graduation date: June 2007

Zachary Winston
School: Penn State University
Major: Mathematics
Degree being pursued: BA
Expected Graduation Date: 2011

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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://www.research.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

Our Research

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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.