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 Michael
Mello,MD, MPH
Michael Mello, MD, MPH, is an expert in injury prevention for both
children and adults. He is director of the Injury
Prevention Center at Rhode Island Hospital, which develops community
outreach, education and research programs aimed at preventing injuries
before they occur.
Mello has taken part in numerous statewide and nationwide initiatives
in public health and injury prevention. Most recently, he was appointed
chair of the to the Rhode Island Department of Health Injury Community
Planning Group. He is the American College of Emergency Physician
(ACEP) liaison for the Home Safety Council Technical Advisory Board
and served on the American Medical Association Older Driver Project
Review Committee and the Centers for Disease Control Scientific
Review Panel. He serves on the Rhode Island National Violent Death
Review System advisory committee, the Rhode Island CODES Advisory
Committee, and the Rhode Island Child Death Review Committee.
Mello's research interests include the role of injury prevention
in emergency medicine; alcohol and injury; traffic safety and home
safety. He is currently co-principal investigator on research funded
by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Robert Wood
Johnson Foundation and the Emergency Medicine Foundation.
An attending staff physician at The Miriam Hospital, Mello is also
an assistant professor of emergency medicine and community health
at Brown Medical School and co-director of the Community Health
Clerkship. He has more than 15 years of experience teaching medical
students and residents and has published more than 30 scholarly
articles and abstracts.
Mello earned a bachelor's degree in biology from Boston University,
a doctor of medicine degree from University of Cincinnati College
of Medicine and a master's degree in public health from Boston University
School of Public Health.
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