We are pleased to announce that Pam Farmer has accepted our offer to become the new Research Associate at SMARTRISK where she will be heavily involved in the activities of the Ontario Injury Prevention Resource Centre. She will have primary responsibility for producing the monthly Ontario Injury Compass, as well as responding to requests for injury data, replacing Kelly Cimek who is leaving to assume a new position as Information Controller at the Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant Local Health Integration Network and Hamilton Health Sciences.

Pam brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to this position. She received her Master of Science in Kinesiology and Health Science: Epidemiology from York University where she trained under Dr. Alison Macpherson. Her Masters thesis on “The Impact of Booster Seat Legislation on Restraint Use and Fatality Risk in Frontal Crashes among Children” was nominated for a faculty award, and has been provisionally accepted for publication with the journal Injury Prevention. She has been involved in various other research projects in the field, including serving as Team Leader/Field Surveyor for the “National Survey on Enhanced Vehicle Safety for Children,” conducted by AUTO21.

Her strong background in the epidemiology of injury, and the challenges of healthy public policy for injury prevention will be great assets to her in this position.

Please join us in welcoming Pam to SMARTRISK and in wishing both Pam and Kelly all the best in their new positions.