Karen Bruner Stroup, PhD, Director of Community Education and Child Advocacy

Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis

Throughout her 23 year career at Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis, Dr. Karen Bruner Stroup has championed the message that safety is for all children. As Director of Community Education and Child Advocacy the past 13 years, Dr. Stroup has expanded her base of research and program development to increase national awareness and capacity to address injury prevention for children with special needs, focusing on fire and burn prevention and bike safety. As Director of Riley Hospital's Automotive Safety for Children Program, Stroup helped build a national foundation for awareness, support, and education for safe transportation of children with special needs through her research, programs, and education materials.