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Upcoming Conferences & Opportunities for Road Safety Professionals
Join your road safety peers at these upcoming road safety events and conferences. 2024 Midwest Traffic Safety Conference - November 12, 2024 in Itasca, Illinois A key event to network with law enforcement leaders, crash investigators, prosecutors, and road safety...
AAAM Congratulates President-Elect Sjaan Koppel on ACRS Women in Road Safety Award
The Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine (AAAM) is proud to announce that our President-Elect, Associate Professor Sjaan Koppel, PhD, has been honored with the 2024 Australasian College of Road Safety (ACRS) Women in Road Safety Award. This esteemed...
President’s Letter – January 2024
Dear AAAM Members, As we enter 2024, I am humbled and honored to address you as the new President of AAAM. Taking on this role comes with immense enthusiasm and a profound sense of responsibility. Reflecting on the journey thus far, I first wish to express my deepest...
Announcing the 2023 H. Clay Gabler Scholar
The Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine is proud to announce that the 2023 H. Clay Gabler Scholar's Program Award winner is Amir Ghanbari, M.Sc., a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Epidemiology at the University of Iowa's School of Public...
AAAM Member Spotlight – Barbara Banz, Ph.D.
Meet Barbara Banz, AAAM member and Scientific Program Committee Chair for AAAM's 2024 Annual Scientific Conference. Get to know the assistant professor at Yale in her own words. How long have you been a member of AAAM? I joined in 2020! But I didn’t get to attend in...
Thanking Our 2023 Annual Conference Sponsors
We'd like to thank our 2023 Annual Conference sponsors whose support and generosity ensure we can continue to gather together to share research, ideas, and network, all for fulfilling our mission of saving lives and eliminating road traffic injuries through scientific...
Upcoming Road Safety Professionals Events & Meetings
Join your road safety peers at these upcoming road safety events and conferences. ATSSA 54th Annual Convention & Traffic Expo - February 2 - 6, 2024 in San Diego, California A key event for roadway safety and transportation professionals, offering education...
AIS Certification Board Spotlight – Samantha J. Baker, AS, CAISS
Meet Samantha J. Baker, AS, CAISS. Samantha is a Trauma Quality Analytics Manager for the Trauma Institute at the University of Louisville Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky. How long have you been using AIS? I have been using AIS since 2016, when I joined the trauma...
Webinar: The Road Safety Experts’ Journey – Protecting Kids From Concept to Practice
AAAM is excited to announce our first webinar of 2024, which will feature a panel of automotive safety experts revisiting and expanding on their Global Child & Youth Road Safety SIG panel discussion from this year's annual conference. Join moderator Julie...
Introducing the Keynote Speakers for AAAM’s 67th Annual Conference
Join us at AAAM's 67th Annual Conference for sessions and presentations on groundbreaking research in road safety science and engineering. We're proud to introduce our two keynote speakers, Dr. Mary Pat Mckay and Dr. Trent Victor, who will be presenting on Wednesday...
President’s Message – September 2023
Dear colleagues, It is amazing how fast time goes by! This is my last message as President of AAAM, as I will pass along the presidency to Dr. Federico Vaca during the upcoming 67th AAAM Conference in Indianapolis. Without any doubt, I have enjoyed this time very...
Unlocking Car Seat Safety: Consumer Reports Opens Access to Crucial Ratings
In celebration of Child Passenger Safety Week, Consumer Reports (CR) has taken a significant step by making their comprehensive car seat ratings—covering categories such as infant, convertible, all-in-one, harness-to-booster, and booster seats—accessible to the public...
Present Your Research With AAAM in 2024
Scientific research is integral to AAAM's mission of eliminating road traffic injuries worldwide, and a major part of AAAM's success is that its membership is comprised of researchers and advocates from across a multitude of academic disciplines. While the annual...
AIS Certification Board Spotlight – Stacey Shipley, RHIA, CAISS, CSTR
How long have you been using AIS? I have been using AIS since 2017 when I began my journey as a Trauma Registrar. CAISS certified for five years. What inspired you to obtain CAISS credentials? As a trauma registry professional, I wanted to showcase my knowledge,...
AIS Certification Board Spotlight – Demetra Kokkinis, CSTR, CAISS, RHIT
How long have you been using AIS? I have been using AIS since 2000 when I started in Trauma Services at Stanford Health Care. What inspired you to obtain CAISS credentials? Since I use AIS coding for much of my work as a Trauma Registrar, I thought it would be useful...
AAAM Member Spotlight – Elizabeth Krebs, MD, MSc
How long have you been a member of AAAM? In Spring 2018 I met Tom Bishop of Amend who invited me to join him at the UNRSC meeting in NYC where I met then-AAAM President Dr. Gary Smith. Dr. Smith sold me and I circled back to my newly forming collaboration with Dr....
President’s Message – April 2023
Dear Colleagues, It might seem that the times between conferences is a slow time within our organization but I admit that one of the privileges of serving as President is that you get to see all the action that happens behind the curtain. The Scientific Program...
President’s Message – December 2022
Dear Colleagues, How much we needed an in-person conference! Those of you that were fortunate enough to attend probably enjoyed, as much as I did, the quality of the presentations during the Student Symposium and the Conference, in addition to the two excellent...