Our People

HIPRC Director

HIPRC Traumatic Brain Injury Section Lead

Professor of Pediatrics and Anesthesiology

Adjunct Professor, Heatlh Services, School of Public Health

vavilala@uw.edu

Research Interests: Traumatic brain injury: epidemiology, acute care, outcomes, mechanisms and prevention and biological markers of cerebral edema in pediatric diabetic detoacidosis.

Director, Firearm Injury & Policy Research Program

HIPRC Education Core Co-Director

Professor of Pediatrics

Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology

fpr@uw.edu

Research Interests: The efficacy and promotion of bicycle helmets, prevention of pedestrian injuries, youth violence, the epidemiology of firearm injuries, intimate partner violence, interventions for alcohol abuse in trauma patients and the effectiveness of trauma systems in the care of pediatric and adult trauma patients.

Co-director, Firearm Injury & Policy Research Program

HIPRC Research Core Director

HIPRC Violence Prevention Section Lead

Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology

Bartley Dobb Professor for the Study and Prevention of Violence

University of Washington School of Public Health and
Adjunct Associate Professor of Pediatrics

rowhani@uw.edu

Research Interests: The epidemiology of inter-personal and self-directed violence. His research on inter-personal violence is focused on the nexus of trauma and crime to inform interventions that promote healing and prevent recidivism. He studies violent victimization and perpetration with an integrated public health and public safety approach.

Assistant Professor of Surgery

barclays@uw.edu

Research Interests: Trauma, burns, and acute care surgery, with a focus on low- and middle-income countries.

HIPRC Outreach Core Co-Director

HIPRC Safe and Active Transport Section Lead

Professor of Pediatrics

Professor of Epidemiology and Health Services

hiprc@uw.edu

Research Interests: Injury prevention, community interventions and health behaviors with emphasis on health equity, safe and active transportation and concussion, reducing opioid use in trauma.

HIPRC Global Injury Section Lead

Professor of Surgery, Epidemiology, and Global Health

cmock@uw.edu

Research Interests: Injury prevention and trauma care, especially in low- and middle-income countries.

Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery

James and Gaye Pigott Sports Health and Safety Endowed Chair

cmacd@uw.edu

Research Interests: Advanced MR methods for the evaluation of traumatic brain injury both in the civilian and military population.

Professor of Psychiatry

dzatzick@uw.edu

Research Interests: Post-traumatic symptom reduction (i.e. post-traumatic stress disorder and depression) and the modification of high risk behaviors that risk recurrent injury, such as alcohol and drug abuse/dependence.

Chief of Trauma, Harborview Medical Center

Professor of Surgery

ebulger@uw.edu

Research Interests: Advancements in pre-hospital care, the early resuscitation of injured patients, and the management of necrotizing soft tissue infections.

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

ekillien@uw.edu

Research Interests: Acute respiratory distress syndrome and organ dysfunction after pediatric trauma, and long-term outcomes after pediatric critical illness and injury

Professor of Surgery

gokeefe@uw.edu

Research Interests: Cancer care (pancreas), Colorectal Care, Critical care medicine, Surgery, Traumatology

HIPRC Education Core Co-Director

Joanne Montgomery Endowed Professor of Nursing

Adjunct Professor, Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education

hilairet@uw.edu

Research Interests: Preventing and improving outcomes from traumatic brain injury, with a particular emphasis on addressing aging-related injury disparities.

Assistant Professor of Surgery

katmo@uw.edu

Research Interests: Geriatric trauma care, surgical palliative care.

Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine

laurenkw@uw.edu

Research Interests: Patient-centered research at the intersection of injury, substance use and mental health.

Jack R. MacDonald Endowed Chair & Professor in Law

mdfan@uw.edu

Research Interests: Policing, prosecution, firearms and immigration enforcement, and injury and violence prevention

HIPRC Outreach Core Co-Director

HIPRC Research Core Associate Director

Sidney Miller Endowed Associate Professor in Direct Practice, School of Social Work, UW

mm99@uw.edu

Research Interests: Health equity and improving social work practice, and health and mental health outcomes for patients after traumatic injury. She is working to 1) address disparities in care and service access, and 2) develop interventions to improve psychosocial care, communication, and care transitions in healthcare settings.

Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

hiprc@uw.edu

Research Interests: Measurement of pain and nociceptive processes to improve understanding of human pain, predict outcomes and guide clinical trials.

Assistant Professor, UW Department of Surgery

rmaine@uw.edu

Research Interests: Trauma and critical care with a focus on global surgery.

Surgeon-in-Chief of Harborview Medical Center
Jane and Donald D. Trunkey Professor and Vice Chair, UW Department of Surgery
ronmaier@uw.edu

Research Interests: Clinical approaches to improve survival after severe injuries and life-threatening surgical illness.

HIPRC Injury Care Section Lead

Professor of Surgery

sarbabi@uw.edu

Research Interests: Inflammatory signaling in burn injuries, geriatric trauma, post discharge rehabilitation of surgical patients.

HIPRC Research Core Associate Director

Assistant Professor of Epidemiology

sjm2186@uw.edu

Research Interests: Built environment influences on pedestrian injury and physical activity, epidemiological methodology

UW Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine
bunnell@uw.edu

Research Interests: Acute inpatient rehabilitation of stroke, spinal cord injury and traumatic brain injury

UW Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
abhijit2@uw.edu

Research Interests: Neurocritical care outcomes, stroke, neuromonitoring, hemodynamic monitoring.

