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Federico E Vaca, MD, MPH

Professor Adjunct
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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.

Appointments

Education & Training

MPH
University of California at Los Angeles (2002)
Medical Fellow
U.S. Department of Transportation and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) (2002)
Fellow
University of California-San Diego (1996)
Resident
University of California-Irvine Medical Center (1995)
Chief Resident
University of California, Irvine (1995)
MD
Creighton University School of Medicine (1992)

Board Certifications

  • Sports Medicine (Emergency Medicine)

    Certification Organization
    AB of Emergency Medicine
    Latest Certification Date
    2016
    Original Certification Date
    2006
  • Emergency Medicine

    Certification Organization
    AB of Emergency Medicine
    Latest Certification Date
    2017
    Original Certification Date
    2006

Research

Overview

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

Accident Prevention; Adolescent; Adolescent Development; Behavioral Medicine; Behavioral Research; Emergency Medicine; Healthcare Disparities; Motor Vehicles; Social Behavior

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Federico E Vaca's published research.

Publications

2024

2022

Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

  • activity

    Appointments and Promotions Committee - Yale University School of Medicine

  • activity

    Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine

  • activity

    Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine

  • activity

    Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Committee on Operator Education and Regulation, ANB30

  • activity

    Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Committee on Simulation and Measurement of Vehicle and Operator Performance, AND30

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