Contact Information:

Email: schwebel@uab.edu
Office Phone: (205) 934 3850
Fax: (205) 975 6110

Education:

BA, 1994, Yale University
MA, 1996, University of Iowa
PhD, 2000, University of Iowa

Curriculum Vitae

Research Program:

Understanding and preventing child and adolescent unintentional injury. Specific risk factors of interest include temperament, overestimation of physical ability, and parent-child relationships. I am also interested in injury prevention, with specific foci in using virtual reality to train children in pedestrian safety; improving adult supervision of children at swimming pools, playgrounds, and around dogs; and international work to reduce injuries in culturally-specific situations in South Africa, Iran, and elsewhere. Secondary broad interest areas include temperamental and cognitive development, child clinical psychology, and pediatric psychology.

Link: Pediatric Pedestrian Safety in Virtual Reality - YouTube

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Director of the UAB Youth Safety Lab, which conducts laboratory-based studies of factors that lead to child and adolescent injury. Families interested in participating in research may contact the lab at (205) 934-4068 or uabsafetylab@yahoo.com.

Representative Publications:

Schwebel, D. C. & Brezausek, C. M. (2009). Injury risk in children with asthma. Journal of Asthma, 46, 560-563.

Schwebel, D. C., Swart, D., Simpson, J., Hui, S-K. A., & Hobe, P. (2009). An intervention to reduce kerosene-related injury in low-income South African communities. Health Psychology, 28, 493-500.

Stavrinos, D., Byington, K. W., & Schwebel, D. C. (2009). The effect of cell phone distraction on pediatric pedestrian injury risk. Pediatrics, 123, e179-185.

Schwebel, D. C. & Brezausek, C. M. (2010). How do mothers and fathers influence pediatric injury risk in middle childhood? Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 35, 806-813.

Schwebel, D. C.& McClure, L. A. (2010). Using virtual reality to train children in safe street-crossing skills. Injury Prevention, 16, e1-e5.

Teaching Interests:

PY 214 Elementary Statistical Methods and Design
PY 325 Clinical Child Psychology
PY 723 Seminar in Abnormal Child Development