Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that the winner of the Safety 2020 Young Investigator Award is Dr. Amy Peden.

Dr. Amy Peden is a lecturer and researcher with the School of Population Health at UNSW Sydney. She lectures in injury prevention and conducts research in injury epidemiology and prevention with a focus on drowning prevention. Dr. Peden’s specific areas of interest include issues facing regional communities, the impact of alcohol on injury risk and drowning data collection and communication methods. She has authored 73 peer-reviewed articles to date as well as over 60 professional reports. Dr. Peden holds honorary positions with the George Institute for Global Health, James Cook University and is also a senior research fellow with Royal Life Saving Society – Australia. She is a member of the executive committee of the Australasian Injury Prevention Network (AIPN) and regularly appears in the media discussing drowning prevention issues.

As the awardee, Dr. Amy Peden will receive an honorarium of 1000 CHF, an offer to publish a paper free of charge before the end of June 2021 in Safety after peer-review, and an engraved plaque.

We would like to thank all the nominators from various fields of study for their participation and all the Award Committee Members for their evaluation of the abundant excellent nominations.

Prof. Dr. Raphael Grzebieta
Editor-in-Chief, Safety