User:Tim.churches

Tim Churches is an Australian medically-qualified epidemiologist and health informatician. He has experience in (and peer-reviewed publications on) many areas of public health and health services research, including population health surveillance, use of routinely-collected health data for epidemiological research, and record linkage.

He is an active editor of Wikipedia articles relating to bicycle helmets. He is the author or co-author of the following scientific papers and blogosphere articles relating to bike helmets, or has been mentioned or quoted in media reports also listed below (order is approximately chronological):

Tim Churches also actively comments on bicycle helmet articles which appear in The Conversation. His contributions can be reviewed here: http://theconversation.edu.au/profiles/tim-churches-3690/activities He is currently working on an updated meta-analysis of bicycle helmet effectiveness, for which he has received no funding from any party. He has no relationship with and receives no funding or remuneration from any helmet manufacturer, wholesaler or retailer, nor any government departments or committees with responsibility for cycling or road safety policy. He has no association with any organisation or web site that engages in any form of promotion of, protest against or lobbying about the wearing of bicycle helmets or mandatory bicycle helmet laws in Australia or elsewhere.