Title(s): Associate Professor
Department: Epidemiology
Office: S449 CPHB
Phone: (319) 384-1513
Dr. Hamann is an Associate Professor in Epidemiology and the Core Director of Training and Education for the Injury Prevention Research Center at the University of Iowa. She also directs the Transportation Research and Injury Prevention Safety (TRIPS) lab at the University of Iowa. She is an injury epidemiologist whose research focuses on unintentional injury prevention, with a concentration on transportation safety. Her work includes naturalistic studies, interventions, 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). She has a PhD in epidemiology from the University of Iowa and a Master’s in Public Health from the University of North Texas Health Science Center.
Courses Taught
- Global road safety
- Introduction to Epidemiology Data Management and Analysis
Research Interests
- Transportation safety
- Injury epidemiology
- Vulnerable road users (pedestrians, bicycles, etc.)
- Global injury prevention
Background
Affiliations
In the News
- 5 tips for keeping Iowa kids safe on e-bikes and e-scooters (Opinion)
- UI researchers say many moms unbuckle while driving
- New research finds pregnant and postpartum women often unbuckle seat belts mid-trip, highlighting safety gap
- IPRC members recognized with national SAVIR Awards
- Hamann talks about balancing the needs of older drivers and road safety
- Improving Road and Street Safety
- Cara Hamann comments on Halloween night pedestrian-vehicle safety
- Cara Hamann talks about back-to-school traffic safety
- Hamann discusses distracted driving, Iowa’s handheld device law
- Hamann comments on use of ‘road diets’
- Global exchange: Building public health partnerships in Romania and beyond
- Study examines older driver crash injuries and driver license renewal policies
- Iowa study examines older adults’ driving errors and crash risk factors
- Hamann comments on bill to ban handheld phones while driving
- Hamann participating in 2025 Grant Writing Residency Program
- Hamann encourages drivers to slow down around farm vehicles
- Spotlight on faculty-student research collaborations at Iowa is Oct. 4
- Research examines impact of ‘road diets’ on emergency response
- Initiative aims to improve traumatic injury care in Georgia, Armenia, and Moldova
- Hamann comments on safety of kids bicycling to school
- Hamann comments on Iowa law that expands ‘pedestrian’ definition
- Hamann honored with Faculty Communicating Ideas Award
- A small change could close Iowa’s crosswalk loophole
- Hamann discusses road user safety and injury prevention
- Apply for global injury prevention training course in Romania
- Hamann offers a fix to the legal loophole in crosswalk laws
- Study examines factors that influence passing farm equipment on roadways
- Hamann comments on increase in pedestrian deaths
- IPRC studies examine teen car crashes
- Hamann offers safety tips for bikes, e-bikes, and more
- Hamann discusses e-bike and e-scooter safety
- Research suggests increasing charge types results in more convictions for alcohol-related motorcycle crashes
- Hamann comments on increase in deadly car crashes
- Hamann comments on pedestrian injuries
- CPH researchers find pedestrian death rates are higher for most minorities
- Hamann offers back-to-school safety tips
- Hamann comments on new bike turn boxes
- Hamann weighs in on decline in vehicle-bicycle crashes
- Training the next generation of injury professionals
- Hamann comments on bicycling safety study
- Study finds parents’ bike safety messages to kids aren’t hitting home
- Researchers and bike groups agree more rider education needed
- Hamann investigates increasing number of motorcycle crashes
- Hamann discusses bicycle training safety programs
- Study finds police more likely to crash in emergency mode
- Study looks at crashes involving emergency vehicles in Iowa
- Webinar on strategies to end bicycle crashes now available
- Webinar: Strategies to End Fatal Bicycle Crashes in Iowa
- Hamann works to understand bicycle fatalities
- Hamann works to improve the safety of bicyclists
- Hamann studies and advocates for improved bicycle safety
- Study finds most Iowans follow child safety seat law
- Charlton, Hamann, Ryckman named IIPHRP Policy Fellows
- Bicycle safety studies highlighted