Federico E Vaca, MD, MPH
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Biography
Dr. Vaca is Professor Adjunct in the Yale School of Medicine's Department of Emergency Medicine.
He is a board-certified emergency medicine physician and physician-scientist. He previously served as a Medical Fellow for the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in Washington, D.C. Over the last 20 years, his research has focused on occupant safety, adolescent development and behaviors that influence the risk of motor vehicle crash injury as well as health disparities in injury and alcohol use disorders. His research has been funded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), NIH’s Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR), and the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). Dr. Vaca has chaired and served on several NIH scientific review committees, chaired national expert panels directed by the National Academies of Sciences, Medicine, and Engineering’s Transportation Research Board, and previously served on the Board of Scientific Counselors for the CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control.
Education & Training
- MPHUniversity of California at Los Angeles (2002)
- Medical FellowU.S. Department of Transportation and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) (2002)
- FellowUniversity of California-San Diego (1996)
- Chief ResidentUniversity of California, Irvine (1995)
- ResidentUniversity of California-Irvine Medical Center (1995)
- MDCreighton University School of Medicine (1992)
Certifications
- Board CertificationAB of Emergency Medicine, Sports Medicine (Emergency Medicine) (2006, recertified: 2016)
- Board CertificationAB of Emergency Medicine, Emergency Medicine (2006, recertified: 2017)
Honors & Recognition
Award | Awarding Organization | Date |
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Leffell Prize for Clinical Excellence | Yale School of Medicine | 2019 |
Board of Scientific Counselors | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Centers for Injury Prevention and Control | 2017 |
National Faculty Teaching Award | American College of Emergency Physicians | 2013 |
California State Traffic Safety Achievement Award | California Office of Traffic Safety | 2007 |
AAMC, Humanism in Medicine Award | Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), University of California, Irvine-School of Medicine | 2005 |
National Honorary Society in Public Health | Delta Omega | 2002 |
Professional Service
Organization | Role | Date |
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Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Committee on Simulation and Measurement of Vehicle and Operator Performance, AND30 | Member | 2016 - Present |
Scientific Review Panel Member, NIH / Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD), Consortium for Research on Pediatric Trauma and Injury Prevention | Member | 2015 - Present |
Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Committee on Operator Education and Regulation, ANB30 | Member | 2013 - Present |
Appointments and Promotions Committee - Yale University School of Medicine | Committee Member | |
Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine | Board Member | |
Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine | Committee Member |