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)

Understanding factors influencing exercise program adherence for youth with persistent post-concussive symptoms (PPCS).
(2024 Nov 19)
Brain Inj
Bollinger BJ, Chrisman SP, Sahlberg J, Mendoza JA, Palermo TM, Zhou C, Brooks MA, Rivara FP, Pedersen P, Prentice E, Hansen C
Exploring interaction effects of social determinants of health with hospital admission type on academic performance: a data linkage study.
(2024 Nov 7)
Arch Dis Child
Dipnall JF, Lyons J, Lyons R, Ameratunga S, Brussoni M, Rivara FP, Lecky F, Schneeberg A, Harrison JE, Gabbe BJ
Race Disaggregation and Racial and Ethnic Disparities in US Youth Mortality-Reply.
(2024 Oct 1)
JAMA 332(13): 1110-1111
Wolf ER, Rivara FP, Woolf SH
Deaths Related to Domestic Violence in Washington State.
(2024 Sep 3)
JAMA Netw Open 7(9): e2429974
Kafka JM, Adhia A, Martin DD, Mustafa A, Rowhani-Rahbar A, Rivara FP
What I Have Learned in the Last 24 Years Being Editor-in-Chief.
(2024 Nov 1)
JAMA Pediatr 178(11): 1091-1092
Rivara FP
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