2023

The Eleventh Annual Columbia Center for Injury Science and Prevention (CCISP) Symposium, “Accelerating Equity through the Science of Safety”, opened with a session on emerging issues in firearm violence and featured a keynote panel focused on Native American injury prevention initiatives. The panel included perspectives and approaches of several major organizations working to address disparities in this population including the Indian Health Service, the Tribal Epidemiology Center, the Indian Health Board, the Tribal Injury Prevention Resource Center and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Chair of the NY State Commission to Prevent Childhood Drowning reported on the novel approach NYS is taking to reduce drowning and a member of the commission reported on a successful effort to address drowning disparities in Black and Brown communities. An ongoing multi-agency equity effort, the Collaborative Equity Intern Project, was presented as a joint initiative between CCISP, Safe States and the Northeast Caribbean Injury Prevention Network. Partner updates and roundtables closed out the symposium. View Symposium Agenda.

2022

The broad topic for this symposium was Rising Trends in Motor Vehicle Mortality. Noted safety expert and former NTSB Vice Chair, Dr. T. Bella Dinh-Zarr presented the morning keynote and Kim Wiley-Schwartz shared information on NYCs vision, successes, and challenges in improving road safety for the afternoon keynote.  In addition to our lightning rounds and two keynote speakers, a session on new and upcoming funding opportunities aimed at impacting community level road safety was held. This session provided information on the road safety provisions contained in the 1 trillion-dollar infrastructure bill, signed into law late last year, is providing road safety grant funding to communities. 

2021

This year’s virtual symposium focused on applying an equity lens to injury and violence prevention and covered racial disparities in motor vehicle stops, positive and adverse child experiences to promote resiliency. The Keynote, delivered by Ekow Yankah, focused on the racial history of law enforcement in America. Partners presented updates and roundtables were held on ACES, firearms, motor vehicle safety, substance use, Injury Prevention Day and successful pivots during COVID that provided continuity to delivery of older adult falls prevention.

2020

This year’s symposium transitioned quickly from an in person to a virtual conference. Lightning rounds and a panel discussion focused on ACES issues and contributing factors. Louis Klarevas gave a keynote related to his recent book on firearms. He spoke of mass shootings what we know and why it matters. Partners presented updates and roundtables were held on adverse and positive childhood experiences, adolescent depression/suicide, advances and challenges in motor vehicle safety, drug overdose and older adult falls. CES, firearms, motor vehicle safety, substance use and older adult falls.

2019

This year’s in person symposium opened with a keynote on improving cycling safety in NY. Two lightning round sessions were held –one on ACES and one on road safety. Networking lunch round tables included tables focusing on ACES, older adult falls, advances in MV safety, suicide and drug overdose. Svetla Slavova presented her Jess Krauss award winning paper on “Understanding the ICD-10-CM transition in interpreting trends.”  

2018

Dr. Andy Lincoln gave a keynote on sports, concussions, CTE, and the risk of sports participation. Lightning rounds included a variety of current issues of importance to the region: NYC violence prevention initiatives, using Naloxone data to identify overdose patterns, injury in rear-seated taxi occupants, and health communication. Lunch roundtables include topics on communication, motor vehicle injury, violence prevention, drug overdose, and fall prevention in older adults. Mr. Stanford Chihuri won the Jess Krauss award for his work on alcohol and marijuana in fatal MV crashes.

2017

This year’s annual injury science and prevention symposium included a keynote presentation from Dr. Charles Branas on place matters for injury prevention and trauma care and a presentation on bullying and youth suicide from Dr. Madelyn Gould. Lunch roundtables included child injury prevention, fall prevention in older adults, trauma center open topics, and violence prevention updates. Other talk topics included Vision Zero and addressing the opioid epidemic. Dr. Cassandra Crifasi presented her paper which won the 2017 Jess Krauss award on assaults on law enforcement officers in the line of duty.  

2016

Dr. David Hemenway presented the morning keynote on reducing suicide: The Means Matters Campaign for which he received the Jess Krauss award. Lunch networking tables included NVDRS, prescription drugs/opioids/heroin, and trauma center updates. Dr. Ted Miller presented the afternoon keynote on using economic evidence for prized prevention investments. Two lightning round sessions included a variety of topics including child endangerment, falls, substance abuse, violence and TBI.  

2015

This year’s conference showcased 3 best practices showing impact in NY: Vision Zero, (Kim Wiley-Schwartz), prescription drug initiatives (Dr. Hillary Kunins) and the NYC window falls program (Dr. Joyce Pressley). Roundtable lunch topics included older adult falls, child injury, violence, ACS trauma center verification, and publishing/disseminating injury science with afternoon talks on goods for guns, teen driving, safe sleep and GIS.  

2014

The symposium opened with a keynote from NYC DOHMH Commissioner, Dr. Mary Bassett. Morning talks were given on prescription drug overdose (Dr.  Brady), MV injury in backseat passengers (Dr. Joyce Pressley), alcohol interventions (Dr. Kerry Keyes) and pedestrian safety (Dr. Charles DiMaggio). Roundtable topics included violence, NYS DOH initiatives, child injury, overdose, older adults, ACS trauma Center verification, road safety initiatives. An afternoon session focused on road safety and publishing injury science.  

2013

Drs. Sandro Galea and Margaret Wood welcomed attendees to the Columbia Injury Center’s first annual innovations in translating injury research into effective prevention symposium. The day was packed with talks and networking on topics relevant to the region. Topics covered included violence prevention for children and communities, best practices in falls prevention, drug overdose and pedestrian safety. As New York State prepared to move to ACS trauma center verification, special attention was devoted to the ACS gold standard criteria for injury prevention and research.