Road Traffic Injury

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From individual behaviors (e.g., distracted driving) to vulnerable populations (e.g., young drivers) and structural determinants (e.g., street design), there are many factors that influence road traffic injury, and we are working on the lot.

Projects

Publications & News

Toolkits

The Road Safety Toolkit – free information on the causes and prevention of road crashes that result in death and injury, from the International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP)

Traffic Conflict Technique Toolkit: Making the Journey To and From School Safer for Students

Briefs

Vision Zero – a review of the principles and philosophies

Our Experts

 Catherine McDonald, PhD, RN

Catherine McDonald, PhD, RN

Center Co-Director & Training Core Director

Associate Professor of Nursing

Department of Family and Community Health, School of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania

John Holmes, PhD, FACE, FACMI

John Holmes, PhD, FACE, FACMI

Professor of Medical Informatics in Epidemiology

Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Kevin Rix, PhD, MPH

Kevin Rix, PhD, MPH

Assistant Professor, UTHealth Houston School of Public Health

(Previously PISC Postdoctoral Research Fellow)

Dan Romer, PhD

Dan Romer, PhD

Research Director, Annenberg Public Policy Center

Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania

Mary Regina Boland, MA, MPhil, PhD

Mary Regina Boland, MA, MPhil, PhD

Assistant Professor of Informatics in Biostatistics and Epidemiology

Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology & Informatics, University of Pennsylvania

Rachel Myers, PhD, MS

Rachel Myers, PhD, MS

Research Scientist, Center for Injury Research and Prevention, Children's Hopsital of Philadelphia

Research Assistant Professor, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Elizabeth Nesoff, PhD, MPH

Elizabeth Nesoff, PhD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Epidemiology

Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Mucio "Kit" Delgado, MD, MS

Mucio "Kit" Delgado, MD, MS

Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine

Department of Emergency Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Kristy Arbogast, PhD

Kristy Arbogast, PhD

Co-Scientific Director and Director of Engineering

Center for Injury Research and Prevention
Professor and R. Anderson Pew Distinguished Chair of Pediatrics
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

Elinore Kaufman, MD, MSHP

Elinore Kaufman, MD, MSHP

Assistant Professor

Department of Surgery, Division of Traumatology, Surgical Critical Care, and Emergency Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine

Medical Director, Penn Trauma Violence Recovery Program

Allison Curry, PhD, MPH

Allison Curry, PhD, MPH

Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Senior Scientist and Director of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Center for Injury Research and Prevention at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia