Allison E. Curry, PhD, MPH

Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Emergency Medicine) at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Director of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Center for Injury Research and Prevention, Department of General Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Senior Scientist, Center for Injury Research and Prevention, Department of General Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Associate Scholar, Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Leader, Young Driver Thrust, Center for Injury Research and Prevention, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Senior Fellow, Center for Public Health Initiatives, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Center Investigator, Penn Injury Science Center, University of Pennsylvania
Department: Pediatrics
Contact information
Center for Injury Research and Prevention
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
2716 South St, 13th floor
Philadelphia, PA 19146
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
2716 South St, 13th floor
Philadelphia, PA 19146
Office: 267-273-6830
Email:
currya@email.chop.edu
currya@email.chop.edu
Education:
B.A. (Biological Anthropology, Pre-medicine)
Northwestern University, 1998.
M.P.H. (Epidemiology)
University of California, Los Angeles, 2001.
Ph.D. (Epidemiology)
Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 2007.
Permanent linkB.A. (Biological Anthropology, Pre-medicine)
Northwestern University, 1998.
M.P.H. (Epidemiology)
University of California, Los Angeles, 2001.
Ph.D. (Epidemiology)
Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 2007.
Selected Publications
Sartin EB, Webb MS, Labows CG, Myers RK, Yerys BE, McDonald CC, Curry AE: Caregivers' perspectives on use of and need for driving resources for their autistic adolescent. Autism in Adulthood 2023. Online first.Walshe EA, Elliott MR, Cheng S, Romer D, Curry AE, Grethlein D, Gonzales AK, Winston FK : Driving skills at licensure predict time to first crash in newly licensed young drivers. Pediatrics 2023. In press.
Metzger KB, O’Malley L, Pfeiffer MR, Sartin EB, Curry AE: Facilitating use of statewide integrated traffic safety data to foster multisector collaboration. Poster presentation American Public Health Association Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA November 2023.
Sartin EB, Metzger KB, Curry AE, Pfeiffer MR, O’Malley L, Mansfield, JA: Socioeconomic disparities in child restraint selection and variation in child passenger safety information sources. Oral presentation. Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine’s annual conference, Indianapolis, IN October 2023.
Sartin EB, Metzger KB, Curry AE, O’Malley L, Pfeiffer MR, Mansfield J: Sociodemographic disparities in child restraint selection and variation in child passenger safety information sources Accident Analysis and Prevention 188: 107094, August 2023.
Pfeiffer MR, Metzger KB, Curry AE: Promoting transportation safety and equity efforts through innovative data integration, sharing, and collaboration. Oral presentation. Traffic Records Forum Annual Conference, Nashville, TN July 2023.
Sartin EB, Lombardi LR, Metzger KB, Myers RK, Pfeiffer MR, Curry AE: Variation in drivers’ seat belt use by indicators of community-level vulnerability. Journal of Safety Research 85: 140-146, June 2023.
Sartin EB, Myers RK, Labows CG, Metzger KB, Carey ME, Yerys BE, McDonald CC, Mollen CJ, Curry AE: Healthcare providers’ discussions regarding transportation and driving with autistic and non-autistic patients: A brief report. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 53(6): 2535-2539, June 2023.
Gaulton TG, Pfeiffer MR, Metzger KB, Curry AE, Neuman MD: Motor vehicle crash risk among adults undergoing general surgery: A retrospective case-crossover study. Anesthesiology 138(6): 602-610, June 2023.
Yerys BE, Kaplan-Kahn E, Sartin E, Boyd R, Herrington J, Curry AE: Suicidal ideation and behavior mediates the relationship between executive functioning and quality of life for transition-age autistic youth. Poster presentation International Society for Autism Research Annual Meeting, Stockholm, Sweden May 2023.