Center for Injury Research and Prevention

What Center for Injury Research and Prevention does

CIRP is a non-profit academic research center embedded within Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), founded in 1997 and headquartered at 2716 South Street in Philadelphia with approximately 64 employees. Its mission is to accelerate interdisciplinary injury and violence research to keep children safe, with active programs spanning concussion and brain health, road traffic protection, young driver safety, violence prevention, traumatic stress, and transportation equity. The center's work integrates biomechanics, clinical medicine, behavioral science, public health, and engineering to translate research into clinical care improvements, policy advocacy, and public education.

CIRP's core products and platforms include the Minds Matter Concussion Program (a CHOP Frontier Program advancing pediatric concussion diagnosis and treatment), the TeenDrivingPlan suite (an interactive Practice Guide with 54 videos, TeenDriverSource website, and a YouTube channel), AfterTheInjury.org and HealthCareToolbox.org (bilingual English/Spanish traumatic stress resources for families and healthcare providers), the Free2B multimedia bullying prevention program, and the Virtual Driving Assessment platform. Research infrastructure includes CIRP Driving Simulators, the SLED Laboratory for crash biomechanics, magnetoencephalography (MEG) neuroimaging, and unique linked databases such as the NJ-SHO Data Warehouse and the PACT/R and CTPT Child Trauma Data Archives (30+ harmonized datasets across five countries). Recent product launches include the 2020 CEFIS psychometric measure (developed in 22 days), a 2024 remote patient monitoring clinical trial for concussion, and a 2025 virtual reality bullying prevention intervention.

The business model is grant-funded and non-commercial. Revenue derives from federal research grants (NIH/NICHD, NIMH, NIDA, National Institute of Justice, SAMHSA), philanthropic donations through CHOP's giving platform, and industry partnerships (notably the CChIPS consortium with car seat manufacturers and automakers). All educational resources, tools, and websites are provided free to end users, with no per-seat pricing or licensing. Customer segments are distributed across families, K-12 schools, healthcare providers, and policymakers, while operational delivery depends on CHOP's clinical network, the School District of Philadelphia, the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, and an international network of research collaborators.

Name

Center for Injury Research and Prevention

Legal name

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Website

https://injury.research.chop.edu

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

CIRP is a non-profit pediatric injury research center within Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, conducting interdisciplinary research on concussion, teen driving, violence prevention, and traumatic stress. It develops bilingual educational resources, digital tools, and clinical programs distributed free to families, schools, healthcare providers, and policymakers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Child and Youth Services (62411), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAGADAM

Youth Justice, At-Risk Youth & Violence Prevention Nonprofits

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Education & Youth Development Nonprofits

SECONDARYEDAJAKAE

Behavioral & Social-Emotional Support (ABA, PBIS, Counseling)

Education/K–12 / Primary & Secondary Education/K–12 Special Education Services

SECONDARYEDALAFAF

Health Promotion, Prevention & Wellness Education

Education/Student Services & Campus Operations/Student Health, Counseling & Wellness Services

SECONDARYEDAAALAD

Behavioral Health & Counseling (Social Work, Psychology, Substance Use CE)

Education/Adult & Continuing Education/Professional Licensure & Continuing Professional Education (CE/CPE)

Keywords

• Injury prevention research
• Pediatric concussion care
• Teen driver safety
• Violence prevention programs
• Pediatric traumatic stress

Headquarters

HQ city

Philadelphia

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Research Grants and Federal Funding: CIRP receives funding from federal agencies including NIH (NICHD, NIMH, NIDA), National Institute of Justice, and other research sponsors. Grants support specific research programs including concussion research, violence prevention, and young driver safety.
2. Donations and Philanthropic Giving: The center accepts charitable donations through CHOP's giving platform, supporting injury prevention research and education programs.
3. Industry Partnerships and Research Collaborations: Partnerships with industry (e.g., car seat manufacturers, automakers through CChIPS) for collaborative research on child injury prevention.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

CIRP is a non-profit academic research center that conducts interdisciplinary injury and violence research focused on children and adolescents, translating findings into evidence-based educational resources, clinical programs, and policy advocacy. Its core offerings include the Minds Matter Concussion Program, the TeenDrivingPlan suite of teen driver safety tools, the Center for Violence Prevention, the Center for Child Injury Prevention Studies (CChIPS), the Violence Intervention Program (VIP), and bilingual public-facing resources (AfterTheInjury.org, HealthCareToolbox.org, TeenDriverSource). All educational and consumer resources are provided free of charge, with the center's work funded through federal research grants, philanthropic donations, and industry research partnerships.

Product overview

The Center for Injury Research and Prevention (CIRP) at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia operates as a multidisciplinary research center rather than a single software product. The organization offers a portfolio of research programs, clinical tools, educational resources, and digital platforms focused on child injury prevention and recovery. Key products include the Minds Matter Concussion Program (a comprehensive concussion research and treatment program), the TeenDrivingPlan suite (including the Practice Guide, Goal Guide, Logging Tool, and TeenDriverSource website for teen driver safety), the AfterTheInjury.org and HealthCareToolbox.org websites for pediatric traumatic stress resources, and the Free2B bullying prevention multimedia program. CIRP also provides research tools including driving simulators, the SLED Laboratory for biomechanics research, and the Virtual Driving Assessment for evaluating young driver safety. Related programs include the Center for Violence Prevention, Violence Intervention Program (VIP), and Center for Child Injury Prevention Studies (CChIPS), which extend CIRP's reach into violence prevention, clinical intervention, and industry partnerships.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Minds Matter Concussion Program: A concussion research program at CHOP focused on developing treatments to improve concussion outcomes for children, adolescents, and teens. Led by Dr. Christina Master and Dr. Kristy Arbogast.
• Center for Violence Prevention (CVP)
• TeenDrivingPlan

Quantifiable outcome

• 89% of adolescent males enrolled in Violence Intervention Program self-identified a need for mental health care
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature12 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered notable, core and minor.

