Federico Vaca, Yale University
Emergency Medicine
Professor
New Haven, Connecticut
federico.vaca@yale.edu
Office:
(203) 785-2353
Expert In
Bio/Research
Unintentional injury is the #1 cause of death for Americans after the first year of life through age 44. It also accounts for more loss of potential productive life years before age 65 than cancer, heart disease, cerebrovascular disease or HIV. Motor vehicle crashes are responsible for the grea...
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Bio/Research
Unintentional injury is the #1 cause of death for Americans after the first year of life through age 44. It also accounts for more loss of potential productive life years before age 65 than cancer, heart disease, cerebrovascular disease or HIV. Motor vehicle crashes are responsible for the greatest proportion of morbidity and mortality in unintentional injury. The focus of my scholarly work and research is to better understand and investigate racial and ethnic disparities in traffic-related morbidity and mortality. What excites me most about my area of research is the influence of culture on injury-related behavioral issues. A considerable amount of work has yet to be done to clearly understand social and behavioral determinants of crash-injury risk and protection in a cultural context. Gaining greater insights in this area of injury will help to effectively broaden traffic and road safety intervention efforts nationally and globally.
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