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)

Exploratory proteomic biomarker combinations associated with post-concussion symptoms following a concussion in adolescents.
(2026)
Front Neurol 17(): 1872460
Gill J, Lim A, Dennis E, Bickart K, Yun S, Yun J, Alice J, Miles C, Chrisman SP, Vaughan C, Cullum CM, Cook LJ, Gioia G, Rivara FP, Giza CC, Bazarian JJ
Recent trends and structural patterns in NIH pediatric research funding, 2015-2024.
(2026 Aug 13)
Pediatr Res
Forrest CB, Koenigsberg LJ, Schwebel DC, Bassuk AG, Dennery PA, Flores G, Murray KO, Perera U, Rivara FP, Kottyan LC
Longitudinal White Matter Changes in Concussed Adolescents with Adverse Childhood Experiences.
(2026 Jul 24)
medRxiv
Keleher F, Onicas AI, Bickart KC, Mac Donald CL, Brown A, Cook L, Rivara FP, Gioia GA, Giza CC, Dennis EL, Concussion Assessment, Research, and Education for Kids (CARE4Kids) consortium
Diffusion MRI Profiles Map onto Distinct Inflammatory States After Adolescent Concussion: A CARE4Kids Study.
(2026 Jul 20)
medRxiv
Lim A, Gill JM, Bickart KC, Onicas AI, Bazarian JJ, Alice J, Mac Donald CL, Brown A, Cook L, Rivara FP, Gioia GA, Giza CC, Dennis EL, Concussion Assessment, Research, and Education for Kids (CARE4Kids) Consortium
Shared Decision-Making Within Families About Returning to Sport After Recovery From Concussion: Exploring Parent and Adolescent Perspectives.
(2026 Sep)
J Adolesc Health 79(3): 390-397
Kroshus E, Opel DJ, Jinguji TM, Steiner MK, Senturia K, Rivara F
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