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Networking Initiatives
Teleconference Series
Contact: Shannon Piedt spiedt@cw.bc.ca
The BC Injury Research & Prevention Unit has implemented a province-wide teleconference to provide a forum for networking and discussions on relevant injury prevention activities, initiatives and research. The teleconference takes place every second month. See the Calendar for the next upcoming Teleconference.
BCIRPU Committee Membership
- Adult Injury Management Network
- Advisory Committee to the Cochrane Child Health Fund
- Advisory Committee to the Falls Free: Home Safety Workgroup
- BC Aboriginal Injury Prevention Steering Committee
- BC Child & Youth Health Research Network (CYHRNet) BC Steering Committee
- BC Falls & Injury Prevention Coalition
- BC Injury Prevention Leadership Action Network
- BCMA Sport and Athletic Committee
- BC Shaken Baby Syndrome Steering Committee
- BC Sport & Recreation Injury Free Advisory Committee
- BC Trauma Advising Committee
- Brain Injury Association of Canada
- Canadian Association of Road Safety Professionals
- Canadian Collaborative Centres for Injury Prevention & Control
- Canadian Injury Prevention and Control Curriculum - Revisions Committee
- Canadian Injury Research Network
- Canadian Standards Association Helmet Standards Committee
- Child Restraint Seat Safety Research Committee (BC Children's Hospital)
- Fraser Valley Brain Injury Association
- Injury Prevention and Control Group, Chronic Disease Injury Prevention and Control Expert Group (CDIPC EG)
- International Society for Child & Adolescent Injury Prevention
- Michael Smith Foundation Health Research theme area: Vulnerability & Health of Individuals, Populations & Systems
- MRC/CIHR Population Health Committee/Randomized Trials Committee
- National Council on Aging
- National Injury Research Collaborative Network
- Prevent Violence Canada, National Violence Prevention Strategy Data and Primary Prevention Work Group
- Product Related Risk Data Network [PRODNET]
- Provincial Health Agency of Canada Pan Canadian Injury Prevention and Control Task Group
- Provincial Health Services, Public and Population Health Community of Practice
- Research Grants Council, Hong Kong
- Safe BC
- Safe Communities Coordination in BC
- Safe Communities Advisory Group
- Safe Kids Canada National Expert Advisory Committee
- Scald Prevention Advisory Committee
- ThinkFirst BC Chapter Board of Directors
- ThinkFirst Coordination in BC
- University of Victoria, Centre on Aging, Qualified Health Researchers
- Vancouver Foundation, Health & Social Development Advisory Committee
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Funding, Awards, Grants
Babul, S. Head Injuries and Concussion. ThinkFirst BC. (2007).
Babul, S. Sport & Recreation Injury Prevention Toolkit. Ministry of Sport, Tourism & the Arts: Sport Branch. (2007).
Brussoni, M. Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar Award. (2008).
Brussoni, M. Start-up Grant. University of British Columbia, Faculty of Medicine. (Mar. 2008 - Feb. 2009).
Brussoni, M., MacPherson, A., Pike, I. Canadian Injury Policy Indicators Team Grant. Canadian Institute of Health Research. (Jan. 2008 - Jan. 2011).
Brussoni, M. Establishment Award. BC Child & Family Research Institute. (2007-2010).
Brussoni, M., & Joshi, P. Emergency Department Nurse Experience with Attempted Suicides at the BC Children's Hospital. Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research: BC Mental Health and Addiction Research Network. (2007-2008).
Brussoni, M. Mental Health & Severe Injuries in BC: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research. (2007-2008).
MacPherson, A., Warda, L., Pike, I., Brussoni, M., Yanchar, N., & Hameed, M. Research support for the development of health/injury indicators. BC Child & Youth Health Research Network. (2007).
George, A., Lalonde, C., Brussoni, M., Chandler, M., Jin, A., Sommerfield, M., McCormick, R., & Ishiyama, I. Determining the Community Factors Related to Injury in BC's Aboriginal Communities. Canadian Institute of Health Research. (2006-2009).
Pike, I., & MacPherson, A. Child and Youth Injury Indicators Forum. CYHRNet. (2008).
Pike, I., & MacPherson, A. First Nations and Inuit Children and Youth Injury Indicators Project. Health Canada, First Nations and Inuit Health Branch. (2007).
Pike, I. Child and Youth Injury Indicators Forum. CYHRNet. (2007).
Pike, I. CFRI Investigatorship Award. BC Child and Family Research Institute. (2005-2008).
Pike, I. Economic Burden of Injuries. SafeBC. (2007).
Pike, I. The Community Against Preventable Injuries - Strategic Alliance. (2008-2010).
Scott, V. Knowledge Translation Award. Canadian Institute of Health Research. (2008).
Scott, V. Canadian Falls Prevention Curriculum. Population Health Fund, Public Health Agency of Canada. (2005-2008).
Michael Smith Infrastructure Support:
The effects of biological based behavioural and cognitive disorders on injuries among individuals
Canadian Institutes for Health Research:
Injury in British Columbia's Aboriginal Communities: Building Capacity while Developing Knowledge
Towards Enhanced Quality of Life through Injury Prevention, Acute Response and Rehabilitation: Societal Determinants of Trauma Risk and Outcome
Cross Cultural Evaluation Study on Appropriate Child Safety Seat Use After Legislative Use in Japan and Canada
Towards Enhanced Quality of Life through Injury Prevention, Acute Response and Rehabilitation: Initiative to Establish Canadian Injury Indicators: Children and Youth
Injury Outcomes Research Centre
Public Health Agency of Canada:
Unintentional Injury Prevention Legislation in Canada
Canadian Falls Prevention Curriculum
Falls Prevention Among Residents of Assisted Living Facilities
Vancouver Foundation:
Strategies and Actions for Independent Living (SAIL): The effectiveness of a multifaceted prevention program for the reduction of falls and injury among home support clients
Interior Health:
Interior Health Environmental Scan of Injury Prevention - Population Support and Planning Unit
Florida Patient Safety Center of the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs:
Patient Falls Prevention Research Award
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