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, Marketing & Communications and Program Director, DIAD
Jennifer Hall Office Manager & Product Design	Daniel R. Mayhew, M.A. Senior Research Scientist and Advisor
Tho (Bella) Dinh-Zarr, PhD, MPH Senior Advisor, Public Health & Transportation	Heather Woods-Fry, Ph.D. Research Scientist
Stephen W. Brown, BA(Hons) Research Associate	Hannah Barrett, M.A. Research Associate
Leanna Ireland, M.A. Research Assistant
Advisors & Consultants
Mavis Johnson Community Development Advisor	Mark E. Andrews Technical Specialist, Road Safety & Enforcement
Craig Lyon, M.A.Sc., P.Eng. External Consultant