Category Champion Award

Salary Award

Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies, University of British Columbia

Peter Wall Research Mentorship Award

Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research

Scholar Award

Associate Professor  Department of Pediatrics  University of British Columbia

Associate Professor School of Population and Public Health University of British Columbia

Investigator British Columbia Children's Hospital

Academic Scientist  BC Injury Research & Prevention Unit

Beyond physical activity: The importance of play and nature-based play spaces for children’s health and development

An evaluation of evidence-based pediatric injury prevention policies in Canada

Position statement on active outdoor play

What is the relationship between outdoor time and physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and physical fitness in children? A systematic review

Injury risk in British Columbia, Canada: Are Aboriginal children and youth over-represented?

Play worth remembering: Are playgrounds too safe?

What is the relationship between risky outdoor play and health in children? A systematic review

Risk of hospitalization due to unintentional fall injury in British Columbia, Canada, 1999-2008: Ecological associations with socioeconomic status, geographic place, and Aboriginal ethnicity

Dr. Mariana Brussoni is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics and the School of Population and Public Health at the University of British Columbia. She is a scientist with the Child and Family Research Institute and the BC Injury Research & Prevention Unit. Mariana is also a board member of the Child & Nature Alliance of Canada. Trained as a developmental psychologist, Mariana investigates child injury prevention. Current research interests include the influence of geographic, cultural and social places on parenting related to risk and safety; developmental importance of children’s risky play; the impact of injury on children’s health related quality of life; injuries in Aboriginal populations; and, injury surveillance.

Injury Prevention

Child Development

Parenting

Outdoor Play

Risky Play

Aboriginal Health

Higher Education

Health Research

University Teaching

English

Spanish

Injury Research Program

Adding natural elements to playgrounds can help depression in kids: study

Kids more active, less depressed when playgrounds include natural elements

Kids happier in play spaces with elements of nature, study suggests

B.C. researcher pleased to see municipalities adding risk to playgrounds

Vancouver-area municipality considers adding more risk to playgrounds

Richmond Made A Playground Risky. Now Another Community Is Following Suit

Researchers see a decline in injuries worldwide

Kids prefer natural elements in their play areas: UBC

Risky Outdoor Play Positively Impacts Children’s Health: UBC Study

Playing with Fire: How much risk should we expose our kids to?

The State of Play: Socio-ecological perspectives on children’s outdoor play

Canadian Hospitals Injury Reporting and Prevention Program

Risky play meets nature play: The influence of outdoor play spaces and risky play on child development

Play worth remembering: Gaining public insights into memories of outdoor play spaces

Canadian fathering and child unintentional injury prevention

Go play outside! Reframing risk to promote children’s outdoor play

Associate Professor

Mariana Brussoni, PhD is an Academic Scientist &
Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at UBC. Her research focuses on understanding the mechanisms of injury risk for high risk populations and developing evidence based policies, programs and interventions that are relevant to their social, cultural and behavioural contexts.

Parents &amp; Child Injury Prevention

Keeping Kids Safe: Dad's Role
Dr. Mariana Brussoni discusses findings from ongoing research on fathers' attitudes to childhood injury prevention being conducted at the BC Injury and Prevention Unit. What is a father's role in keeping children safe?

Keeping Kids Safe: Fathers and Injury Prevention, Part 1.

The Lawson Foundation's 2016 AGM: Guest Speaker Presentation (Mariana Brussoni)

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