Rebecca Q. Ivers is an Australian academic known for her work in injury prevention and trauma care research.
[4] She has also been involved in a number of studies working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, including analysis of driving behaviour and crashes[5] and preventing avoidable injuries among children.
[18] Ivers has overseen studies with a global reach examining the burden and risk factors for injury in low-income settings, including Vietnam, India and China.
[19] She also leads work on fracture care working with investigators from McMasters University on a NHMRC funded prospective study of 40,000 people examining the incidence and predictors of mortality in people sustaining traumatic fractures in low income country settings.
[20] She coauthored the WHO Step Safety Report which highlighted rates of life impacting falls and new prevention strategies.