Injury Free Awards

Pioneer Award

Joseph L. Wright, MD, MPH

Senior Vice President and Chief Health Equity Officer, American Academy of Pediatrics · Adjunct Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics (Children’s National), George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences · Adjunct Professor of Health Policy & Management and Prevention & Community Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University

Principal Investigator of the Year

Ben Hoffman, MD, CPST-I, FAAP

Professor of Pediatrics · Vice Chair, Advocacy · Director, Oregon Center for Children and Youth with Special Health Needs · Medical Director, Doernbecher Injury Prevention Program · Past-President, American Academy of Pediatrics · Portland, OR

Program Coordinator of the Year

Amy Watkins, MPH, CPST

Manager, Injury Prevention Center · Watch for Me CT | Safe Kids Connecticut · Connecticut Children’s · Hartford, CT

Pioneer Award

Judy Schaechter, MD, MBA

Director of the Division of Violence Prevention · U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Injury Center · Former President and CEO, American Board of Pediatrics · Former Chair of Pediatrics, University of Miami · Former President and Current Board Member, Injury Free Coalition for Kids · Miami, FL

Principal Investigator of the Year

Steven C. Rogers, MD, MS

Attending Physician, Division of Emergency Medicine · Medical Director, Emergency Behavioral Health Services · Connecticut Children’s · Research Scientist, Connecticut Children’s Injury Prevention Center · Associate Professor, UConn School of Medicine · Hartford, CT

Program Coordinator of the Year

Mary Beth Vassy, MPH, CPST-I

Pediatric Trauma Injury Prevention Coordinator · Safe Kids South Carolina Charleston Area Coalition Coordinator · Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) Children’s Health · Charleston, SC

Estell Lenita Johnson Memorial Award

Gia Ramsey, MBA, ADN, LPN, CPST-I, and Julia Glauboch, BSN, RN, CPST

“Scaling Pediatric Injury Prevention Education in NYC” · Maimonides Medical Center · Staten Island University Hospital · New York, NY

Pioneer Award

Karen Sheehan, MD, MPH

Professor of Pediatrics, Medical Education, and Preventive Medicine · Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine · Medical Director of the Patrick M. Magoon Institute for Healthy Communities · Associate Chair of Advocacy for the Department of Pediatrics · Medical Director of Lurie Children’s Injury Prevention & Research Center · Chicago, IL

Principal Investigator of the Year

Marlene Melzer-Lange, MD

Professor of Pediatrics (Emergency Medicine) · Medical College of Wisconsin · Past President (2021-2023), Injury Free Coalition for Kids · Milwaukee, WI

Program Coordinator of the Year

Pam Hoogerwerf, BA

Program Manager for Pediatric Injury Prevention and Community Outreach · University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital · Iowa City, IA

Pioneer Award

Kyran Quinlan, MD, MPH

Illinois Department of Public Health · Chicago, Illinois

Principal Investigator of the Year

Charles Jennissen, MD

Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics · Department of Emergency Medicine · University of Iowa Healthcare · Iowa City, Iowa

Program Coordinator of the Year

Dex Tuttle, M.Ed., CPST-I

Injury Prevention Program Manager · Children's Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN

Pioneer Award

Marilyn J. Bull, MD, FAAP

Indiana University School of Medicine · Indianapolis, Indiana

Principal Investigator of the Year

Karen Sheehan, MD, MPH

Medical Director, Injury Free Coalition for Kids · Lurie Childrens Hospital · Chicago, IL

Program Coordinator of the Year

Adrienne Gallardo, BSW, MAOM, CPST-I

Injury Prevention Manager · Doernbecher Children's Hospital · Portland, Oregon

Pioneer Award

Arthur Kellermann, MD, MPH

Senior Vice President · VCU Health Sciences · Richmond, VA

Principal Investigator of the Year

Lois Lee, MD, MPH

Boston, MA

Program Coordinator of the Year

Barbara DiGirolamo, MEd, CPSTI

Boston, MA

Principal Investigator of the Year

Mike Gittelman, MD, FAAP

Cincinnati, OH

Program Coordinator of the Year

Chris Vitale, MSN, RN

Pittsburgh, PA

Pioneer Award

Alexander "Sandy" Sinclair, BA

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration · Washington, DC

Principal Investigator of the Year

Pina Violano, PhD, MSPH, RN-BC, CCRN

Manager, Injury Prevention · Community Outreach & Research · Yale New Haven Hospital · New Haven, CT

Program Coordinator of the Year

Jane Edwards, MSc

Trauma Program Injury Prevention Specialist · London Health Sciences Center Children’s Hospital · London, Ontario

Pioneer Award

Phyllis Agran, MD, MPH, FAAP

Professor Emeritus · UC Irvine School of Medicine · Department of Pediatrics · Irvine, CA

Program Coordinator Lifetime Achievement Award

Beverly Miller, MEd

Associate Director · Arkansas Children's Injury Prevention Center (IPC) · Little Rock, AR

Principal Investigator of the Year

Wendy Pomerantz, MD, MS, FAAP

Professor of Clinical Pediatrics · University of Cincinnati School of Medicine · Pediatric Emergency Physician · Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center · Cincinnati, OH

Lifetime Achievement Award

Michael P. Hirsh, MD, FACS, FAAP

Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics, UMass Medical School · Surgeon-in Chief, UMass Memorial Children’s Medical Center, Worcester, MA. · Division Chief of Pediatric Surgery and Trauma · Associate Surgical Director of the Trauma Center and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit · Worcester, MA

Program Coordinator of the Year

Amy L. Hill, MS

Director of Injury Prevention Programs at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago · 2017 Annual Injury Free Conference, Fort Lauderdale, FL

Pioneer Award

David Hemenway, PhD

Professor of Health Policy · Department of Health Policy and Management · Director of the Harvard Injury Control Research Center · Harvard University T.H. Chan School of Public Health · Boston, MA

Program Coordinator Service Award

Esther Borer

Program Coordinator · Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Worcester · Worcester, MA

Program Coordinator of the Year

Lyse Deus, MEd

Program Administrator/Lead Educator · Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Miami · Miami, FL

Pioneer Award

Frederick P. Rivara, MD, MPH

Professor of Pediatrics · Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology · University of Washington · Seattle, WA

Program Coordinator of the Year

Purnima Unni, MPH, CHES

Pediatric Trauma Injury Prevention Program Manager · Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt · Nashville, TN

Pioneer Award

Susan Baker, MPH, ScD (Hon.)

Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD

Program Coordinator of the Year

Dawne Gardner, MBA

Program Coordinator · Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Cincinnati · Cincinnati, Ohio

Program Coordinator of the Year

Beverly Miller, MEd

Associate Director of Research · Injury Prevention Center at Arkansas Children’s Hospital · Little Rock, Arkansas