News and notes
Awards to Injury Prevention editor
2001 has been a very successful year for Injury Prevention editor, Barry Pless. He was honoured by the Canadian Paediatric Society for his “excellence of achievement in the field of paediatric research, education, child health care and child advocacy”, being presented with the Ross Award. The citation notes that Professor Pless is a world leader in childhood injury prevention, a status that those close to him would wholly support. But his success did not end there. He also received one the Montreal Children's Hospital Foundation's Awards of Excellence, the Bombardier Aerospace Award of Excellence in Research. It was awarded to Barry for his initiatives and discoveries, which have made a unique and significant contribution to paediatric care.
People in the news
In the last issue of Injury Prevention we reported that Dr Jeffrey W Runge had been nominated for the post of National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Administrator. The appointment has now been confirmed by the US Senate. Dr Runge is an expert in motor vehicle injury care and prevention. A researcher and educator in emergency medicine, he has focused on the area of injury prevention and control, with a particular interest in motor vehicle injuries. As NHTSA Administrator, Dr Runge will lead an agency of more than 600 employees with a $403 million annual budget. The agency is responsible for reducing deaths, injuries, and economic losses resulting from motor vehicle crashes. He was most recently the Director of the Carolinas Center for Injury Prevention and Control and is on the Trauma Care and Injury Control Committee and the Research Committee of the American College of Emergency Physicians. In his first interview since taking NHTSA's helm earlier this month, Jeffrey Runge said that his agency would be a fierce advocate for automotive safety and that more federal rules on vehicle safety may be …