UW Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
hiprc@uw.edu

Research Interests: Dr. Adedipe’s clinical and research interests include emergency point of care ultrasound and cardiac arrest.

UW Research Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
nairbg@uw.edu

Research Interests: Bioengineering and IT research in critical care, anesthesia information and decision support systems, closed-loop glucose control, biological modeling and signal processing.

UW Professor of Biobehavioral Nursing & Health Informatics
basiab@uw.edu

Research Interests: Lifespan Health

UW Professor of Epidemiology
bmueller@fredhutch.org

Research Interests:Reproductive and perinatal epidemiology, cancer in women and children with a focus on gestational/ in utero factors, cancer survivorship, and epidemiological research with health registry data

Professor of Pediatrics; Adjunct Professor of Health Services
bdj@uw.edu

Research Interests: Child pedestrian injury; pediatric window fall prevention; medical-legal partnerships to improve community safety; writing for publication.

UW Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Adjunct Professor of Health Services
bsaelens@uw.edu

Research Interests: Pediatric obesity treatment and prevention.

UW Assistant Professor of Radiology
hiprc@uw.edu

Research Interests: Radiology

Professor, Global Health, Professor, Health Services
bjweiner@uw.edu

Research Interests: Adoption, implementation, and sustainability of innovations and evidence-based practices in health care delivery and other organizational settings.

UW Associate Professor of Surgery
brobinso@uw.edu

Research Interests: Defining strategies to prevent lung injury after severe injury or critical surgical illness.

UW Affiliate Assistant Professor of Health Services
calebbg@uw.edu

Research Interests: Drug abuse epidemiology; health services research; youth substance abuse prevention; drug overdose prevention; drug treatment services research

Associate Professor Medicine
cterrlee@uw.edu

Research Scientist
Assistant Professor, Sociology
cleibb@uw.edu

Research Interests: Demography, Internal U.S. Migration, Residential Mobility, Race/Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Outcomes, Gender, Family Studies, Work and Family, Statistics, and Research Methods

Assistant Professor, Radiology
cmr2@uw.edu

Research Interests: Musculoskeletal radiology, quality improvement.

UW Acting Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
barnesc@uw.edu

Research Interests: Anesthesiology, Patient Education, Traumatology

UW Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
hiprc@uw.edu

Research Interests: Pediatric Pain Management

Full Time Lecturer, Social Work
danaed@uw.edu

Research Interests: Macro- and mezzo-level influences on healthcare interactions, ethical implications of inequities in healthcare settings, bioethics and research ethics.

UW Acting Instructor of Medicine
henning2@uw.edu

Research Interests: Emergency Medicine

UW Professor of Pathology
promislo@uw.edu

Research Interests: Genetic variation in patterns of aging in natural populations of several species, including flies, dogs, and humans. PI of the Dog Aging Project (dogagingproject.org).

UW Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery
dcoppel@uw.edu

Research Interests: Neurocognitive functioning in sports-related concussion; attention and concentration aspects of performance; sport psychology interventions.

Professor of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, and Medicine
tauben@uw.edu

Research Interests: Pain education, patient-centered chronic pain care.

UW Associate Professor of Medicine, Adjunct Associate Professor of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences
dm42@uw.edu

Research Interests: World Trade Center related illnesses; occupational health and safety education; cardiovascular disease; ergonomics.

UW Professor of Anesthesiology and Neurological Surgery
dsharma@uw.edu

Research Interests: Traumatic brain injury, stroke, transcranial Doppler ultrasonography, cerebrovascular reactivity and education in anesthesiology.

Acting Instructor, Anesthesiology
drlong@uw.edu

Research Interests: Anesthesiology, critical care medicine

UW Associate Professor of Cardiology
efg@uw.edu

Research Interests: Outcomes research in underserved populations, plaque imaging in cardiovascular risk assessment, informatics in cardiovascular care delivery and community heart failure care integration.

UW Acting Assistant Professor, Medicine
epb6@uw.edu

Research Interests: Addiction medicine, opioid dependence

Associate Professor, Surgery
elinaq@uw.edu

Research Interests: Improving surgical education worldwide, especially on methods and conditions relevant to low and middle-income countries and women’s participation in surgery.

UW Associate Professor of Geriatric Medicine, Adjunct Associate Professor of Health Services
phelane@uw.edu

Research Interests: Improving quality of care for geriatric syndromes, in particular falls and fall prevention.

Acting Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
hiprc@uw.edu

Research Interests: Pediatrics, child maltreatment

UW Research Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
hiprc@uw.edu

Research Interests: Translational health communication, with a particular emphasis on concussion and mental health help seeking in youth, adolescent and young adult sport.

UW Associate Professor of Surgery
ghd@uw.edu

Research interests: Comparative effectiveness clinical trials for acute surgical disease to better understand the impact and trade-offs of treatment options on a patient’s life. She is also focused on evaluating how healthcare is delivered differently by some people (eg: those that do not speak English, are not white, unhoused, or have low health literacy) and the impact of quality improvement initiatives and healthcare delivery methods on the population we are striving to serve.

UW Professor of Urology
wessells@uw.edu

Research Interests: Urogenital trauma epidemiology and management; the physiology and pathophysiology of erectile dysfunction; reconstructive surgery; crash injury mechanics; and urological complications of diabetes.

