Erika Simina, MSc

Erika Simina has been collaborating with the Department of Public Health since 2011, contributing over 12 years of expertise in road-traffic injury research and injury surveillance. Her work has focused especially on child traffic safety, including participation in EU-funded and NIH-supported studies examining child pedestrian injury patterns, spatial analyses of high-risk areas, and observational studies on child restraint use. She has also contributed to the REPOPA, JAMIE, and TACTICS CHILDREN projects — initiatives that promote physical activity, strengthen injury monitoring across Europe, and support evidence-based child safety policy. More recently, she has been involved in community-oriented initiatives aimed at translating evidence into practice, contributing to efforts that promote responsible behaviour in traffic and active and safe mobility. She has been served as a health research consultant for local projects such as the multi-sectorial Beloved Child on Board initiative focused to increase child car passenger safety in Cluj-Napoca, funded by the Fondation Botnar and for Safe Journeys to School which assesses road infrastructure and mobility around school zones, funded by FIA Foundation.