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EP #418 - 2.18.2022 - COVID and Traffic Collisions
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66 minutes
Released:
Feb 23, 2022
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Today I welcome traffic collision experts Michal Grivna and Yasin Jemal Yasin to talk about new research on collisions and the pandemic.
Prof. Michal Grivna is a leading expert in injury control and safety promotion. Prof. Grivna´s research included topics related to childhood and adolescent injuries, school safety, traffic safety, baby walker injuries, child vehicle occupant protection, playground injuries, trauma registration and other public health issues. He is collaborating as a consultant with various public health and preventive medicine institutions in the United Arab Emirates and abroad, including Department of Health Abu Dhabi and Dubai Health Authority. He played a leading role in activities of the European Child Safety Alliance and implementation of WHO Safe Community Program. He is currently a mentor of young scientists in WHO Violence and Injury Prevention Mentorship Program.
Yasin Jemal Yasin holds BSc degree in Environmental Health from Haramaya University, Ethiopia, Masters Degree in Public Health (MPH) from Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, and MSc in Environmental Sciences from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Saudi Arabia, and a certificate in Clinical Research from Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, USA. He is also a faculty member in School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Mekelle Univeristy, Ethiopia. He is a 3rd year Ph.D student in the Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University (UAEU), UAE. My Ph.D thesis title is "Risk factors affecting the patterns and severity of road traffic collisions: Global and UAE perspective."
Prof. Michal Grivna is a leading expert in injury control and safety promotion. Prof. Grivna´s research included topics related to childhood and adolescent injuries, school safety, traffic safety, baby walker injuries, child vehicle occupant protection, playground injuries, trauma registration and other public health issues. He is collaborating as a consultant with various public health and preventive medicine institutions in the United Arab Emirates and abroad, including Department of Health Abu Dhabi and Dubai Health Authority. He played a leading role in activities of the European Child Safety Alliance and implementation of WHO Safe Community Program. He is currently a mentor of young scientists in WHO Violence and Injury Prevention Mentorship Program.
Yasin Jemal Yasin holds BSc degree in Environmental Health from Haramaya University, Ethiopia, Masters Degree in Public Health (MPH) from Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, and MSc in Environmental Sciences from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Saudi Arabia, and a certificate in Clinical Research from Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, USA. He is also a faculty member in School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Mekelle Univeristy, Ethiopia. He is a 3rd year Ph.D student in the Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University (UAEU), UAE. My Ph.D thesis title is "Risk factors affecting the patterns and severity of road traffic collisions: Global and UAE perspective."
Released:
Feb 23, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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