Douglas J. Wiebe

Douglas J. Wiebe, PhD, is a Professor with joint appointments in the Department of Epidemiology at the University of Michigan's School of Public Health and the Department of Emergency Medicine in the Medical School. He directs the U-M Injury Prevention Center (a CDC-funded injury control research center) and serves on the Executive Committee of the U-M Concussion Center and Advisory Committee of the U-M Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention. His research examines environmental interactions with health risks, specializing in injury and violence prevention through spatiotemporal analysis.

Education:

• Postdoctoral Fellow, UCLA (2002)
• PhD, University of California-Irvine (2000)
• BA, University of Calgary (1991)

Research Focus: Dr. Wiebe leads multiple projects including the Ivy League-Big Ten Epidemiology of Concussion Study, development of the ReCoUPS mobile concussion monitoring system, and studies on firearm violence environmental determinants. His work emphasizes exposure measurement and activity pattern analysis to identify modifiable risk factors for injuries.

Publications: Recent articles demonstrate strong themes in sport concussion recovery patterns, firearm policy impacts, mobile health applications for injury monitoring, and geospatial analysis of violence. Methodological innovations in exposure quantification and longitudinal symptom tracking are prominent across studies.

Leadership & Training: He directs the Space-Time Epi Group, mentors trainees in injury epidemiology, and established a Fogarty International Center-funded program to build research capacity in Botswana. Current grants support work on concussion management and firearm injury prevention mechanisms.