An epidemiologist specializing in injury prevention, Professor Baker was the first director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy. Her research includes motor vehicle occupant and pedestrian deaths among children and adults; fatalities related to aviation, motorcycles, and heavy trucks; carbon monoxide poisoning; drowning; childhood asphyxiation; housefires; falls in the elderly; homicide; suicide; fatal occupational injuries; and injury severity scoring. She is well known for developing the widely used Injury Severity Score and for authoring the Injury Fact Book. A licensed private pilot, her aviation research includes analyses of crashes in the Colorado Rockies and research on commuter aircraft crashes and on crashes of instructional flights. She served on the Armed Forces Epidemiological Board in 1996-2000.

Professor Baker is an ardent advocate of policy changes that will prevent injuries. Much of her teaching and research is designed to influence the legislators, administrators, media representatives, and others whose decisions can determine the likelihood of injury for thousands of people.

She holds joint appointments at the School of Medicine, in the Departments of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine.

injury, teen drivers, alcohol, aviation safety, injury severity, occupational safety, childhood injury, eldery injury

Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine (AAAM) President 1974-75; Award of Merit, 1985; Fellow, 1994-

Named "Bad Guy of the Month" by Road Rider Magazine for efforts promoting motorcycle helmet laws

American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Honorary Fellow, 1988-

Charles A. Dana Award for Pioneering Achievements in Health and Higher Education, 1989

Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching, The Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, 1994-95

The Johns Hopkins University, Distinguished Alumnus Award, 1996

Honorary Doctor of Science Degree, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1998

American Public Health Association Award for Excellence, 1999

Fellow, Aerospace Medical Association, 2000

Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine, A.J. Mirkin Service Award, 2002

Aerospace Medical Association, John Paul Stapp Award, 2005

The Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Stebbins Medal for contributions to teaching programs, 2006

Hu G, Baker TD, Li G, Baker SP. Injury control: An opportunity for China. Inj Prev. In press.

Sheppard MA, Baker SP, Snowden CB, Jones PR. Predicting alcohol and drug involvement in hospitalized adolescents with assault injuries. Journal of Adolescent Health. In press.

Hu G, Wen M, Baker TD, Baker SP. Road-traffic deaths in China 1985-2005: Threat and opportunity. Inj Prev. In press.

Hu G, Webster D, Baker SP. Hidden Homicide Trends in the U.S., 1999-2004. Inj prev. In press.

Baker SP, Chen LH, Tefft B, Gebrekristos HT, Li G. Graduated driver licensing. What happens after age 16? Under revision, 2007.

Amoroso PJ, Bell NS, Baker SP, Senier L. Injury control I: Understanding injuries in the military environment. Submitted for publication.

Amoroso PJ, Bell NS, Baker SP. Injury control II: Strategies for prevention. Submitted for publication.

Gazal-Carvalho C, Pollack KM, Canham-Chervak M, Jones B, Baker SP. Strategies to prevent football injuries: A systematic review of the literature. Submitted for publication.

Baker SP, Chen LH, Tefft B, Gebrekristos H, Li, G. Graduated driver licensing: A nationwide analysis. Submitted for publication.

Sorock GS, Quigley PA, Rutledge MK, Taylor J, Luo X, Foulis P, Wang M. C, Varadhan R, Bellantoni M, Baker SP. Psychotropic medication changes and the short-term risk of falls in nursing home residents: A case control study. Submitted for publication.

Baker, SP et al, Pilot error in air carrier mishaps: Longitudinal trends among 558 reports. Aviat Space Environ Med. Vol. 79, No. 1 January 2008.

Li G, Gebrekristos H, Baker S. FIA Score: A simple risk index for predicting fatality in

aviation crashes. The Journal of Trauma, Injury, Infection and Critical Care, in press.

Li G, Baker SP. Crash risk in general aviation. (Editorial) JAMA 297:1596-1598, 2007.

Baker SP, Grabowski JG, Dodd RS, Shanahan DF, Lamb MW, Li G. EMS helicopter crashes: what influences fatal outcome? Ann Emerg Med 47:351-356, 2006.

Chen LH, Baker SP, Li G. Graduated driver licensing programs and fatal crashes of 16-year-old drivers: A national evaluation. Pediatrics 118;56-62, 2006.