UW Associate Professor of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
itayb@uw.edu

Research Interests: Anesthesiology, Aging, Older Adults

Chief of Pain Services at Harborview Medical Center
Associate Professor, Anesthesiology
ilesnik@uw.edu

Research Interests: Pain management, addiction medicine, chronic pain

Associate Professor of Neuroradiology

drjalal@uw.edu

Research Interests: The clinical application of advanced MRI techniques in assessing brain vessel abnormalities and traumatic brain injury.

UW Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
jshandro@uw.edu

Research Interests: Medical teamwork and communication and on injury prevention efforts.

UW Associate Professor of Pediatrics
jasonmen@uw.edu

Research Interests: Eliminating inequities in physical activity and nutrition among racial/ethnic minorities and children with chronic diseases.

UW Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine
jeanneh@uw.edu

Research Interests: Improving outcomes for individuals with traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury, and examines access to healthcare for individuals with disability.

UW Research Associate Professor of Health Services
jeannes@uw.edu

Research Interests: Occupational injury surveillance; occupational health services; workers’ compensation systems; policy and program evaluation; disparities in health and health care access

UW Associate Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine
zumsteg@uw.edu

Research Interests: Environmentally sustainable rehabilitation,medical education, and traumatic brain injury.

UW Professor of Neurological Surgery, Radiology, and Health Services, Adjunct Professor of Pharmacy, and Orthopedics
jarvikj@uw.edu

Research Interests: The imaging of low back pain and peripheral nerve disorders, cost-effectiveness of low back pain treatments in patients, spine disorders, carpal tunnel syndrome and median nerve.

UW Professor of Pediatrics
jzimm@uw.edu

Research Interests: The disequilibrium between the systemic inflammatory response syndrome and compensatory anti-inflammatory response syndrome and the integrated role of neurological, endocrinologic and inflammatory cross-talk, particularly involving reactive oxygen species and fatty acid derived mediators and their effect on metabolism.

UW Professor of Psychiatry
hiprc@uw.edu

Research Interests: Psychiatric epidemiology, health services research, psychiatric oncology and neuropsychiatry.

UW Associate Professor of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
jblynch@uw.edu

Research Interests: Bone and joint infections, trauma-related infections, tuberculosis, healthcare-associated infections, employee health and infection prevention and control.

Professor, Laboratory Medicine
Adjunct Professor, Hematology
Medical Director, Transfusion Service

hessj3@uw.edu

Professor Epidemiology, Geography, Medicine, and Global Health
jmayer@uw.edu

Research Interests: Synthesizing the epidemiologic, geographic, and clinical understanding of health and disease; epidemiology and geography of pain–especially chronic pain–and the conditions that underlie pain, such as low back pain, postherpetic neuralgia, and injury; diarrheal diseases esp. in sub-Saharan Africa; tuberculosis (TB), especially in densely settled slum areas; vector-borne diseases, including malaria, dengue, and Zika; Emerging infectious diseases–previously unrecognized or genuine de novo diseases, such as Ebola, HIV, Zika, and the emergence of new forms of antimicrobial (“antibiotic”) resistant infections.

UW Assistant Professor of Urology
judithch@uw.edu

Research Interests: Genitourinary tract trauma.

Associate Professor, Medicine
tsuij@uw.edu

Research Interests: Complications of substance abuse and related viral infections, addiction treatment for prevention of hepatitis C

UW Associate Professor of Radiology
kkanal@uw.edu

Research Interests: Diagnostic Physics

UW Associate Professor of Surgery
karik3@uw.edu

Research Interests: Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

UW Endowed Professor of Social Work
haggerty@uw.edu

Research Interests: Drug abuse prevention programs at the community, school and family level.

UW Research Assistant, Professor of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
kvpatel@uw.edu

Research Interests: Epidemiologic research related to chronic pain and aging, physical function assessment, and clinical trial outcome assessment

UW Professor of Family Medicine
lmb@uw.edu

Research Interests: Women’s healthcare, maternal and child healthcare, rural health, cancer prevention and innovations to improve care in primary care practice.

UW Professor of Industrial & Systems Engineering and Civil & Environmental Engineering
linda@uw.edu

Research Interests: Enhancing motor vehicle operator safety and reducing injuries and fatalities using data from various sources to quantify human performance and behavior

UW Professor Emeritae of Pediatrics
Pediatric Emergency Medicine physician, Seattle Children’s Hospital
linda.quan@seattlechildrens.org

Research Interests: Dr. Quan’s federally funded research in drowning and drowning prevention have addressed adolescents, ethnic/racial minorities, life jacket use and pediatric and drowning resuscitation. She continues to work on legislative and policy approaches to drowning prevention. She is presently on the Aquatic subcouncil of the  Scientific Advisory Council of the American Red Cross and WatersafetyUSA.

UW Associate Professor of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine
taitsman@uw.edu

Research Interests: Trauma and fracture care with optimal clinical outcomes.

Lecturer, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
hiprc@uw.edu

Research Interests: Public health and preventative medicine

UW Assistant Professor of Radiology
hiprc@uw.edu

Research Interests: Vessel wall imaging, quantitative susceptibility mapping and diffusion tensor imaging of the spine.

UW Acting Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
hiprc@uw.edu

Research Interests: Patient safety, quality improvement and resident education.

