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Research Interests
Dr. Pierce’s research interest focuses primarily on injuries in children with an emphasis on differentiating abusive from accidental trauma. Dr Pierce collaborates with a multi-disciplinary lab with emphasis on injury biomechanics. This lab combines the expertise of medicine and engineering and utilizes both a clinical and an experimental approach. Dr. Pierce’s research focus is the development of injury plausibility models, including clinical decision rules, for differentiating abusive and accidental trauma in the young child that combines medical, social, biologic, and engineering knowledge. Her interest is also in epigenetics, psychosocial risk factors, factors, ecologic factors, and how child maltreatment confers health problems later in life. This collaborative work results in translational research that is guided by case-based studies with clinical, social, and basic science research, experiments, and modeling directly linked to pertinent clinic issues.
Certifications and Licenses
| Pediatrics | |
| Pediatric Emergency Medicine |
Training Experience
| 1992 | Residency, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
| 1994 | Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center |
Education/Academic qualification
MD, Louisiana State University
… → 1989
Research interests
- Child Abuse and Neglect
- Emergency Medicine
- Epigenetics
- Injury Prevention
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Child Abuse
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Craniocerebral Trauma
Medicine & Life Sciences
Biomechanical Phenomena
Medicine & Life Sciences
Hospital Emergency Service
Medicine & Life Sciences
Foot
Medicine & Life Sciences
Femur
Medicine & Life Sciences
Network
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Grants 2013 2017
- 6 Finished
Biomechanical Investigation of the Effect of Bone Disorders on Pediatric Femur Fracture Potential
University of Louisville, National Institute of Justice
1/1/16 → 12/31/17
Project: Research project
Development of a Model to Describe Potential Bruising Patterns Associated with Common Childhood Falls
University of Louisville, National Institute of Justice
1/1/15 → 12/31/16
Project: Research project
Biomechanical Assessment of Femur Fracture in Pediatric Falls
University of Louisville, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
4/14/14 → 3/31/16
Project: Research project
Characteristics of Long Bone Fractures in Children with Osteopenia
7/1/13 → 6/30/14
Project: Research project
Research Output 1996 2019
If You Build It, Will They Come? Getting Medical Professionals to Use the Bridge of Evidence for Improved Recognition of Physical Child Abuse
Pierce, M. C., Jan 1 2019, In : Journal of Pediatrics. 204, p. 13-15 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial
Child Abuse
Physical Abuse
Multidisciplinary Quality Improvement Approach to Standardize Care and Communication for Suspected Child Abuse Arriving to the ED
Balsley, K., Pierce, M. C., Katsogridakis, Y. L., Rosado, N., Mathey, L., Hickey, S. & Kelleher, M., Sep 2019, In : Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine. 20, 3, 100715.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Child Abuse
Quality Improvement
Hospital Emergency Service
Communication
Guidelines
Who's Watching the Children? Caregiver Features Associated with Physical Child Abuse versus Accidental Injury
Fingarson, A. K., Pierce, M. C., Lorenz, D. J., Kaczor, K., Bennett, B., Berger, R., Currie, M., Herr, S., Hickey, S., Magana, J., Makoroff, K., Williams, M., Young, A. & Zuckerbraun, N., Sep 1 2019, In : Journal of Pediatrics. 212, p. 180-187.e1Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Child Abuse
Caregivers
Wounds and Injuries
Physical Abuse
Multicenter Studies
3
Citations
(Scopus)
Are negative/unrealistic parent descriptors of infant attributes associated with physical abuse?
Young, A., Pierce, M. C., Kaczor, K., Lorenz, D. J., Hickey, S., Berger, S. P., Schmidt, S. M., Fingarson, A., Fortin, K. & Thompson, R., Jun 2018, In : Child Abuse and Neglect. 80, p. 41-51 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Parents
Accidents
Child Abuse
Child Behavior
Sample Size
3
Citations
(Scopus)
Classifying Injuries in Young Children as Abusive or Accidental: Reliability and Accuracy of an Expert Panel Approach
Lorenz, D. J., Pierce, M. C., Kaczor, K., Berger, R. P., Bertocci, G., Herman, B. E., Herr, S., Hymel, K. P., Jenny, C., Leventhal, J. M., Sheehan, K. & Zuckerbraun, N., Jul 2018, In : Journal of Pediatrics. 198, p. 144-150.e4Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Wounds and Injuries
Pediatrics
Hospital Emergency Service
Contusions
Multicenter Studies