About Us

Stage Two: Asphyxia, Child Neglect, Fire, Pedestrian and Poisoning

Both the National Center for Child Death Review and the Children’s Safety Network Project collaborated to develop these best practice guidelines. Funding came from separate agreements to each center: grant No. 1 U93 MC 00225-01 and grant No 05-381.0.03.01 from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (Title V, Social Security Act), Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.

Staff from the Centers that worked on the guidelines included:

National Center for Child Death Review (Michigan Public Health Institute)
http://childdeathreview.org

Theresa Covington, Project Manager
Chris Hanna, Researcher
Julia Heany, Researcher
Shannon Liang, Researcher
Jessica Ritzke, Researcher and Web Support
Christina Phillips, Editor
Peter Morris, Editor
Esther Shaw, Web Master

Children’s Safety Network (Educational Development Center)
http://csn.org

Sally Fogerty, Project Manager
Jeannette Hudson, Librarian
Jennifer Allison, Editor
Mark Posner, Editor


Stage One: Motor Vehicle Occupant, Drowning, Child Abuse, Unintentional Firearm and Suicide

The Child Death Review Capacity-Building Project was based at the Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center in Seattle, Washington. The project was supported by a grant from HRSA, through its EMS-C Targeted Issues Grant Program (1H34MC02543-01-033).

Harborview Project Personnel

Brian Johnston, Principal Investigator
Denise Gonzalez-Walker, Project Manager
Chris Beahler, Research Librarian
Christopher Mack, Research Consultant
Elizabeth "Tizzy" Bennett, Training Consultant

Advisory Committee

Mary Borges, Washington Department of Health
Diane Pilkey, Washington Department of Health
Frederick Rivara, University of Washington
Beth Siemon, Washington Department of Health
Tom Stokes, Washington Department of Health and Social Services
Angie Ward, Washington Traffic Safety Commission

Participating Washington State Child Death Review Teams

Benton-Franklin County CDR
King County CDR
Kitsap County CDR
Spokane County CDR
Tacoma-Pierce County CDR