About the Centre

Mission

We aim to improve prediction, protection, treatment, and rehabilitation of traumatic injuries of all types.

Overview

 The Centre for Injury Studies encourages teams of engineers, scientists and clinicians to work together to develop new ways of protecting against, diagnosing, treating, and rehabilitating after traumatic injuries. This Imperial Centre of Excellence brings together different disciplines focused on understanding traumatic injuries. We study injuries sustained in conflict zones, sporting activities and everyday life, and are working to protect people of all ages from injuries of all types. We are focused on understanding musculoskeletal injuries affecting the extremities and injuries to the brain and other parts of the head. We are particularly interested in understanding how the environment influences patterns of injury and how protective equipment can be used to protect against injury. A range of data is now available to describe the forces producing traumatic injury and we are developing data science that allows us to use this data in new ways. The work of the Centre is interdisciplinary and international in scope; we work with collaborators in different fields across the world, focusing on specific research  needs in difference countries and settings.

Research Themes and Focus Areas

The Centre has three main research themes and seven focus areas that span the themes. The three research themes are: Trauma across life span; Trauma across mechanism; and Trauma across the world. Each theme is closely linked with others, and expertise is shared across the themes under the one vision of the Centre. The themes are interdisciplinary, with clinicians and engineers working together to achieve the Centre's mission. 

The seven focus areas are listed below, in alphabetical order. More information about each can be found on the Focus Areas page. 

  • Ageing
  • Conflict and Blast
  • Paediatrics
  • Resource Constrained and Humanitarian Settings
  • Sport
  • Transport and Travel
  • Veterans.

Find out more on our Research page. 

Clinical Priorities