UW Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
mreger@uw.edu

Research Interests: Mortality and injury among military personnel and veterans

UW professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, adjunct professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine and adjunct professor of Bioethics and Humanities
sullimar@uw.edu

Research Interests: Addiction medicine, Behavioral health care, Pain medicine, Psychiatry, Psychosomatic medicine

UW Professor of Neurology
hiprc@uw.edu

Research Interests: Pediatric neurocritical care including cardiac arrest, refractory status epilepticus, stroke, traumatic brain injury, brain infections and neurologic complications of critical illness.

UW Associate Professor of Pediatrics
maryking@uw.edu

Research Interests: The intersection between pediatric critical care and community with special interest in improving pediatric trauma systems and outcomes as well as pediatric disaster preparedness.

UW Associate Professor of Medicine
mjr@uw.edu

Research Interests: The extracellular matrix and the microvasculature in brain injury and neurodegeneration. Improving the detection of frailty and sarcopenia in older trauma patients.

UW Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology
sardesai@uw.edu

Research Interests: The impact of surgery on quality of life, medical education and continuing medical education.

UW Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine
hiprc@uw.edu

Research Interests: Traumatic brain injury including concussions, cerebral palsy, functional impairments related to other medical conditions or developmental disorders, spinal cord injury and Health disparities in American Indian and Alaska Native children with disabilities, disparities in access to rehabilitation services, culturally relevant rehabilitation and functional outcome measures and interventions

UW Associate Professor of Surgery
nam@uw.edu

Research Interests: Aortic aneurysm, endovascular surgery, vascular trauma, endovascular simulation and surgical education.

UW Professor of Neurological Surgery and Biostatistics
temkin@uw.edu

Research Interests: Clinical trials; composite outcomes; survival analysis; translational research; traumatic brain injury

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
nathalia.jimenez@seattlechildrens.org

Professor & Interim Chair Neurology
npoolos@uw.edu

Research Interests: Properties of neuronal dendrites both under normal conditions and in epilepsy, particularly interest in how hyperpolarization-activated, cyclic nucleotide-gated (HCN) channels contribute to epilepsy

UW Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology
pbhalla@uw.edu

Research Interests: Anesthesiology

Professor Social Work
nurius@uw.edu

Research Interests: Processes and effects of stress and trauma, focusing on vulnerable and socially disadvantaged populations, early/preventive intervention, and fostering resilience.

UW Acting Professor of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
pratikv@uw.edu

Research Interests: Intracerebral hemorrhage, therapeutic hypothermia, subarachnoid hemorrhage and brain death.

UW Professor of Pediatrics
hiprc@uw.edu

Research Interests: Understanding critical care and critical illness in the larger contexts of medical, social, and family systems.

UW Professor of Neurological Surgery
chesnutr@uw.edu

Research Interests: Improvement of care for traumatic brain and spine injuries, investigation of outcomes in trauma care systems in developing countries in Latin America and targeted therapy in the management of traumatic brain injury.

UW Acting Assistant Professor of Pharmacy
rhansen@uw.edu

Research Interests: Medication safety, cost-effectiveness modeling, and comparative effectiveness research.

UW Professor of Anesthesiology
sharar@uw.edu

Research Interests: Understanding and enhancing procedural pain management in trauma and burn patients using novel non-pharmacologic techniques, such as virtual reality distraction and virtual reality hypnosis and assessing and improving emergent airway management, resuscitation, and pain management in adults and children in the prehospital emergency care setting.

UW Assistant Professor of Surgery
mandells@uw.edu

Research Interests: Burn surgery, Critical care medicine, Surgery, long-term pain in burn survivors, enteral glutamine in severe burns, patterns in trauma center mortality

UW Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
sbrowd@uw.edu

Research Interests: Complex, high-resolution medical imaging, such as functional neuroimaging, clinical trials and patient outcome, craniopagus twins and cervical spine issues related to down syndrome. Additionally, Dr. Browd specialties are with children who have hydrocephalus, brain & spinal cord tumors, pediatric cervical spine, spina bifida, chiari malformations, spasticity

Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology
sarahal@uw.edu

UW Clinical Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine, Orthopedics & Sports Medicine, and Neurological Surgery
sherring@uw.edu

Research Interests: Non-operative musculoskeletal and sports medicine, particularly in disorders of the spine and sports concussion.

UW Associate Professor of Computer Science & Engineering and Genome Sciences
suinlee@uw.edu

Research Interests: Precision medicine, network biology, genetics of complex traits

Professor & Chair, Emergency Medicine
sstern@uw.edu

Research Interests: Resuscitation science, specifically evaluating novel therapeutic strategies in the early phases following traumatic injury with hemorrhagic shock.

UW Professor of Surgery
Director of UW Medicine Regional Burn Center
tpham94@uw.edu

Research Interests: Injury responses in older adults, regional access to care and telemedicine.

UW Professor of Medicine
rea123@uw.edu

Research Interests: Prehospital emergency care and factors influencing risk and outcome of cardiac arrest.

UW Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
vancleve@uw.edu

Research Interests: Health systems design and healthcare delivery, medical education and quality improvement.

Assistant Professor, Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine
wdlack@uw.edu

Research Interests: Orthopedic trauma, joint arthroplasty, minimizing postoperative complications, improving patient care

UW Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
hiprc@uw.edu

Research Interests: Posterior segment manifestations of ocular trauma and the optimization of resident and fellow ophthalmic training.

