Faculty

Frederick P Rivara

Adjunct Professor, Epidemiology
Professor, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
Adjunct Professor, Pediatric Dentistry
Children's Hospital Guild Association Endowed Chair in Pediatrics Health Outcomes Research, Pediatrics

206-744-9449

Education

MD University of Pennsylvania, 1974
MPH University of Washington, 1980

Contact

206-744-9449

Box 359960
401 Broadway
Seattle, WA 98122

Bio

Dr. Rivara served as founding director of the Harborview Injury and Research Center in Seattle for 13 years, founding president of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention, and 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, and the American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on Injury and Poison Prevention, Physician Achievement Award, and the UW School of Public Health Distinguished Alumni Award. Rivara was elected to the Institute of Medicine in 2005. Rivara is also a founding board member of the Washington State Academy of Science. He was one of the editors of WHO's report, World Report on Child Injury

Research Areas

Research Interests

His research interests have included 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. He continues as an active clinician, teacher, investigator, and advocate at the University of Washington and Seattle Children's Hospital.

Recent Publications (PubMed)

JAMA Network Open-The Year in Review, 2023.
(2024 Mar 4)
JAMA Netw Open 7(3): e246541
Fihn SD, Rivara FP

Improving post-concussion discharge education for families seeking emergency department care: intervention development.
(2024 Mar 5)
Brain Inj
Kroshus E, Steiner MK, Chrisman SPD, Lion KC, Rivara F, Lowry SJ, Strelitz B, Klein EJ

Advancing Equity at the JAMA Network-Self-Reported Demographics of Editors and Editorial Board Members.
(2024 Mar 12)
JAMA 331(10): 837-839
Bibbins-Domingo K, Flanagin A, Sietmann C, Bonow RO, Navar AM, Shinkai K, Roberson ML, Ayanian JZ, Ponce N, Inouye SK, Durant RW, Simon MA, Rivara FP, Vela M, Josephson SA, Rawls A, Disis MLN, Florez N, Bressler NM, Scott AW, Piccirillo JF, Osazuwa-Peters N, Christakis DA, Duncan AF, Öngür D, Bagot KS, Kibbe MR, Backhus LM, Malani PN

Suicide-related behavior and firearm access among perpetrators of domestic violence subject to domestic violence protection orders.
(2024 Jan)
Prev Med Rep 37(): 102560
Dalve K, Ellyson AM, Bowen D, Kafka J, Rhew IC, Rivara F, Rowhani-Rahbar A

Research needs related to firearm rights restoration.
(2024 Jan 5)
Inj Epidemiol 11(1): 1
Kafka JM, Rivara FP, Ross R, Rowhani-Rahbar A

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