Title(s): Visiting Associate Professor
Department: Occupational and Environmental Health
A real-life scenario that stays in the back of her mind keeps Dr. Marizen Ramirez motivated to prevent farming injuries and deaths. Parents of a toddler who had suddenly disappeared were forced to face the reality that their child died in a piece of machinery that was in operation on their own farm.
“Injuries and violence are the number one killers of children,” said Ramirez. “I have a strong passion for child health. We want to prevent these events from occurring and prevent the suffering that occurs because of it.”
Ramirez intentionally avoids referring to the incidents as accidents. “That term connotes that these are chance events,” she said. “That’s not the mentality that we need to maintain. We need to look at these events as preventable.”
Learn more about Dr. Ramirez at this profile…
Courses Taught
- Epidemiology of Occupational Injuries
- Injury Epidemiology
Research Interests
- Pediatric injuries
- School-based injuries and violence
- Sports injuries
- Injuries to children with special health care needs
- Disaster epidemiology
- Emergency preparedness
- Posttraumatic stress
- Youth violence
Background
Affiliations
- Project Leader, Farm Equipment Study, Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health
In the News
- Media roundup: More lighting on farm vehicles reduces crashes
- Ramirez comments on Iowa’s anti-bullying law
- Researchers evaluate Iowa’s anti-bullying law
- CPH faculty participate in The Op-Ed Project workshop
- Study finds laws aimed at reducing bullying are successful
- Ramirez featured as expert source on bullying, school-based injuries
- Ramirez says schools are key in anti-bullying efforts
- Ramirez noted as expert on bullying, violence
- Program Helps Kids Recover from Injury
- College Collaborates on New Play About Bullying