Cara Hamann, PhD, MPH

Researcher Affiliate
Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology
Biography

Dr. Cara Hamann is an Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Core Director of Training and Education for the Injury Prevention Research Center, and Director of the Transportation Research and Injury Prevention Safety (TRIPS) Lab at the University of Iowa. Her research focuses on unintentional injury prevention, with an emphasis on transportation safety. Her work includes naturalistic studies, intervention development and evaluation, and linked analyses of transportation, justice, and medical data of high-risk and vulnerable road user groups and locations (rural areas, bicyclists, pedestrians, teen drivers, older drivers, child passenger restraint). 

Research areas
  • Injury Epidemiology
  • Transportation Safety
  • Injury Prevention
Cara Hamann
Education
PhD, Injury Epidemiology, University of Iowa
MPH, Epidemiology, University of North Texas Health Science Center