Staff

The professional team at the Traffic Injury Research Foundation (TIRF) has a unique blend of research and technical expertise, gained through decades of work in traffic safety. The senior staff have over 60 years of experience in the field 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 of Finance	Karen Bowman Director, Communications & Programs
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
Advisors & Consultants
Mavis Johnson Community Development Advisor	Mark E. Andrews Technical Specialist, Road Safety & Enforcement
Kylee Bowman Lead, TIRF Youth Advisor Program	Craig Lyon, M.A.Sc., P.Eng. External Consultant