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Dr. Despina (Dessie) Stavrinos Director In October 2020, Dr. Stavrinos was awarded her second R01 grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to conduct a 5-year longitudinal study to evaluate the impact of mild traumatic brain injury on teen driving, which will help develop guidelines on when teens can safely return to driving and under what conditions. This collaborative grant will help Stavrinos and the principal investigator at Nationwide Children’s Hos
Dr. Stavrinos’ Psychology Faculty Profile Blog Posts Stavrinos Featured on WBRC TRIP Lab Director, Dr. Despina Stavrinos, was recently featured on Birmingham’s WBRC. She discussed ways to reduce distractions while driving. See the video clip and read the article.