Dr. Rivara is the holder of the Seattle Children’s Guild Endowed Chair in Pediatrics, Professor of Pediatrics, and Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Washington. He is the Vice Chair of the Department of Pediatrics in the School of Medicine. He is the Editor-in-Chief of JAMA Pediatrics. Dr. Rivara served as the founding director of the Harborview Injury Prevention & Research Center in Seattle for 13 years, and the founding president of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention. His contributions to the field of injury control have spanned 30 years. He has received numerous honors including the Charles C. Shepard Science Award from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the American Public Health Association Injury Control and Emergency Health Services Section Distinguished Career Award, the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Injury and Poison Prevention Physician Achievement Award, and the University of Washington School of Public Health Distinguished Alumni Award. Dr. Rivara was elected to the Institute of Medicine in 2005. He is also a founding board member of the Washington State Academy of Science. His research interests have included the efficacy and promotion of bicycle helmets, prevention and treatment of sports concussion, 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. He continues as an active clinician, teacher, investigator, and advocate at the University of Washington and Seattle Children’s Hospital.
