Education and Training

Educational Courses:

The availability of comprehensive and multi-disciplinary coursework is the cornerstone of training the next generation of injury and violence prevention practitioners and researchers. The CIC and its participating faculty will continue to develop, offer, and advocate for injury and violence-related undergraduate and graduate coursework at Emory University and collaborating institutions. Through the Atlanta Regional Council for Higher Education cooperative program, students have access to more than 100 courses in injury and violence prevention throughout our area colleges and universities. Click here for a list of courses.

Our CIC leadership currently offers three classes on an annual basis:

Emory University: Violence as a Public Health Problem (BSHE 565)

The goals of this course are: to familiarize students with the public health approach to violence, including surveillance, risk group identification, risk factor analysis, and program implementation/evaluation. The course will focus on interpersonal violence (assault and homicide, firearm-related violence, youth violence, sexual assault and intimate partner violence), as well as self-directed violence (suicide and suicide attempts).

Emory University: Injury Control and Prevention (EOH 580/BSHE 591)

Upon completion of the course, students will be able to: describe the impact of injuries on health and on society in terms of mortality, morbidity, disability, and cost; discuss what is meant by the terms injury prevention and injury control; and describe the epidemiology of unintentional and intentional injuries including etiology, risk groups for major causes, and identify public health strategies for their prevention and control.

Georgia State University: Epidemiology and Prevention of Violence (PH 7265)

This course examines the public health approach to the prevention of interpersonal and self-directed violence. With these basic precepts as the underpinnings of the course, the areas of violence prevention to be covered are: child maltreatment, youth violence, intimate partner and sexual violence, elder abuse, and suicidal behavior.

Fellowships:

The CIC offers an Injury Control Fellowship for emergency medicine physicians interested in pursuing research careers in injury or violence prevention. The CIC will select and train an injury fellow each year. The fellowship lasts for 1-2 years, depending on the background and interests of the fellow and includes training in public health research and practice. Fellows are supervised by the CIC Director. Responsibilities include taking relevant classes in the School of Public Health, conducting an independent research project on a specific injury or violence topic, presenting their research at one of the CIC seminars.

We also offer an International Health Fellowship through the Department of Emergency Medicine at Emory University to train emergency medicine physicians in the areas of acute care and injury control in low and middle income nations. Under the mentorship of the Associate Director for International Programs, Dr. Scott Sasser, fellows will complete a two-year program that includes the following core components: international rotations, research and scholarly activity, and didactics through RSPH.

Through our partnerships, there are additional multi-disciplinary training opportunities for faculty and post-doctorates including a Masters of Science in Clinical Research and a KL2-Mentored Clinical and Translational Research Scholars Program. Click here for more information.

Summer Scholarship Program

Each year, two undergraduate and/or graduate students will be selected and supported to complete research or programmatic projects in intentional or unintentional injury. Students from any area university will be eligible to apply for the scholarship. Scholarship recipients will receive the following:

Scholarship funds can be used to support any aspect of the students' project development and implementation. Please contact Ms. Shakiyla Smith for application information. The annual deadline is April 15th.