Dr. Cara Hamann is an Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Core Director of Training and Education for the Injury Prevention Research Center, and Director of the Transportation Research and Injury Prevention Safety (TRIPS) Lab at the University of Iowa. Her research focuses on unintentional injury prevention, with an emphasis on transportation safety. Her work includes naturalistic studies, intervention development and evaluation, and linked analyses of transportation, justice, and medical data of high-risk and vulnerable road user groups and locations (rural areas, bicyclists, pedestrians, teen drivers, older drivers, child passenger restraint). 

She was elected for an at-large position on the Board of Directors starting in April 2026 and also serves as the Board Secretary.