Tatiana Davidson
Medical University of South Carolina, SC·Psychology
Traumatic injuries, sudden and severe injuries that need immediate care, are the leading cause of death and illness among US adolescents. Many teens who survive them go on to develop posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or depression, which can slow physical recovery and harm social life and quality of life.
- Fields
Psychology
Medicine & Clinical Research
Public Health & Epidemiology
- Topics
pediatric traumatic injury
adolescents
posttraumatic stress disorder
- Grants
- 1 known grant, last ended Aug 2026
What they work on
- Test whether the Trauma Resilience and Recovery Program, a stepped-care model with text-message symptom tracking, improves quality of life and emotional recovery in 300 injured adolescents aged 12–17.
- Evaluate the program at three Level I and II pediatric trauma centers in a hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial, which tests whether care works and how it is delivered at the same time.
- Gather preliminary data on how TRRP could be implemented in other Level I trauma centers, including its in-hospital sessions, 30-day phone screening and telehealth referral.
More about the research
Surgical guidelines now strongly recommend screening injured patients for emotional problems, yet most pediatric trauma centers lack the resources to provide mental health care. This project tests a care model designed to fill that gap at a scale hospitals can sustain.
Why it matters
Injured adolescents face high rates of PTSD and depression, and the American College of Surgeons is likely to require mental health programs in pediatric trauma centers. Evidence on whether a low-cost, text-message-supported stepped-care program improves recovery could guide how hospitals build these programs. The results could help trauma centers reach more injured teens and their families with mental health care.
Known grants
From NIH and NSF research grants. Labs often have other funding we can't see.
Closest labs
Douglas F Zatzick
University of Washington, WA·Medicine & Clinical Research
Test whether a brief stepped care intervention, combining care management, medication and psychotherapy, reduces PTSD symptoms over 12 months compared with required screening and referral, in a randomized trial of 424 hospitalized injury survivors.
Michael Lindsey
New York University, NY·Psychology
Test whether WeCare, which pairs suicide risk screening with linkage to mental health services, reduces suicidal ideation and behavior in a randomized trial of 2,200 Black youth aged 12–17 from two New York City emergency departments.
Jennifer Steel
University of Pittsburgh, PA·Medicine & Clinical Research
Evaluate whether CARES, an electronic health record-based screening and stepped collaborative care intervention, improves patient-centered outcomes such as health-related quality of life, in a cluster randomized trial of more than 34 outpatient oncology clinics.
The school
Medical University of South Carolina: 19 labs on PI Pages, $321M a year on research, 271 research doctorates a year.
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