Beth E. Ebel, MD,MSc,MPH

Overview

Board Certification(s)

Pediatrics

Medical/Professional School

Harvard Medical School, Boston
University of Washington School of Public Health , Seattle

Residency

Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore

Clinical Interests

Distracted driving and teen driving safely; injury prevention; language access and quality of care

Research Description

I am the director of the Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center, a multidisciplinary research institute encompassing the fields of pediatrics, surgery, biostatistics, epidemiology, psychiatry, trauma care and social work, nursing, and health economics. The goal of the Injury Center is to develop, apply, and evaluate current and new interventions and strategies to decrease the morbidity and mortality due to injuries. My research interests include injury prevention, community interventions and health behaviors, with emphasis on high-risk populations. I am the principal investigator in recent studies of the Seattle campaign to encourage booster seat use for young passengers and in a multisite community intervention to improve child passenger safety in Latino communities. I am also the principal investigator for several studies measuring the healthcare costs of unrestrained motor vehicle occupants, a grant to quantitatively measure and improve interpreted care for limited English proficiency children and families, and a Fogarty grant to improve trauma care in developing countries.

Research Focus Area

Quality Improvement, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Genetics and Developmental Biology

Publications