Degrees

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
At the Center, we have a rich history working with doctoral students on injury-related dissertations. Recently, dissertation research has included a broad array of topics, such as risk factors for suicide violence against women, alcohol- and substance-related injury, trauma care and disability outcomes.

Master of Public Health (MPH)
MPH students have the option of earning a Certificate in Injury Control or customizing within an area of injury prevention and control.

Master of Health Sciences (MHS)
MHS students have the option of earning a Certificate in Injury Control

Listed below are the Center's core teaching and advising faculty, grouped by their academic departments and areas of expertise:

Department of Health Policy and Management

Susan Baker, MPH ’68, ScD (Hon.) - transportation-related injuries, epidemiology of injuries
Carolyn Fowler, PhD, MPH - public health workforce development, child death review, childhood injury prevention
Shannon Frattaroli, PhD, MPH - role of policy in decreasing injury, dissemination of interventions
Keshia Pollack, PhD, MPH - occupational injury, obesity-related injury
Ellen MacKenzie, PhD -organization and financing of trauma and EMS systems, trauma outcomes
Stephen Teret, JD, MPH - firearm-related injuries, law and the public’s health, elderly drivers
Jon Vernick, JD, MPH - legal interventions for injury control, fire-arm related injuries, motor vehicle injury
Daniel Webster, ScD, MPH - violence prevention, domestic violence prevention

Department of Health, Behavior and Society

Andrea Gielen, ScD, ScM - childhood injuries, domestic violence, behavior change interventions
Eileen McDonald, MS - childhood injuries, parent and caregiver education

Department of International Health

Adnan Hyder, PhD, MPH - international injury prevention, intervention trials in Asia and Africa

Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health

David Bishai, MD, PhD - economic impact of interventions, economic models in injury control

In addition to faculty advising, Center resources have been used to help provide limited support for students’ dissertation research. Many students have been honored with doctoral fellowships from NIH and elsewhere for their dissertation research as well as many other awards.

What people are saying

Training & Education

For Melissa Spohn, the Summer Institute was the first chance to learn the science behind injury prevention. She rates the experience as one of the best continuing education opportunities she has had as a practicing public health professional. Spohn spreads the injury prevention message by integrating it throughout the health department system, helping to make her state safer.