Principal Investigator: Craig Zwerling, MD., PhD, MPH (Principal Investigator)Craig Zwerling is an associate professor in Preventive Medicine and Internal Medicine as well as the Director of the University of Iowa Injury Prevention Research Center. He has extensive experience in the design and evaluation of injury preventions, having worked with the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health as well as Kaiser Permanenete Health Maintenance Organization in this area. His primary interest is injury epidemiology, with emphasis on the area of occupational injuries. Other current projects include a cross-sectional survey "Injuries Among Iowa Farmers," a longitudinal study of injuries in a rural community, and secondary analysis of occupational injuries among older workers using a nationally representative survey, the Health and Retirement Study. Dr. Zwerling has responsibility for overall direction and supervision for the FACE project.

Co-Investigator: Risto Rautiainen, PhD, is deputy director for the Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health within the Institute for Rural and Environmental Health. Dr. Rautiainen has a doctoral degree in occupational and environmental health and a masters degree in agriculture/agricultural engineering. He has experience in agricultural health and safety education and intervention effectiveness research. He directs the Great Plains Center’s Prevention/Intervention Core, and he is Principal Investigator of the Certified Safe Dairy Farm project. He cooperates with the primary FACE investigator in surveillance and investigations, especially in agricultural machinery related incidents. He also serves as a back-up investigator and is a co-author in many investigation reports and educational publications. (Risto's true identity)

Coordinator: John Lundell, MA, has joined the Iowa FACE Program as program coordinator. Mr. Lundell has a background in injury-related program coordination and public administration and policy-making. Mr. Lundell is Coordinator of the University of Iowa Injury Prevention Research Center and involved in several on-going research initiatives. He is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Iowa FACE Program and the preparation of all reports and grant applications. Mr. Lundell’s effort in the FACE program will be 10%.