Fred Rivara

Fred Rivara (born May 17, 1949) is a professor of pediatrics and epidemiology at the University of Washington at Seattle Children's Hospital known for his research into the relationship between gun ownership and gun violence in the 1990s. Rivara has also researched bicycle helmets, intimate partner violence, and alcohol abuse, among other topics.

Education Rivara earned his doctor of medicine in 1974 from the University of Pennsylvania. In 1980, he completed a master's in public health at the University of Washington.

Career Rivara's career spans 30 years. and then JAMA Network Open.

Gun violence research In the 1990s, Rivara received funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to research the relationship between gun ownership and gun violence. His research found that the chances of homicide or suicide increase threefold when there is a gun present in a home, Rivara and his colleagues published their research in the New England Journal of Medicine in 1993 in a series of articles on their findings.

Awards Some awards Rivara has received include: Charles C. Shepard Science Award from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Injury Control and Emergency Health Services Section Distinguished Career Award American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on Injury and Poison Prevention, Physician Achievement Award UW School of Public Health Distinguished Alumni Award