Annual Columbia Center for Injury Science and Prevention Symposium
Translating Injury Research into Prevention
Thursday, May 24, 2018
Welcome Address - Dr. Charles Branas
Symposium Moderator - Dr. Joyce Pressley
Keynote Presentation
10:10am
“Sports, concussions, CTE, and risk of sport participation: Where are we now and where are we heading?” - Andrew Lincoln, ScD, MS
Lightning Round
11:00am
Update on NYC violence prevention initiatives - Catherine Stayton
Using Naloxone administration data from first responder agencies to identify opioid overdose patterns - Courtney Jones
Communicating injury science - Tracy Mehan
Child, adolescent and teen restraint and injury in NYC taxis vs. private vehicles - Michael Bauer
Digital health communications - John LaDuca
Lunch with Roundtable and Networking
12:00pm
Communicating injury science - John LaDuca/Tracy Mehan
Current and emerging issues in motor vehicle injury - Michael Bauer
Update on NYC violence prevention initiatives - Catherine Stayton
Current advances in drug overdose/addressing the opioid epidemic - Guohua Li/Courtney Jones
Fall prevention in older adults - Thelma Mielenz
Jess Krauss Award Winner Lecture
1:30pm
Interaction of marijuana and alcohol on fatal motor vehicle crash risk: A case control study - Stanford Chihuri, MPH
Jess Krauss Award Presentation - Guohua Li, MD, DrPH
2:15pm
Issues in injury
2:30pm
Updates on the opioid crisis in NYS and NYC - Michael Bauer/Hillary Kunins
Suicide uptick following Robin Williams’ suicide - David Fink
Use of prescription opioids and motor vehicle crashes - Guohua Li
The roles of balance, balance confidence, and other factors in falls among people with limb loss: perception versus reality - Christopher Kevin Wong
Closing Remarks
3:45pm