Research Coordinator, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
ajames1@uw.edu

Research Coordinator, Department of Pediatrics
Program Coordinator, Firearm Injury & Policy Research Program
mab49@uw.edu

Public Information Specialist, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
addeleon@uw.edu

Research Consultant, Department of Pediatrics

aellyson@uw.edu
alice.ellyson@seattlechildrens.org

Research Coordinator, Young Drivers and Concussion Study
hiprc@uw.edu

Research Coordinator, Return to Learn Study
hiprc@uw.edu

Research Coordinator, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
andrewbo@uw.edu

Research Scientist, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Clinical Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
brmills@uw.edu

Program Coordinator, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
hiprc@uw.edu

Program Manager, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
hiprcprogmgr@uw.edu

Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Epidemiology
Department of Geography

hiprc@uw.edu

Research Assistant, Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Neurobiology, Public Health & Disability
University of Washington

Why do you study injury?

I am interested in the prevention, effects, and treatment of traumatic brain injury because of the immense impact it has on both my community and the world as a whole. I am particularly interested in approaching traumatic brain injury from a Medical-Legal perspective.

What surprises you about injury research?

I am continually surprised and impressed by the interdisciplinary nature of the field that results from the vast variety of factors that play into injury.

I also love to talk about:

Mountaineering, Cycling, Biathlon, and Politics.

Research Consultant, Department of Pediatrics
wangji@uw.edu

Research Coordinator, Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
julialv@uw.edu

Data Manager, Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
ksegar@uw.edu

I have over 20 years of experience managing data in public health and social research, spanning subjects such as healthy child and youth development, substance abuse prevention and treatment, HIV prevention and surveillance, intimate partner violence, child maltreatment, family income sufficiency, traumatic brain injury, and firearm injury and mortality. I have advanced programming skills in several languages, including R, Stata, SAS, SPSS, and SQL. I also have training in survey research design and data collection.

Research Scientist, Epidemiology
lprater@uw.edu

Research Coordinator
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
gibbl2@uw.edu

Epidemiologist, Firearm Injury & Policy Research Program
mhavilan@uw.edu

Research Consultant, Department of Pediatrics
qqiu@uw.edu

Research Assistant, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
hiprc@uw.edu

• Why do you study injury?
  • I study pediatric head injury because appropriate head injury care has an enormous impact on both immediate mortality as well as long term well-being.
• What surprises you about injury research?
  • I am constantly surprised by how much is already known about injury, yet there is still so much knowledge left to be uncovered.
• I also love to talk about:
  • I am always open to any conversation about dogs, hiking, travel, cooking or weight lifting.

INSIGHT Program Manager, Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
smita13@uw.edu

Pediatrics
aadhia@uw.edu

Research Interests: Intimate partner violence, sexual violence, adolescent health, social epidemiology.

Public Policy
cmoe2@uw.edu

University of Washington
Major/Field of Study: Epidemiology PhD

Why do you study injury?
Violence and injury are a leading cause of child mortality and morbidity worldwide

What surprises you about injury research?
The shocking statistics and inequality. For example, 95% of injury deaths among children occur in low- and middle-income countries.

When I was a kid, I wanted to become:
President

Anesthesiology
powelson@uw.edu

Surgery
ekbutler@uw.edu

Epidemiology
hiprc@uw.edu

University of Washington
Major/Field of Study: Epidemiology

• Why do you study injury?
  • My interest in injury research began when I was working for a prosecuting attorney processing paperwork for domestic violence cases and DUI charges. It opened my eyes to how widespread these sources of injury are. Injury captures such a broad range of causes, intents, and at-risk populations that there is always something new to explore. Injury is frequently on all of our minds as it tends to be in the news, which is especially true as someone working in firearms. It is really rewarding to participate in research that is meaningful and contributes to a conversation that’s happening on such a big stage.
• What surprises you about injury research?
  • There are so many facets of injury research that affect so many different populations. What really surprises me about injury research is talking to other people working in epidemiology and hearing about their diverse projects – some that I wouldn’t have typically associated with injury epi. It’s also interesting how each subset of injury seems to have a controversy of its own. Most of my injury work thus far has been related to firearms and it’s a big conversation in politics today, but it’s interesting to hear from other epidemiologists that they’re fighting their own political battles over interventions like helmet laws.
• When I was a kid, I wanted to become:
  • I really wanted to be a detective like Encylopedia Brown or Nancy Drew! Sometimes I like to think of epidemiology as mystery solving, albeit in a world with fewer secret passages.

Surgery
stadeli@uw.edu

Social Work
hiprc@uw.edu

Pediatrics

mbs0812@uw.edu

Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
hiprc@uw.edu

Public Policy
hiprc@uw.edu

Epidemiology
shawon@uw.edu

University of Washington
Major/Field of Study: Epidemiology PhD

• Why do you study injury?
  • Injury is somewhat a neglected area of research in Bangladesh, my home country. I was fortunate enough to meet a few of the most brilliant injury researchers in the country as my teachers, mentors and later colleagues. The inspiration to start injury research (and research in general as well) originated from them while the urge to continue came from realizing the impact that injury research, especially done from a preventive focus, can have in LMIC settings.
• What surprises you about injury research?
  • Injury research is capable of pointing out that preventing injuries can oftentimes be so simple yet we (people) accept this as fate in many parts of the world. Injury research and programs seem to me like magic tricks that can produce beautiful sure-shot outcomes.
• When I was a kid, I wanted to become:
  • So many things at a time…a doctor, a scientist, a traveler, an astronaut, a superhero!

