Ian Pike, PhD, is a Professor of Pediatrics at UBC, an Investigator at BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute and the BC Injury Research and Prevention Unit, and Co-executive Director, The Community Against Preventable Injuries. His academic training is in kinesiology, health promotion and injury prevention, with particular emphasis on population health and the workplace. He has some 30 years experience in injury prevention and healthy lifestyle promotion, and has worked in the private, not-for-profit, and academic sectors. For his leadership and work in developing a province-wide health promotion and injury prevention program for the health care sector, Dr. Pike was recognized with an international award of excellence by the Association for Worksite Health Promotion.
Dr. Pike has co-led three Canadian Institute of Health Research teams to conduct national projects to develop and validate injury indicators for Canadian children and youth; injury prevention among First Nations and Inuit children and youth; child passenger safety; risky play; and, the efficacy of social marketing to reduce preventable injuries.
A well known expert on injury prevention topics, Dr. Pike is a tireless advocate for public safety.