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Car Safety Now and its related research is being conducted by a team of researchers in the Pediatrics‘ Division of Community Health and Research (CHR) at Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS) in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. For three decades, the Division of CHR has been dedicated to serving children and their families through basic, clinical, and applied research that advances the prevention and treatment of disability and disease. Through education, training and collaboration, the CHR promotes the translation of research to innovations that improve child health.
Dr. Kelli England
Principal Investigator
is a Clinical Psychologist and Professor of Pediatrics at EVMS. 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 30 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., CPST
is currently a research assistant with the Department of Pediatrics, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Division of Community Health & Research. She has a Master’s Degree in Applied Experimental Psychology from Old Dominion University where she is pursuing her doctorate in Applied Psychological Science. Her research background is in cultural decision making, community 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
Eastern Virginia Medical School
PO Box 1980
Norfolk, Virginia 23510-1980, USA
Eastern Virginia Medical School
Community Health & Research
PO Box 1980
Norfolk, Virginia 23501-1980, USA
Phone: 1-757-446-5799
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.
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.