Epidemiology
hiprc@uw.edu

Director, Firearm Injury & Policy Research Program

HIPRC Education Core Co-Director

Professor of Pediatrics

Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology

fpr@uw.edu

Research Interests: The efficacy and promotion of bicycle helmets, prevention of pedestrian injuries, youth violence, the epidemiology of firearm injuries, intimate partner violence, interventions for alcohol abuse in trauma patients and the effectiveness of trauma systems in the care of pediatric and adult trauma patients.

Co-director, Firearm Injury & Policy Research Program

HIPRC Research Core Director

HIPRC Violence Prevention Section Lead

Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology

Bartley Dobb Professor for the Study and Prevention of Violence

University of Washington School of Public Health and
Adjunct Associate Professor of Pediatrics

rowhani@uw.edu

Research Interests: The epidemiology of inter-personal and self-directed violence. His research on inter-personal violence is focused on the nexus of trauma and crime to inform interventions that promote healing and prevent recidivism. He studies violent victimization and perpetration with an integrated public health and public safety approach.

Research Coordinator, Department of Pediatrics
Program Coordinator, Firearm Injury & Policy Research Program
mab49@uw.edu

Public Information Specialist, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
addeleon@uw.edu

Research Consultant, Department of Pediatrics

aellyson@uw.edu
alice.ellyson@seattlechildrens.org

Research Coordinator, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
andrewbo@uw.edu

Epidemiology
aemssey@uw.edu

Pediatrics
aadhia@uw.edu

Research Interests: Intimate partner violence, sexual violence, adolescent health, social epidemiology.

Research Scientist, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Clinical Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
brmills@uw.edu

Public Policy
cmoe2@uw.edu

University of Washington
Major/Field of Study: Epidemiology PhD

Why do you study injury?
Violence and injury are a leading cause of child mortality and morbidity worldwide

What surprises you about injury research?
The shocking statistics and inequality. For example, 95% of injury deaths among children occur in low- and middle-income countries.

When I was a kid, I wanted to become:
President

Research Scientist
Assistant Professor, Sociology
cleibb@uw.edu

Research Interests: Demography, Internal U.S. Migration, Residential Mobility, Race/Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Outcomes, Gender, Family Studies, Work and Family, Statistics, and Research Methods

Associate Professor of Law, Seattle University

Research Interests: The legal system, nontraditional families, and affirmative action.

Chief of Trauma, Harborview Medical Center

Professor of Surgery

ebulger@uw.edu

Research Interests: Advancements in pre-hospital care, the early resuscitation of injured patients, and the management of necrotizing soft tissue infections.

Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Epidemiology
Department of Geography

hiprc@uw.edu

Epidemiology
hiprc@uw.edu

University of Washington
Major/Field of Study: Epidemiology

• Why do you study injury?
  • My interest in injury research began when I was working for a prosecuting attorney processing paperwork for domestic violence cases and DUI charges. It opened my eyes to how widespread these sources of injury are. Injury captures such a broad range of causes, intents, and at-risk populations that there is always something new to explore. Injury is frequently on all of our minds as it tends to be in the news, which is especially true as someone working in firearms. It is really rewarding to participate in research that is meaningful and contributes to a conversation that’s happening on such a big stage.
• What surprises you about injury research?
  • There are so many facets of injury research that affect so many different populations. What really surprises me about injury research is talking to other people working in epidemiology and hearing about their diverse projects – some that I wouldn’t have typically associated with injury epi. It’s also interesting how each subset of injury seems to have a controversy of its own. Most of my injury work thus far has been related to firearms and it’s a big conversation in politics today, but it’s interesting to hear from other epidemiologists that they’re fighting their own political battles over interventions like helmet laws.
• When I was a kid, I wanted to become:
  • I really wanted to be a detective like Encylopedia Brown or Nancy Drew! Sometimes I like to think of epidemiology as mystery solving, albeit in a world with fewer secret passages.

Professor, Medicine – Allergy and Infectious Disease;
Adjunct Professor, Epidemiology;
Health Officer, Public Health Seattle and King County;
Faculty, Northwest Center for Public Health Practice

Research Interests: Vaccine-preventable diseases; surveillance systems; infectious diseases of public health significance.

Co-founder of Forefront;

Associate Professor, Social Work

Research Interests: Suicide prevention policy, education, outreach and research; Oppression including stigma and discrimination, health disparities, mental health and policy-making processes.

Social Work
hiprc@uw.edu

UW Endowed Professor of Social Work
haggerty@uw.edu

Research Interests: Drug abuse prevention programs at the community, school and family level.

Doctoral Student, Epidemiology

Research Interests: Ecological and social determinants of violence and firearm injury.

Research Scientist, Epidemiology
lprater@uw.edu

Research Coordinator
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
gibbl2@uw.edu

Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine

laurenkw@uw.edu

Research Interests: Patient-centered research at the intersection of injury, substance use and mental health.

