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How long have you been a member of AAAM? I’ve been a member for about 3 years. What inspired you to join AAAM? I am dedicated to understanding how people get hurt in order to prevent future injuries. What are your main areas of interest in the field of Automotive...

My professional life has been enriched greatly by AAAM and to assume the responsibility of president is truly an honor. I fully recognize that leading AAAM requires a team effort and assure you that the expertise of our AAAM members will be enlisted to accomplish the...

AAAM is tracking to have a stellar 2019! I have a few highlights that I want to share with you and hope you are as excited as I am to see our organization reach new milestones. AAAM announced in May a new position statement in partnership with Safe Kids to raise...

Greetings! It’s my pleasure and honor to serve you and AAAM by organizing the content of the 2019 Annual Scientific Conference. I’m excited for our upcoming program “Safety Without Borders” in which we hope to emphasize how members of AAAM reach across functions,...

Waqar is the new Lead Faculty for Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS©) North America and has been part of the AIS faculty since 2014. In this new and exciting role, he will provide AIS faculty coverage where needed for online as well as in-person courses, assist in the...

Welcome Spring! Our organization experienced a lot of growth and advancement in 2018. We had over 160 attendees at our last conference (a 10-year record high), received 74 abstract submissions, and increased our membership to over 320. We are moving full steam ahead...

Kathryn joined AAAM as an AIS faculty member in January 2014. She brought to the team a bit of a unique background, as she came from the research side. "In graduate school, I coded AIS and analyzed injuries with the Crash Injury Research and Engineering Network...

As we wrap up this year and prepare for 2019, let’s reflect on AAAM and some of the accomplishments of 2018 and our direction for 2019. The members and organization of AAAM are about affecting things – through the Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS), policy, science,...

While Carmine has known about AAAM and its dedication to road safety for some time, he just recently joined the organization. In fact, the reason he made the decision to join the organization is that he “shares AAAM’s dedication toward saving lives and eliminating...

Greetings from AAAM’s AIS Training Program! We are excited to share our upcoming 2019 initiatives with you. • The AIS Team is working on implementing a new Learning Management System in 2019 • AIS North American Faculty will be meeting in mid-May • Faculty Mentoring...

Thank you all for attending a fantastic AAAM Conference this year! We had a 10-year record number of attendees, and a record number of papers, short communications, and posters. We had attendees from the US and Australia, Canada, Chile, Ecuador, India, Japan, Korea,...

Greetings Members. We’re looking forward to seeing many of you in Nashville, TN for our annual conference! I am excited to share some highlights of this year’s program. We have a record number of presentations on pre-crash factors, impaired and distracted driving,...

Greg Klaus became involved with AAAM after being approached by the faculty of an AIS 2005/2008 course that was hosted by his institution. "The AAAM has an important role to play in helping to make the data in your trauma registry as accurate and uniform as possible as...

Motao Zhu is an epidemiologist with 16 years of experience in travel behaviors, traffic safety, and policy evaluation. He joined AAAM because of its "mission statement of eliminating road traffic injuries matched well with my research interests. AAAM is a global and...

Greetings from AAAM’s AIS Training Program! Our AIS faculty and students have certainly experienced their fair share of travel lately, with AIS08 and AIS15 courses taking place all over the country – and beyond. July was an exciting month for AIS faculty members Jan...