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
Vice Chair, Academic Affairs, Pediatrics - General 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)

Firearm Violence Prevention in Peril: A Call to Defend Our Public Safety Infrastructure.
(2025 Nov)
Am J Public Health 115(11): 1805-1808
Semenza DC, Richmond TS, Rajan S, Betz ME, Branas C, Buggs SAL, Hargarten S, Richardson J, Rivara FP, Rowhani-Rahbar A, Sharpe TL, Webster DW, Pizarro JM
Psychometrics of a fear-avoidance measure adapted for youth with persistent postconcussive symptoms: Fear of Concussive Symptoms Questionnaire (FOCSQ) child and parent-proxy versions.
(2025 Oct 2)
Neuropsychology
Chrisman SPD, Zhou C, Sahlberg J, Bollinger BJ, Hansen C, Mendoza JA, Brooks MA, Rivara FP, Palermo TM
Preventing Intimate Partner Murder-Suicide: A Case-Control Study of Suicidal Males in Abusive Relationships.
(2025 Aug 27)
Am J Prev Med 69(6): 108076
Kafka JM, Lyons VH, Cheung A, Graham LM, AbiNader MA, Adhia A, Mustafah A, Rivara FP
Policy Surveillance Shows Improvements and Remaining Gaps in U.S. Campus Alcohol and Sexual Violence Policies.
(2025 Aug 6)
J Stud Alcohol Drugs
Ellyson AM, Adhia A, DiMascolo L, Heinze J, Swearingen K, Fay L, Rivara FP, Kilmer JR, Bedard-Gilligan MA
Suicide Prevention Training Among Occupational Groups: A Cross-Sectional Study of State-Level Policies as of July 2022.
(2025 Oct)
Am J Public Health 115(10): 1742-1752
Massey AE, Druyon AK, Roettgering S, Graves JM, Stuber J, Borghesani PR, Ratzliff AM, Rivara FP, Rowhani-Rahbar A
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