The Injury Research Center at the Medical College has been established as a comprehensive federally funded Injury Research Center to address the Burden of Injury in the Great Lakes Region of the Midwest (Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio). The IRC-MCW is an interdepartmental collaboration of the Departments of Emergency Medicine, Family and Community Medicine, Neurosurgery, Surgery, Pediatrics, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Orthopaedics, Opthalmology, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, and Population Health.   

The location of the IRC at MCW is significant. The medical school's trans-disciplinary faculty directs trauma programs at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin and at Froedtert Hospital. This leadership has led to outstanding clinical, educational, and research accomplishments in the acute care of injuries. The unique location of the IRC-MCW is notable and provides the Center with its strength in the acute care phase of injury control. 

The work of the IRC balances scientific research, reflecting areas of expertise of faculty and staff with important core programs to support, educational, public policy, prevention and community service goals of the Center.    

The mission of the Injury Research Center...