# The Center for Innovation in Child Maltreatment Policy Research and Training (CICM)

> **NIH NIH P50** · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · 2022 · $217,888

## Abstract

Abstract
Child maltreatment (hereafter CM) is a widespread and complex problem, linked to a number of negative downstream
outcomes and incurring substantial costs across individual, family and societal levels. Building on an extraordinary
multidisciplinary group of researchers and experts from across the country interested in CM and child welfare (CW), the
Center for Innovation in Child Maltreatment Policy, Research, and Training (hereafter CICM) enhances this foundation
with a national network of experts to advance transdisciplinary science and innovative dissemination and training
approaches to prevent CM and promote healthy development for children who have experienced abuse and neglect.
The CICM Administrative Core (AC) provides scientific and operational oversight with two aims: (1) To advance
innovations in modelling complex and dynamic interactions of predictors of maltreatment to improve targeting of
prevention and intervention efforts; and (2) To create a bidirectional path between identification of complex etiological
models and real world application of innovative approaches to prevention and intervention. To do this CICM draws on
transdisciplinary and systems science methods and transforms the AC Steering Committee into a Learning Collaborative
(SCLC) to support projects while also synthesizing knowledge and innovating new research approaches. The SCLC is
organized into three multidisciplinary workgroups to promote ongoing communication: (1) advanced analytic methods
and technologies (AAMT), (2) identifying risk and understanding outcomes (IRO) and (3) translation, adaptation and
implementation (TAI). Three proposed multidisciplinary research projects crosscut SCLC workgroup themes, advance
understanding of culture and context, and focus on real world impact in the areas of screening, targeting and
coordination of services. The Community Engagement Core (CEC) works in concert with the AC to: (1) Engage research,
policy and practice stakeholders in translation of research into policy and practice as well as identification of real-world
policy and practice issues that require research; and, (2) Provide innovative education and training opportunities to build
a pipeline of researchers and practitioners prepared to address the complex issue of CM. The CEC translates research to
tailored education and training products for practice and policy stakeholders and builds the pipeline for the next
generation of practitioners and researchers. CEC engages practice, policy and community stakeholders in advising
research priorities. The CICM multidisciplinary leadership includes the Principal Investigator (Dr. Jonson-Reid) who has a
significant history of funded CM research and collaborates regularly with the CEC Co-Directors at Washington University
(Dr. Trish Kohl) and Saint Louis University (Dr. Weaver). CICM is guided by engaged experts from 11 disciplines with
strong institutional support providing the capacity to respond to several priority ar...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10621041
- **Project number:** 3P50HD096719-05S1
- **Recipient organization:** WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** MELISSA A JONSON-REID
- **Activity code:** P50 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $217,888
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2018-09-20 → 2024-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10621041

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10621041, The Center for Innovation in Child Maltreatment Policy Research and Training (CICM) (3P50HD096719-05S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-01 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10621041. Licensed CC0.

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