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UNC Injury Prevention Research Center

UNC IPRC is one of the "Centers of Excellence" funded by the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

IPRC operates as a “center without walls,” facilitating injury collaboration and research on our own campus as well as with researchers and practitioners throughout the US, and increasingly throughout the world. Since 1987, more than 185 discreet research projects have been funded through the Center accounting for more than $100.5 million in grant awards, plus $14.2 million from the CDC through to run Center operations and key research projects.

08/14/2025

The following post discusses su***de, mental health, and mental health resources. If you or someone you know needs support, please call, text, or chat with the 988 Su***de and Crisis Lifeline.

📌 Project Spotlight: Comprehensive Su***de Prevention (CSP)

UNC IPRC collaborates with the NC DHHS Injury & Violence Prevention Branch to build statewide capacity for su***de prevention. Through training academies, peer learning opportunities, and coordinated communication efforts, we support professionals working toward a su***de-safer North Carolina.

🔗 Learn more at iprc.unc.edu

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08/12/2025

This is UNC IPRC in action.

From preventing gender-based violence to reducing opioid overdose and traumatic brain injuries, our work addresses the most pressing injury and violence prevention challenges, locally and nationally.

Explore our projects and learn how we're building safer communities: iprc.unc.edu

08/08/2025

At UNC IPRC, we are dedicated to reducing the impact of injury and violence in North Carolina and worldwide.

We develop, test, and implement evidence-based prevention programs and policies that make communities safer.

🔗 Learn more at iprc.unc.edu

08/07/2025

🌟 Staff Spotlight: Cecilia Gonzales, MPH

Meet Cecilia Gonzales, Project Director for the Community Opioid Resources Engine for North Carolina (CORE-NC). Since joining UNC IPRC in 2022, Cecilia has led efforts to collect, analyze, and share data on how opioid settlement funds are used across the state. Her work helps communities build transparency and make informed, life-saving decisions.

08/05/2025

How are North Carolina communities using $1.4 billion in opioid settlement funds?

CORE-NC (Community Opioid Resources Engine for North Carolina) is tracking the impact of these funds in real time, helping local governments invest in life-saving programs, treatment, prevention, and recovery.

08/01/2025

🌟 Staff Spotlight: Elyse Keefe, MPH, MSW

As Road Safety Project Coordinator at UNC IPRC, Elyse Keefe brings a multidisciplinary approach to injury prevention. Since 2020, she has led Vision Zero efforts through the NC Governor’s Highway Safety Program, working to eliminate roadway deaths across the state. Her background in public health and social work also informs her past work in sexual health promotion and substance use prevention through media literacy education.

07/31/2025

Each year, hundreds of North Carolinians lose their lives in roadway crashes. At UNC IPRC, we’re proud to partner with NC Vision Zero to help change that.

Vision Zero is a traffic safety approach focused on eliminating traffic deaths and serious injuries, while improving access to safe, sustainable, and equitable mobility for everyone.

📊 Learn how we're building safer communities together: https://iprc.unc.edu/outreach-capacity/

🔗 Follow UNC IPRC to stay connected with injury and violence prevention work across North Carolina.

07/30/2025

We are proud to highlight Nabarun Dasgupta, PhD, MPH, Senior Scientist at the UNC Injury Prevention Research Center, who was featured in an NPR segment for his critical work in addressing overdose and addiction.

Discover his impactful work and personal journey here: https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/07/29/nx-s1-5483007/nabarun-dasgupta-overdose-addiction-research

07/29/2025

Speeding increases stopping distances and reduces reaction time, putting everyone at risk on the road. NC Vision Zero and partners are committed to ending roadway deaths and serious injuries because even one loss is too many.

Discover how evidence-based strategies and community collaboration supported by UNC IPRC and the NC Governor’s Highway Safety Program are making North Carolina’s streets safer. Slowing down really saves lives.

💡 Learn more and join the movement to create safer roads for all.

07/14/2025

🌟 Staff Spotlight: Paula Gildner, MPH

As Managing Director of Operations and Research Administration, Paula Gildner plays a key leadership role at UNC IPRC. Since 2010, she has helped drive research on traumatic brain injury, concussions, and violence prevention, while supporting partnerships across UNC and the wider public health community.

07/02/2025

Congratulations to Adams Sibley, a recent doctoral graduate in health behavior from the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health and affiliated researcher with the UNC Injury Prevention Research Center (IPRC), on being named a 2025 recipient of the Graduate School’s Dean’s Distinguished Dissertation Award in the social sciences.

➡️ Read the full announcement from Gillings School of Global Public Health:

https://sph.unc.edu/sph-news/sibley-receives-2025-graduate-school-deans-distinguished-dissertation-award-for-social-sciences/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=2025-06-24&utm_campaign=Medicaid+work+requirement+could+strip+coverage+from+thousands+in+NC

We are proud to celebrate Dr. Sibley's outstanding contributions to injury prevention research.

06/25/2025

🌟 Staff Spotlight: Leah Taraskiewicz

As a leader on IPRC’s Outreach, Training, and Education team, Leah Taraskiewicz drives innovative injury and violence prevention programs across North Carolina. With a career devoted to gender-based violence prevention and survivor support, Leah builds partnerships and empowers professionals statewide.

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Good science saves lives, and it saves even more lives when combined with effective outreach, quality training, and skilled professionals devoted to the translation of research into practice. For more than 30 years, the IPRC has been combining innovative science in injury and violence prevention with collaborative evidence-based action in the form of programs, practices, and policies.