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The Internet Marketing Association (IMA) recognized AAAM and Bostrom with an IMPACT Award in the Non-Profit Campaign category for the integrated marketing strategy and brand launch Bostrom created for its client, the Association for the Advancement of Automotive...

By David Browne This is the second in an INROAD series on the Autonomous Vehicle (AV). Each article will update you with timely news, as well as, highlight a specific theme or issue within the field. This article is an introduction to the safety implications of the...

Our Annual Conference is quickly approaching and I’m eager to share with you some exciting updates on what we have in store for you. For the first time, we have keynote speakers for all three days of the conference. We have a great lineup of subject matter experts and...

We are weeks away from gathering for our 61st Annual Scientific Conference held at the Vdara in Las Vegas, October 15 - 18 (with a pre-conference workshop on October 14). We are excited to have Keynote Speakers for all three days of the conference. We look forward to...

We’re turning the spotlight to Dr. Mark Zonfrillo, a pediatric emergency medicine physician and member of AAAM since 2010. His journey to AAAM began with an encounter with Dr. Kristy Arbogast (immediate past Treasurer and Board Member), who introduced him to our...

Maureen has over 20 years’ experience in the health information management field. After a number of years working across all general health information areas, she specialized in trauma; developing a hospital trauma registry program - collecting, analyzing, and...

Don’t miss our exciting new pre-conference workshop at this year’s AAAM Annual Scientific Conference! This 1-day course, entitled Cracking the Codes: Practical Information for Analyzing Injuries Using AIS Codes, will focus on the practical use of AIS codes for...

Welcome to the Spring Edition of INROADS! We are four months away from our 61st Annual Scientific Conference on October 15-18, 2017, with a pre-conference workshop scheduled for October 14. This year we will spend four days learning about exciting new research and...

By David Browne In 1991 Congress passed the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) authorizing $650 million to develop “technology for driverless cars to operate on an automated highway.” DARPA’s “Grand Challenges” beginning in 2004 and “Urban...

By Patrick Gillich & David Browne The National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine’s (NASEM) Landmark Report and Conference, A National Trauma System: Integrating Military and Civilian Trauma Systems to Achieve Zero Preventable Deaths After Injury....

By Francisco J. Lopez-Valdes In Spain, the number of fatal car occupants decreased by almost 59% between 2006 and 2015 (from 4,104 in 2006 to 1,689 in 2015), according to the national road traffic statistics (DGT, 2016). While there is no official estimate for the...

Christine is a Registered Nurse with Intensive Care and Trauma nursing experience for over 30 years and has obtained credentials to become a Certified Abbreviated Injury Scale Specialist (CAISS).  She has been an AIS injury coder since 1985, AIS Instructor since 1990,...

By Amanda Agnew The 13th Annual Injury Biomechanics Symposium (IBS) for students was hosted by the Injury Biomechanics Research Center on May 21-23, 2017 at The Ohio State University. Sponsorship was provided by Toyota’s Collaborative Safety Research Center and the...

By Scott Gayzik AAAM is pleased to announce that the organization will again be hosting the annual Student Symposium and Mentoring Session on Sunday, October 15. The symposium has become a highlight of the annual meeting in recent years as it gives attendees a first...

We’re shining a light on Dr. Sjaan Koppel, a member of AAAM since 2003. Sjaan reflects on what led her to join AAAM, “when I started at the Monash University Accident Research Centre (MUARC), my supervisors, Professor Brian Fildes and Professor Judith Charlton advised...

SAVE THE DATE – This year we will spend four days at the exquisite Vdara Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, October 15-18, 2017, with a pre-conference workshop scheduled for October 14, learning about exciting new research and interacting with leaders in automotive medicine....