Margie Peden

South African public health researcher

Margie Peden

Alma mater| University of Cape Town (PhD)
Known for| Global road safety
Scientific career
Institutions| World Health Organization
George Institute for Global Health University of Oxford
Thesis| Adult Pedestrian Traffic Trauma in Cape Town : with Special Reference to the Role of Alcohol. (1997)

Margie Peden is a South African public health researcher and injury prevention expert who serves as Head of the Global Injury Programme at the George Institute, University of Oxford, and co-director of the WHO Collaborating Centre on Injury Prevention and Trauma Care. Formerly, she was the lead coordinator of the Unintentional Injury Prevention (UIP) Unit at the World Health Organization for 17 years.[1][2]

## Education

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Peden earned her PhD at the University of Cape Town in 1997.[3]

## Career

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In 2000, she joined the World Health Organization.[3] She acted as coordinator of the WHO Global Road Safety Program from 2004 to 2010.

She served as global coordinator for the RS10 (Road Safety in 10 Countries) initiative, funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies.[3] She also founded the Global Injury Prevention Network, a platform for collaboration and knowledge sharing among injury prevention professionals worldwide.[4]

She is currently Head of the Global Injury Programme at the George Institute, University of Oxford, and co-director of the WHO Collaborating Centre on Injury Prevention and Trauma Care at the George Institute with Rebecca Ivers.[5]

Peden was invited to advise the United Nations Road Safety Fund: Platform on Health and Road Safety to identify impactful road safety initiatives and to advise funding allocation decisions supporting Sustainable Development Goal 3.6 to reduce the number of road traffic deaths and injuries by half by 2030.[6]

## Research

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Peden is focused on injury prevention in resource-limited countries and has also made significant contributions in the field of global road safety. Her career achievements include leading the development of the first comprehensive global status report on road safety and three subsequent Global Status Reports on Road Safety, providing a baseline for monitoring progress on road safety worldwide.[4][7]

She was the lead author of the World Report on Road Traffic Injury Prevention, published by WHO in 2004, which has been influential in shaping road safety policy globally.[8][9]

Peden was an author of the Disease Control Priorities 3 (DCP3) chapter "Road traffic injuries."[10]

She co-authored the 2022 Road Safety series in The Lancet with Adnan Hyder.[11][12]

## Honors and awards

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She holds honorary positions at the University of New South Wales, Imperial College London, and in the Department of International Health at Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health.[3][4][7][13]

## References

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1. ^ "Road safety expert Margie Peden: Nepal's starting progress". 2023-04-30. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
2. ^ "Injury Prevention podcast: Dr Margie Peden - from nursing and clinical practice to global health on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 2023-05-10.
3. ^ a b c d "Margie Peden | DCP3". dcp-3.org. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
4. ^ a b c "Dr. Margie Peden". RTIRN: Road Traffic Injuries Research Network.
5. ^ "WHO Collaborating Centre on Injury Prevention and Trauma Care". The George Institute for Global Health. Retrieved 2023-05-10.
6. ^ "SDG 3: Health and Road Safety | UNRSF". roadsafetyfund.un.org. Retrieved 2023-05-10.
7. ^ a b "Home - Dr Margie Peden". www.imperial.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-05-10.
8. ^ Peden, M.; Sminkey, L. (2004-04-01). "World Health Organization dedicates World Health Day to road safety". Injury Prevention. 10 (2): 67. doi:10.1136/ip.2004.005405. ISSN 1353-8047. PMC 1730081. PMID 15066965.
9. ^ "World report on road traffic injury prevention". www.who.int. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
10. ^ "Road Traffic Injuries | DCP3". dcp-3.org. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
11. ^ Halpert, Madeline. "Half A Million Deaths Each Year Could Be Prevented With These Fixes To Road Safety, Study Finds". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
12. ^ "Road Safety 2022". The Lancet. June 29, 2022.
13. ^ "https://www.georgeinstitute.org/people/margie-peden, https://www.georgeinstitute.org.uk/people/margie-peden". The George Institute for Global Health. Retrieved 2023-05-03. `{{cite web}}`: External link in ``|title=`` (help)

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