• Parachute CanadanotableStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2013CIRP shared its framework for National Teen Driver Safety Week (launched 2007 in the US) with Parachute, Canada's national injury prevention charity, to support the launch of Canada's inaugural National Teen Driver Safety Week in 2013. The partnership involved sharing campaign strategies, social media tactics, and advocacy frameworks.
• Lutheran Settlement House - Children's and Mom's Project (CAMP)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2013CHOP partnered with Lutheran Settlement House's CAMP program to place a full-time Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) specialist at Karabots Primary Care Center since March 2013, with an additional part-time specialist covering the Emergency Department and main hospital. The IPV specialists screen for domestic violence, create safety plans, and connect victims with counseling resources.
• Health Alliance for Violence Intervention (The HAVI)notableStrategic or Co-development PartnerCIRP researchers collaborated with member programs of The HAVI to establish feasibility of cross-site data sharing among hospital-based violence intervention programs and to establish outcomes and practices for measuring program impact.
• AAA Foundation for Traffic SafetynotableStrategic or Co-development PartnerCIRP and AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety collaborated on research supporting Personal GDL plans for older novice teen drivers, with CIRP's research informing AAA Foundation reports on teen driver safety.
• State Farm CanadaminorGTM or Marketing PartnerState Farm Canada provided support for Canada's National Teen Driver Safety Week initiatives, contributing to the campaign's national reach and promotional activities.
• University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of MedicinecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCIRP researchers serve as faculty and conduct research within the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. Dr. Myers is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, and research collaborations span the academic institution.
• Global Collaboration on Traumatic Stress (GCTS)notableStrategic or Co-development PartnerA coalition of 11 scientific societies around the world coordinating joint efforts to advance research and practice. CIRP's Nancy Kassam-Adams leads the GCTS FAIR Data Workgroup. The GCTS adopted FAIR data sharing as a key theme in 2019.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• National Safety Council: Broader incumbent — a long-established US safety nonprofit that produces teen driver and injury prevention resources at scale. Differs in covering occupational and adult safety, but overlaps directly with CIRP on teen driving research dissemination and policy advocacy.
• Safe Kids Worldwide: Broader incumbent — a global nonprofit focused on childhood injury prevention across car seats, teen driving, water safety, and more. Operates with a more public-facing advocacy and coalition model rather than primary research, but competes for the same parent/educator audience and policy influence space as CIRP.
• CDC National Center for Injury Prevention and Control: Broader incumbent — the federal agency that funds, conducts, and disseminates injury prevention research, including the HEADS UP concussion campaign that competes with CIRP's Minds Matter resources. Sets the national agenda and data standards that CIRP's work must align to.

Direct peers

• Center for Injury Research and Policy (Nationwide Children's Hospital): Direct peer — a pediatric injury research center at another major US children's hospital with overlapping focus on injury epidemiology, child passenger safety, and teen driving research. Operates with a similar model of NIH-funded research, academic publication output, and evidence-based parent/clinician resources.
• Health Alliance for Violence Intervention (The HAVI): Direct peer — a national network of hospital-based violence intervention programs of which CHOP is a member. Directly comparable on the violence prevention side of CIRP's work, sharing cross-site data infrastructure and outcome measurement frameworks.
• Harborview Injury Prevention & Research Center: Direct peer — a UW Medicine-affiliated injury research center that combines epidemiological research, clinical care, and policy translation across concussion, violence, and road safety. Similar in operating model (academic research center within a clinical system) and funding mix (federal grants plus philanthropy).
• Children's Safety Network: Direct peer — a federally funded technical assistance center that translates injury prevention research into practice for state and local agencies. Similar in serving the injury-prevention research-to-policy pipeline and in dependence on federal grant funding.
• Injury Free Coalition for Kids: Direct peer — a national coalition of pediatric trauma centers conducting injury prevention research and community programming. Comparable in mission (reducing childhood injury through hospital-based research and intervention) and audience (urban pediatric populations, violence prevention, teen safety).

Regional players

• Parachute Canada: Regional peer and existing collaborator — Canada's national injury prevention charity that adopted CIRP's National Teen Driver Safety Week framework in 2013. Operates a comparable program portfolio (concussion, teen driving, violence prevention) but in the Canadian regulatory and funding context.

Emerging players

• International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention: Emerging peer — an international scientific society that convenes child injury researchers and overlaps with CIRP's global collaborations through the GCTS coalition. Comparable in audience (researchers, clinicians, policymakers) but functions as a convening body rather than a research producer.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CIRPatCHOP
• YouTubeyoutube.com/c/InjuryResearchInAction/featured
• Facebookfacebook.com/CIRPatCHOP
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/center-for-injury-research-and-prevention-cirp-at-the-children's-hospital-of-philadelphia

Compliance1 record

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

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