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)

Sudden Unexpected Infant Death and Disparities in Infant Mortality in the US, 1999-2022.
(2025 Jan 27)
JAMA Pediatr
Wolf ER, Rivara FP, Sen A, Woolf SH
Changes in Youth Mental Health Following a School Lockdown due to Violent and Firearm-Related Threats.
(2025 Feb)
J Sch Health 95(2): 134-141
Hullenaar KL, Fisher BW, Zatzick DF, Rivara FP
Protest-related injuries during the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone protest in Seattle, Washington, USA in 2020.
(2025 Jan 2)
Inj Prev
Bui AL, Sleeth GA, McDade JE, Duber HC, Rivara FP
Evolving issues in open science.
(2025 Feb 1)
Eur J Emerg Med 32(1): 1-2
Bauchner H, Rivara FP
Store Safely: A firearm injury prevention strategy for rural families.
(2024 Oct)
Rural Ment Health 48(4): 247-258
Foster CE, Magness CS, Derwin S, Kahsay E, Smith T, Rivara FP, Massey L, King CA
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