2020 Safety Young Investigator Award: Announcement and Interview with the Winner

doi:10.3390/safety7020035

Abstract

After an extensive voting period, we are proud to present the winner of the Safety Young Investigator Award: [...]

Highlights

After an extensive voting period, we are proud to present the winner of the Safety Young Investigator Award: Dr Amy Peden has extensive experience in drowning prevention research, policy and practice, having worked in the field for 13 years and authored 77 peer-reviewed publications and 68 professional reports
Dr Peden has been the lead author and presenter on over 60 conference papers, both domestically and internationally, and has been awarded over AUD 530,000 in competitive grant funding to date. In her current role as a Lecturer in Injury Prevention within the School of Population Health at the University of New South Wales, she has a combined teaching and research role. She is responsible for the development of the Injury Epidemiology, Prevention and Control course as part of the Master of Public Health and the Master of Global Health
Amy holds honorary appointments with the Injury Division of The George Institute for Global Health and the Health and Psychology Innovations (HaPI) Research Laboratory at Griffith University. She is a member of the Australasian Injury Prevention Network (AIPN) Executive Committee and is their Communications Coordinator

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Introduction

After an extensive voting period, we are proud to present the winner of the Safety Young Investigator Award: Dr Amy Peden has extensive experience in drowning prevention research, policy and practice, having worked in the field for 13 years and authored 77 peer-reviewed publications and 68 professional reports. Dr Peden has been the lead author and presenter on over 60 conference papers, both domestically and internationally, and has been awarded over AUD 530,000 in competitive grant funding to date.

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