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Ready-Assess™ predicts crash risk:

• Walshe, EA, Elliott, MR, Cheng, S, Romer, D, Curry, AE, Grethlein, D, Gonzalez, AK, Winston, FK. (2023). Virtual driving assessment skills at the time of licensure predict crash risk in newly licensed young drivers. Pediatrics, e2022060817. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2022-060817

Ready-Assess™ predicts road test results:

• Walshe EA, Elliott, MR, Cheng, S, Curry, AE, Seacrist, T, Oppenheimer, N, Wyner, AJ, Grethlein, D, Gonzalez, AK, Winston, FK. (2022). Novel use of a virtual driving assessment to classify driver skill at the time of licensure. Transportation Research Part F: Psychology and Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2022.04.009.

• Kandadai, V, Sosnowski, M. (2022). Final Report for the Driver Testing and Assessment Pilot (DTAP) program: Testing an established virtual driving test platform in Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation’s road testing workflow. Diagnostic Driving, Inc., Philadelphia, PA, USA.

• Walshe EA, Romer, D, Kandadai, V, Winston, FK. (2020). A Novel Health-Transportation Partnership Paves The Road For Young Driver Safety Through Virtual Assessment. Health Affairs. 39(10). https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2020.00802.

• Grethlein, D, Winston, FK, Walshe, EA, Tanner, S, Kandadai, V, Ontanon, S. (2020). Simulator Pre-Screening of Underprepared Drivers Prior to Licensing On-Road Examination: Clustering of Virtual Driving Test Time Series Data. J Med Internet Res. 22(6):e13995.  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32554384/.

• Winston FK, Kandadai V, Hill SD. (2019). Ohio Portable Driver Simulation System Pilot: Implementation of a Virtual Driving Test Within Ohio’s Driver Licensing Workflow (Research Brief). Philadelphia, PA. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute.

Ready-Assess™ performance linked with neurocognitive impairment and fitness-to-drive evaluations for mature drivers:

• Kandadai, V., Sosnowski, M, Corbett, R, Pires, L, Cybulski, E. (2023). Implementing a validated virtual driving assessment in an outpatient comprehensive driving evaluation workflow: Findings and implications from a feasibility study. Published July 2023 by Diagnostic Driving, Inc., Philadelphia, PA, USA.

• Grethlein, D, Pirrone, V, Devlin, KN, Dampier, W, Szep, S, Winston, FK, Ontanon, S, Walshe, EA, Malone, K, Tillman, S, Ances, BM, Kandadai, V, Kolson, DL, Wigdahl, B. (2022). Examining virtual driving test performance and its relationship to individuals with HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders.  Front. Neuroscience., 24 August 2022. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2022.912766.