Dr. Jeffrey W. Runge Appointed as NHTSA Administrator
Volume 4, Number 4 - Fall 2001
On August 8, 2001, Dr. Jeffrey W. Runge was sworn in as Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Dr. Runge, a physician, is a nationally recognized expert in motor vehicle injury care and prevention. Prior to his appointment at NHTSA, he served as director of the Carolinas Center for Injury Prevention and Control in Charlotte, North Carolina. A specialist in emergency medicine, Dr. Runge's research has focused on the area of injury prevention and control, particularly motor vehicle injuries. His passion for this work comes from his experience as a clinician in North Carolina's busiest trauma center, which treats more than 30,000 injuries yearly, a third of which are motor vehicle-related.
Dr. Runge is no newcomer to Safe Communities. During a 1996 fellowship at NHTSA, he acted as a spokesperson for Safe Communities, lecturing to public health professionals and highway safety advocates from Alabama to Alaska. In 1998, Dr. Runge secured a grant from the North Carolina Governor's Highway Safety Program to establish the Mecklenburg Safe Communities Program, which is based in Charlotte, North Carolina's largest metropolitan area. In its first year, this program produced Injury in Mecklenburg, a comprehensive population-based study of injury that is now used to guide Mecklenburg County's injury prevention efforts.
For more information about Dr. Runge, contact the NHTSA Public Affairs Office at (202) 366-9550. For more information about the Mecklenburg Safe Communities Program, contact Theresa Cruz at (704) 355-7098 or tcruz@carolinas.org.
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