Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas
Hospital

Dell Children’s Medical Center is home to the Dell Children’s Trauma and Injury Research Center. The center focuses on the epidemiologic, clinical and behavioral study of childhood violence and injury, violence and injury prevention, and trauma clinical care with the ultimate goal of informing and guiding improved clinical practices and prevention efforts. Comprised of epidemiologists, methodologists and data experts, Dell Children’s Trauma and Injury Research Center conducts high quality investigator-initiated research and collaborates with clinicians and university-affiliated researchers.

Areas of interest for Dell Children’s Trauma and Injury Research Center include child abuse prevention, detection and treatment, traumatic brain injury, determinants of accidental and non-accidental injury, adverse childhood experiences, youth suicide, trauma-informed care, evaluation of interventions for injury prevention, as well as developmental and psychological outcomes of pediatric trauma. The group has more than 25 Institutional Review Board-approved study protocols and has published numerous peer-reviewed publications during its Level I tenure.