Car Safety Now is a program of the Community Health and Research (CHR) Division, Department of Pediatrics, Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old
Dominion University (ODU) in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. Through its many education, research, and collaborative programs, the Division of CHR promotes community and child health.
Dr. Kelli England
Principal Investigator
is a Clinical Psychologist and Professor of Pediatrics at ODU. Dr. England received her M.S. in Experimental/General Psychology from Old Dominion University and earned her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Virginia Tech. Dr. England’s areas of expertise are injury prevention, substance abuse prevention, health behavior theory, and risk communication. She has training and experience designing, implementing, and evaluating health-promotion programs and has received over 40 research grants from agencies such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, US Department of Transportation, and the US Navy for her injury prevention research. Dr. England is also a Nationally Certified Child Passenger Safety Technician.
Ann Lassiter Edwards
M.S.
Is currently a research assistant with the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Community Health & Research at ODU. She has a Master’s Degree in Applied Experimental Psychology from Old Dominion University. Her research background is in cultural decision making, community psychology, health psychology, law enforcement and occupant protection.
If you’d like more information on the Car Safety Now program, we’d love to hear from you
Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University
Community Health and Research
E.V. Williams Hall Pediatrics
855 W Brambleton Avenue
Norfolk, Virginia 23510
Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences
at Old Dominion University
Community Health and Research
E.V. Williams Hall Pediatrics
855 W. Brambleton Avenue
Norfolk, Virginia 23510
Phone: 1-757-446-5799
E-mail: carsafetynow@evms.edu
Materials are free for educational, nonprofit use; citation is appreciated.
The Car Safety Now program was supported by a series of grants from the Virginia DMV Highway Safety Office (Principal Investigator: Kelli England, Ph.D.). The contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the U.S. Department of Transportation, Virginia DMV, or Virginia Highway Safety Office.