rebecca ivers

person lying on the ground after a car accident

Road injuries are killing young people, and it's hardly slowing down

30 Jun 2022

Traffic and unintentional injuries are the leading cause of adolescent deaths worldwide.

Could plaster be as good as surgery for treating wrist fracture for older people?

18 Mar 2021

The simple answer is yes, says research published in JAMA Surgery by a team from the Whitlam Orthopaedic Research Centre and UNSW School of Population Health.

How should public infrastructure change in light of COVID-19?

27 May 2020

Professor Rebecca Ivers, Head of School of Public Health and Community Medicine at UNSW, says we need to encourage people to use different modes of transport, such as cycling and walking, and we need to invest in long-term infrastructure projects to support this.

Physical distancing is here for a while: over 100 experts call for more safe walking and cycling space

29 Apr 2020

We've all seen the increases in people walking and cycling on shared paths so crowded it's almost impossible to maintain physical distancing. This must be fixed, and quickly.

Australian health and transport experts call for space for safer walking and cycling

23 Apr 2020

We need urgent measures to support safe walking, cycling and social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic, Australian experts say.

UNSW researchers to boost the public health response to COVID-19 in NSW

26 Mar 2020

A team of world-class researchers and project staff from UNSW Sydney has been seconded to NSW Health to join the fight against COVID-19.

Transport support urgently needed to improve road safety in remote communities: survey

13 Mar 2019

A road safety survey highlights how to reduce risk for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in remote and rural communities.

Australia failing to close the gap on injuries to Indigenous children, study finds

06 Feb 2019

Aboriginal children are almost twice as likely as non-Aboriginal children to suffer unintentional injury – and the situation hasn't improved for more than 15 years, a new study shows.

Construction and transport workers face high-risk of traumatic spinal injuries

26 Sep 2018

New study calls for better safety measures to reduce the number of serious back injuries suffered by employees in two major industries