Jack R. MacDonald Endowed Chair & Professor in Law

mdfan@uw.edu

Research Interests: Policing, prosecution, firearms and immigration enforcement, and injury and violence prevention

Epidemiologist, Firearm Injury & Policy Research Program
mhavilan@uw.edu

Program Director, Forensic Pathology Fellowship;

Chief Medical Examiner, King County

Bio: Drug abuse prevention programs at the community, school and family level.

Epidemiology
shawon@uw.edu

University of Washington
Major/Field of Study: Epidemiology PhD

• Why do you study injury?
  • Injury is somewhat a neglected area of research in Bangladesh, my home country. I was fortunate enough to meet a few of the most brilliant injury researchers in the country as my teachers, mentors and later colleagues. The inspiration to start injury research (and research in general as well) originated from them while the urge to continue came from realizing the impact that injury research, especially done from a preventive focus, can have in LMIC settings.
• What surprises you about injury research?
  • Injury research is capable of pointing out that preventing injuries can oftentimes be so simple yet we (people) accept this as fate in many parts of the world. Injury research and programs seem to me like magic tricks that can produce beautiful sure-shot outcomes.
• When I was a kid, I wanted to become:
  • So many things at a time…a doctor, a scientist, a traveler, an astronaut, a superhero!

Masters of Public Health Student, Epidemiology

Research Interests: Injuries and social determinants of health; translation to policy and practice.

Manager, Violence & Injury Prevention,

Public Health-Seattle & King County;

Executive Board Member-Safe States Alliance;

Clinical Faculty, University of Washington School of Public Health;

Affiliate Member, Harborview Injury Prevention & Research Center

Bio: Gomez represents Public Health-Seattle & King County as Manager of its Violence and Injury Prevention Unit. Gomez has been active in community campaigns to promote traffic safety, encourage safe storage of firearms, promote suicide awareness and prevent drowning.

Epidemiology
hiprc@uw.edu

Public Policy
cmoe2@uw.edu

University of Washington
Major/Field of Study: Epidemiology PhD

Why do you study injury?
Violence and injury are a leading cause of child mortality and morbidity worldwide

What surprises you about injury research?
The shocking statistics and inequality. For example, 95% of injury deaths among children occur in low- and middle-income countries.

When I was a kid, I wanted to become:
President

Research Assistant, Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Neurobiology, Public Health & Disability
University of Washington

Why do you study injury?

I am interested in the prevention, effects, and treatment of traumatic brain injury because of the immense impact it has on both my community and the world as a whole. I am particularly interested in approaching traumatic brain injury from a Medical-Legal perspective.

What surprises you about injury research?

I am continually surprised and impressed by the interdisciplinary nature of the field that results from the vast variety of factors that play into injury.

I also love to talk about:

Mountaineering, Cycling, Biathlon, and Politics.

Epidemiology
hiprc@uw.edu

University of Washington
Major/Field of Study: Epidemiology

• Why do you study injury?
  • My interest in injury research began when I was working for a prosecuting attorney processing paperwork for domestic violence cases and DUI charges. It opened my eyes to how widespread these sources of injury are. Injury captures such a broad range of causes, intents, and at-risk populations that there is always something new to explore. Injury is frequently on all of our minds as it tends to be in the news, which is especially true as someone working in firearms. It is really rewarding to participate in research that is meaningful and contributes to a conversation that’s happening on such a big stage.
• What surprises you about injury research?
  • There are so many facets of injury research that affect so many different populations. What really surprises me about injury research is talking to other people working in epidemiology and hearing about their diverse projects – some that I wouldn’t have typically associated with injury epi. It’s also interesting how each subset of injury seems to have a controversy of its own. Most of my injury work thus far has been related to firearms and it’s a big conversation in politics today, but it’s interesting to hear from other epidemiologists that they’re fighting their own political battles over interventions like helmet laws.
• When I was a kid, I wanted to become:
  • I really wanted to be a detective like Encylopedia Brown or Nancy Drew! Sometimes I like to think of epidemiology as mystery solving, albeit in a world with fewer secret passages.

University of Washington
Ph.D. in Epidemiology

Why do you study injury?

Most of my research in injury has focus on non-fatal and fatal drug overdoses. Injuries cause a significant morbidity and mortality burden at the population level, while also contributing to loss of quality of life, emotional impacts to family members and loved ones, and societal impacts. Many of the injuries that I study are preventable with appropriate harm reduction, treatment, and policy interventions, and I enjoy thinking about how to evaluate policies and programs to provide the evidence-base for public health practitioners to reduce these impacts.

What surprises you about injury research?

How many differing disciplines, methodologies, and topic areas are encompassed within this broad research area. An injury researcher may have very different training and skillsets depending on their specific focus area, which provides a unique and exciting multi-disciplinary learning environment!

I also love to talk about:

North Carolina (the Tar Heels, the Blue Ridge Mountains & Emerald coast, and the strong opinions I have about BBQ sauce), National Parks, and my adorable beagle/lab mix, Blue!

Epidemiology
shawon@uw.edu

University of Washington
Major/Field of Study: Epidemiology PhD

• Why do you study injury?
  • Injury is somewhat a neglected area of research in Bangladesh, my home country. I was fortunate enough to meet a few of the most brilliant injury researchers in the country as my teachers, mentors and later colleagues. The inspiration to start injury research (and research in general as well) originated from them while the urge to continue came from realizing the impact that injury research, especially done from a preventive focus, can have in LMIC settings.
• What surprises you about injury research?
  • Injury research is capable of pointing out that preventing injuries can oftentimes be so simple yet we (people) accept this as fate in many parts of the world. Injury research and programs seem to me like magic tricks that can produce beautiful sure-shot outcomes.
• When I was a kid, I wanted to become:
  • So many things at a time…a doctor, a scientist, a traveler, an astronaut, a superhero!