Lincoln JM, Chen LH, Mair JS, Biermann PJ, Baker SP. Inmate-made weapons: Assessing the risk. Injury Prevention 12:195-198, 2006.

Hayden MS, Shanahan DF, Chen LH, Baker SP. Crash resistant fuel system effectiveness in civil helicopter crashes. Aviat Space Environ Med 76:782-785, 2005.

Li G, Baker SP, Grabowski JG, Qiang Y, McCarthy ML, Rebok GW. Age, flight experience, and the risk of crash involvement in a cohort of professional pilots. Am J Epidemiol 157:874-880, 2003.

Baker SP, Braver ER, Chen L, Li G, Williams AF. Drinking histories of fatally injured drivers. Injury Prevention 8:221-226, 2002.

Li, G., Baker, S.P, Grabowski, J.G., and Rebok, G.W. Factors Associated with Pilot Error in Aviation Crashes. Aviat Space Environ Med 72:52-58, 2001.

Chen, L.H., Baker, S.P., Braver, E.R., and Li, G. Carrying Passengers as a Risk Factor for Crashes Fatal to 16- and 17-Year Old Drivers. JAMA 283:1578-1582, 2000.

Li, G., Langlois, J.A., Baker, S.P., and Kelen, G.D. Are Female Drivers Safer? An Application of the Decomposition Method. Epidemiology 9:379-384, 1998.

Barss, P., Smith, G.S., Baker, S.P., and Mohan, D. Injury Prevention: An International Perspective -- Epidemiology, Surveillance and Policy. New York, New York: Oxford University Press, 1998.

Aboutanos, M.B. and Baker, S.P. Wartime Civilian Injuries: Epidemiology and Intervention Strategies. J Trauma 43:719-726, 1997.

Li G. and Baker, S.P. Exploring the Male-Female Discrepancy in Death Rates from Bicycling Injury: The Decomposition Method. Accid Anal Prev 28:537-540, 1996.

Baker, S.P., Lamb, M.W., Li, G., and Dodd, R.S. Crashes of Instructional Flights. Aviat Space Environ Med 67:105-110, 1996.

Baker, S.P., Lamb, M.W., Li, G., and Dodd, R.S. Human Factors in Crashes of Commuter Airlines. Aviat Space Environ Med 64:63-68, 1993.

Baker, S.P., O'Neill, B., Ginsburg, M.J., and Li, G. The Injury Fact Book, 2nd Edition. New York, New York: Oxford University Press, 1992.

Li, G. and Baker, S.P. A Comparison of Injury Death Rates in China and the United States, 1986. Am J Public Health 81:605-609, 1991.

Baker, S.P. Injury Science Comes of Age. JAMA 262:2284-2285, 1989.

Baker, S.P. and Lamb, M.W. Hazards of Mountain Flying: Crashes in the Colorado Rockies. Aviat Space Environ Med 60:6:531-536, 1989.

Baker, S.P., Whitfield, R., and O'Neill, B. County Mapping of Injury Mortality. J Trauma 28:6:741-745, 1988.

Simpson, S.G., Reid, R., Baker, S.P., and Teret, S.P. Injuries Among the Hopi Indians: A Population-Based Survey. JAMA 249:1873-1876, 1983.

Mierley, M.C. and Baker, S.P. Fatal Housefires in an Urban Population. JAMA 249:1466-1468, March, 1983.

Baker, S.P., Samkoff, J.S., Fisher, R.S, and VanBuren, C.B. Fatal Occupational Injuries. JAMA 248:692- 697, August, 1982.

Baker, S.P. Childhood Injuries: The Community Approach to Prevention. J Public Health Policy 2:235-246, 1981.

Baker SP, Fisher RS. Childhood asphyxiation by choking or suffocation. JAMA 244:1343-1346, 1980.

Baker, S.P., O'Neill, B., Haddon, W., Jr., and Long, W.B. The Injury Severity Score: A Method for Describing Patients with Multiple Injuries and Evaluating Emergency Care. J Trauma 14:187-196, 1974.

Baker, S.P. and Spitz, W.U. Age Effects and Autopsy Evidence of Disease in Fatally Injured Drivers. JAMA 14:1079-1088, 1970.

Baker, S.P. and Spitz, W.U. An Evaluation of the Hazard Created by Natural Death at the Wheel. New Eng J Med 283:405-409, August 20, 1970.