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EARNED DEGREES
Ph.D., 2004 (June)
University of California, Los Angeles
Epidemiology

M.P.H., 2000 (June)
University of California, Los Angeles
Public Health

B.A., 1997 (May)
University of New Hampshire
Linguistics

PAST EMPLOYMENT

2004-2005:  Assistant Research Epidemiologist
Southern California Injury Prevention Research Center, University of California Los Angeles

2000-2004:  Staff Research Associate           
Southern California Injury Prevention Research Center, University of California Los Angeles

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Effectiveness of child restraints
• Child pedestrian safety
• Matched cohort methods
• Bias correction methods
• Motorcycle safety
• GIS analysis of traffic injury and
• Traffic collision geocoding

CURRENT OR RECENT PROJECTS
The Effectiveness of Child Safety Seats in Reducing the Risk of Death: A Matched-Set Approach
Sponsor: AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety

Training and Rider Experience among Mature Motorcyclists in California
Sponsor: California Office of Traffic Safety

Developing a Customized GIS Mapping Program for SWITRS Geocoding
Sponsor: California Office of Traffic Safety

A Web-Based Mapping System for California Collision Data
Sponsor: California Office of Traffic Safety

Geocoding of Minor Injury Collisions in California
Sponsor: California Office of Traffic Safety

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Kraus JF, Rice TM, Peek-Asa C. Facial trauma and the risk of intracranial injury. Ann of Emerg Med 2003;41(1):18-26.

Rice TM, Peek-Asa C, Kraus JF. Nighttime driving, passenger transport, and injury crash rates of young drivers. Inj Prev 2003;9(3):245-253.

Rice TM, Peek-Asa C, Kraus JF. Effects of the California graduated driver licensing program. J Safety Res 2004;35(4):375-81.

Rice TM, Anderson CL. Updated estimates of the effectiveness of child safety seats, 1996-2005. Am J Public Health 2009;99(2):252-257.

Rice TM, Anderson CL, Lee AS. The association between booster seat use and death risk among motor vehicle occupants ages 4-8: a matched cohort study. Inj Prev (In press).