Research Assistant, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
hiprc@uw.edu

• Why do you study injury?
  • I study pediatric head injury because appropriate head injury care has an enormous impact on both immediate mortality as well as long term well-being.
• What surprises you about injury research?
  • I am constantly surprised by how much is already known about injury, yet there is still so much knowledge left to be uncovered.
• I also love to talk about:
  • I am always open to any conversation about dogs, hiking, travel, cooking or weight lifting.

University of Washington

Master’s of Public Health in Global Health

Why do you study injury?

I became interested in firearm injury prevention and its mental health implications while working with adolescents deeply affected deeply by gun violence. Injury from violence can lead to mental trauma not only on the individual level, but on the family, community, or even generational levels. Working to prevent the injuries and violence that often cause trauma symptoms has the potential for enormous impact on mental and physical health of communities.

What surprises you about injury research?

I’m surprised by how multifaceted injury research is and how it requires collaboration between so many disciplines.
When I was a kid, I wanted to become:
I wanted to write screenplays

Assistant Research Professor
Director of Urban Health MPH Program
Urban Health Collaborative
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health
Dornsife School of Public Health
Drexel University

Research Interests: Road traffic injuries to pedestrians and cyclists; built environment; urban health; walkability; global health; Latin America.

Medical University of South Carolina

University at Buffalo

Vanderbilt University

Associate Professor
Assistant Dean of Undergraduate and Community Research,
Director, Office of Information Management
Washington State University, College of Nursing

janessa.graves@wsu.edu

Research Interests: Health services research; improving access to and quality of care for rural and underserved populations; use of administrative data in observational studies; examining health care costs and utilization post-injury; occupational injury

University of British Columbia

University of Colorado Denver – Anschutz Med. Campus

UW Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
kluk@uw.edu

Research Interests: Outcomes in subarachnoid hemorrhage and outcomes in traumatic brain injury.

Katherine Flynn-O’Brien, MD MPH
Assistant Professor, Pediatric Surgery
Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin
Faculty, Institute for Health and Equity, Medical College of Wisconsin
Assistant Trauma Medical Director, Children’s Wisconsin
kflynnobrien@mcw.edu

University of Colorado School of Medicine, Medical Center of the Rockies, Lockland, Colorado, UCHealth Medical Group

Assistant Professor, Division of General and Thoracic Surgery

Director, Pediatric Surgery Global Health Program

Associate Director, Trauma Services

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Meera.Kotagal@cchmc.org

Vanderbilt University

Manager, Violence & Injury Prevention,

Public Health-Seattle & King County;

Executive Board Member-Safe States Alliance;

Clinical Faculty, University of Washington School of Public Health;

Affiliate Member, Harborview Injury Prevention & Research Center

Bio: Gomez represents Public Health-Seattle & King County as Manager of its Violence and Injury Prevention Unit. Gomez has been active in community campaigns to promote traffic safety, encourage safe storage of firearms, promote suicide awareness and prevent drowning.

Duke University

Dean
UW School of Nursing

Assistant Vice President
Health System Philanthropy

Chief Financial Officer
Deans Office, UW School of Medicine

Director
Project Strategy/Communications, Population Health Initiative

Professor and Dean
UW School of Social Work

Chief of Trauma, Harborview Medical Center

Professor of Surgery

ebulger@uw.edu

Research Interests: Advancements in pre-hospital care, the early resuscitation of injured patients, and the management of necrotizing soft tissue infections.

Dean
UW School of Public Health

Medical Director
Harborview Medical Center

Vice Dean
UW School of Medicine Research & Graduate Education

Associate Professor
UW Department of Global Health

UW Endowed Professor of Social Work
haggerty@uw.edu

Research Interests: Drug abuse prevention programs at the community, school and family level.

Professor and Director
Center for Health Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
UW School of Medicine

Chair
Department of Pediatrics

Dean
UW School of Law

Associate Dean, Research
Haborview Medical Center

Director
Harborview Medical Center

Director,
Healthcare Equity, UW School of Medicine

Surgeon-in-Chief of Harborview Medical Center
Jane and Donald D. Trunkey Professor and Vice Chair, UW Department of Surgery
ronmaier@uw.edu

Research Interests: Clinical approaches to improve survival after severe injuries and life-threatening surgical illness.

Professor & Chair, Emergency Medicine
sstern@uw.edu

Research Interests: Resuscitation science, specifically evaluating novel therapeutic strategies in the early phases following traumatic injury with hemorrhagic shock.

Senior Associate Medical Director
Kaiser Permanente Washington

Director of Government Relations
Google

Secretary of Health
Washington State Department of Health

Nurse Consultant
Washington State Department of Health

Director
Public Health Seattle & King County

Associate Dean and Professor
Research & Innovation and Nursing in Surgery
Perelman School of Medicine

Marion Elizabeth Blue Professor of Child and Family
University of Michigan School of Social Work

Regional Coordinator
Western Pacific Injury Prevention Network