Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit Associate Director Participates in Global Alliance for the Care of the Injured Meeting at World Health Organization Headquarters

Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit (JH-IIRU) Associate Director and Assistant Scientist Amber Mehmood, MD represented the Unit and School at the Global Alliance for the Care of the Injured (GACI) meeting on May 7-8, 2018 at World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.

On behalf of the Unit, Mehmood presented JH-IIRU’s portfolio of research and work related to trauma and emergency care, including the development and implementation of trauma registries, capacity development, and assessment of trauma and emergency care systems.

“As a World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Injuries, Violence and Accident Prevention, our Unit is dedicated to responding to the growing burden of injuries worldwide,” said Mehmood. “Our affiliation with the Global Alliance for the Care of the Injured is key to meeting with other committed researchers to identify and implement effective solutions and influence public policy and practice in injury prevention across the globe.”

Mehmood and her colleagues in GACI’s Data and Quality improvement workgroup convened for sessions in which they focused on minimal dataset for injuries and the finalization of metadata for a WHO trauma registry.

To learn more about GACI, please click here. To learn about JH-IIRU and its role as a WHO Collaborating Center for Injuries, Violence and Accident Prevention, please click here.