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Brief BiographyDr. Weiss is a
Professor in the Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Dunedin School of
Medicine, at the University of Otago (2009). He received a MS in
Environmental Health and MPH in Epidemiology at the University of Minnesota (1975-6)
and his PhD in Epidemiology at the University of Pittsburgh (1999). He has over
33 years of experience in public health, 26 in injury control. He founded and
directed the state injury program in Wisconsin (1983) and since 1992 has been in
academia. He joined the University of Pittsburgh Center for Injury Research and
Control in 1993 and was Director from 2002-2008. His research has covered injury
surveillance, violence and domestic violence, traumatic brain injuries, baby
walkers, poisonings, bicycles, farm injuries, hospital discharge data, data
linkage, elderly falls, and recreational injuries, among other areas. Currently,
he focuses on injuries to pregnant women, fetal outcomes due to trauma,
motorcycle related traumatic brain injury and the intersection of safety and
sustainability. Dr. Weiss is author of several websites and has led the
development of the
the largest archive of injury internet lectures. He was chair of
the APHA
Injury Control and Emergency Health Services section (ICEHS, 1990) and
president of the Society for
Advancement of Violence and Injury Research (SAVIR, 2007). He was awarded the Alex Kelter Visionary Award from the
State and Territorial Injury
Prevention Directors Association (STIPDA, 2009).
Research Interests
Current Funded
Pr (SAVIR, 2007). He was awarded the Alex Kelter Visionary Award from the
State and Territorial Injury
Prevention Directors Association (STIPDA, 2009).  PhD Dissertation: The epidemiology of perinatal
traumatic fetal injury mortality. 1999, University of Pittsburgh. Citation,
abstract or a full copy of the dissertation may be downloaded from the
ProQuest Digital Dissertations Library. | Fetal injuries | Maternal injuries | Intimate partner violence | Childhood injury control
| E-coding issues and injury data sources required for injury control
efforts | Telecommunications and public health | Traumatic brain injury | Injury surveillance utilizing computerized surveillance and patient data
systems | Impact of Motorcycle Helmet Laws on Child and Adolescent Injury (NHTSA) | Injury Control Research Center | The Impact of Pregnancy-Associated Crashes on Birth Outcomes and Infant
Survival | University of Pittsburgh
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University of Wisconsin
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University of Minnesota
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University of California at Santa Cruz
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University of California at Los Angeles
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Motorcycle Helmets & Head Injuries: Steering the Media Cycle
- 8/28/2008 | Hank Weiss, PhD, MPH and Kristen Mertz, MD, MPH
Injury and Violence During Pregnancy: The Hidden Epidemic
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2/22/05 | AMCHP National Conference, Washington DC. Real Video (30 min) 
Injuries During Pregnancy: Understanding and Tracking the
Hidden Epidemic (third group down) - 12/11/03. Ninth Annual
Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Epidemiology Conference held
December 10-12, 2003 in Tempe, Arizona. |
Pregnancy and Injury: Birth of a New Field -
04/28/03 | This material, consisting of 5 multimedia presentations, is derived from a Special Session presented at the CDC Safety In Numbers Conference, in Atlanta, Georgia.  “Alex Kelter Vision Award” from the State and Territorial
Injury Prevention Directors Association (STIPDA) at the national
organization’s annual awards luncheon held on February 25, 2009 in
National Harbor, MD. |
Elluminate Center of Excellence | Top poster at the annual meeting of the International Society
for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention (ISCAIP) Durban, South
Africa April 5-6, 2006 | Recipient of the 2004 Live Online LOLA
Award for "Most compelling or engaging online learning moment".. | Student Paper Award, American Public Health
Association, Injury Control and Emergency Health Services Section | ICIRN Web site, Top 5% of the Web by Lycos | ICIRN Web site, Medsite Gold Award | |
