Staff

The professional team at the Traffic Injury Research Foundation (TIRF) has a unique blend of research and technical expertise. TIRF staff have many decades of experience and are internationally recognized experts in research, program and policy development, evaluation, as well as knowledge transfer.

TIRF staff possesses expertise in relation to:

• Experimental and epidemiological research
• Qualitative and quantitative analyses (and specialized multivariate techniques)
• Observational studies
• Public opinion, population, and roadside surveys
• Crash analysis and causal assessment
• Database design, construction, and management
• Literature reviews

Robyn D. Robertson, M.C.A. President & CEO	Ward Vanlaar, Ph.D. Chief Operating Officer
Mark Saunders, CPA, CMA Director, Finance	Karen Bowman Director, Communications & Programs
Rob Wilkinson Director, Community Partnerships	Craig Lyon, M.A.Sc., P.Eng Director, Road Safety Engineering
Jennifer Hall Office Manager & Product Design	Daniel R. Mayhew, M.A. Senior Research Scientist & Advisor
Tho (Bella) Dinh-Zarr, PhD, MPH Senior Advisor, Public Health & Transportation	Stephen W. Brown, BA(Hons) Research Associate & Data Collection
Sarah Simmons, Ph.D. Research Scientist	Hannah Barrett, M.A. Researcher & Program Coordinator
Milad Delavary, M.A. Research Associate	Mavis Johnson Community Development Advisor
Advisors & Consultants
Kylee Bowman Lead, TIRF Youth Advisor Program	Mark E. Andrews Technical Specialist, Road Safety & Enforcement