Corinne Peek-Asa

Peek-Asa earned her Bachelor's degree in biochemistry from the University of New Mexico. While working with a medical examiner, including collecting tumors for a cancer study, she learned about the field of epidemiology. Peek-Asa also worked on a study of pedestrian deaths and injuries among New Mexico's Pueblo populations, developing her interests in injury and violence prevention. She went on to earn her Master of Public Health and Doctor of Philosophy in epidemiology from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). ==Career==

Peek-Asa served as a faculty member in UCLA's epidemiology department. She joined the University of Iowa (UI)'s College of Public Health faculty in 2001, where she was a director of the CDC-funded UI Injury Prevention Research Center from 2006 to 2020. She also directed a NIH-funded trauma training program, starting in 2008. and was named a distinguished professor. She joined the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) as vice chancellor for research and innovation in 2022. Peek-Asa was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2020. and has been a committee member of the Transportation Research Board and Forum on Global Violence Prevention. She has served on the board of the Society for the Advancement of Violence and Injury Research, which she also helped found, as well as the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health's Board of Scientific Counselors. Research Peek-Asa has co-authored approximately 225 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters about injury and violence epidemiology. According to UI, she has influenced national legislation and helped develop injury and violence data collection systems in five countries. ==References==