Injury Prevention Committee
The Injury Prevention Committee has members from various trauma centers around the state, and all are working to make injury prevention more visible in Michigan, while dedicating efforts toward reducing the incidence of preventable injury and death throughout the state. The members of the Injury Prevention Committee share success stories and strategies for developing new programs, determining injury prevention needs in their communities (based on local and regional data), creating educational materials, marketing their efforts, monitoring results, and quantifying their success. They also provide mentorship for new Injury Prevention Coordinators.
The Injury Prevention Committee is also responsible for planning an Annual Michigan Injury Prevention Symposium. To that end, they conduct conference calls with members who are planning the details of this annual conference, to gather ideas for speakers and topics, and to finalize an agenda. Check this website for specific details and the location for the annual symposium. For specific details you can reach the 2024 Symposium Chair, Tony Emerick (see contact information below). Meetings are generally conducted by conference call.
For more information about specific injury prevention programs, see the Prevention pages on this website.
For information about the Injury Prevention Committee’s meeting schedule, contact the committee chair.
Committee Chair: Nancy Butty, EMT, CPST
Injury Prevention Coordinator – Henry Ford Rochester Hospital
EMAIL Nancy
Chair-Elect: Stephanie Booza Gierman, MSN, RN
Injury Prevention Coordinator – Henry Ford Macomb Hospital
EMAIL Stephanie
SUBCOMMITTEES —
Injury Prevention Symposium
Chair: Jodi Peppers
Injury Prevention Coordinator – Corewell Health Lakeland Hospitals St. Joseph Hospital
EMAIL Jodi
Stop the Bleed: Anita Barksdale
Injury Prevention Coordinator – Trinity Health Oakland
EMAIL Anita
Older Adult Falls
Chair: Nicole Matthews
Injury Prevention Coordinator – Henry Ford West Bloomfield
EMAIL Nicole
Chair-Elect: pending
Teen/Senior Driving Safety
Chair: Christina Cameron
Injury Prevention Coordinator – Bronson Methodist Hospital
EMAIL Christina
Chair-Elect: Emma Chandler
Injury Prevention Coordinator – Corewell Health Grand Rapids – Butterworth Hospital
EMAIL Emma
Gun/Violence Prevention: Holly Alway
Injury Prevention Coordinator – Trinity Health Muskegon
EMAIL Holly
Heat Thermometer: Maurice Cox
Injury Prevention Coordinator – Trinity Health St. Mary Mercy Livonia
EMAIL Maurice
