Pilot Projects
Pilot Research Projects are smaller, exploratory studies designed to lay the groundwork for future large-scale research. These projects receive funding for 12 to 18 months and focus on innovative approaches to injury prevention. The selection of pilot projects prioritizes health equity, community engagement, and collaboration with state health departments. By supporting these exploratory efforts, IPRCE aims to foster new ideas and methodologies that can lead to significant advancements in the field.
Identifying Barriers and Facilitators to Implementing a Community Drug-Checking App among the Department of Health and Diverse Communities of People Who Use Drugs in Fulton County, GA
This 18-month pilot project aims to assess facilitators and barriers to implementing StreetCheck, a web-based app which allows people who use drugs to anonymously share the results of their drug tests with public health departments, with our Communities of Practice (CoP).
Identifying Facilitators of Coordinated Care for BIPOC Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence: Formative Research Towards Intervention Development
This project aims to characterize facilitators of coordinated care to inform intervention development for BIPOC survivors of intimate partner violence.
Life Care Specialists (LCS) with a Focus on Multi-modal Non-Pharmacologic Strategies For Pain Control in the Aftermath of Orthopaedic Trauma
This study investigates which components of the LCS intervention contribute to it's effectiveness, and whether LCS affects long-term abuse risk and overdose-related deaths, with the ultimate goal of nationally scaling this model for all patients receiving an opioid prescription.
Building a Social Media Platform for Surveillance and Support of Intimate Partner Violence and its Victims during COVID-19 and Beyond
This study aims to use social media, natural language processing, and machine learning to establish a framework for IPV surveillance and support of IPV victims during the pandemic and onward.
Examining the Psychosocial Impact of COVID-19 on Undocumented Latinx Immigrant Families
This community-engaged pilot study examines how stress related to COVID-19 is impacting the mental health and risk for child maltreatment among Latinx immigrant families, and how unique factors such as immigration policy effects and cultural and community resources influence this impact.
Leveraging Physical and Online Digital Infrastructures to Infer College Students' Social Isolation and its Relationship to Risk of Suicide
This project aims to provide preliminary insights on detecting and monitoring multi-dimensional risk and protective factors of suicide using sophisticated machine learning techniques from data gathered on social media interaction.