Federico Vaca
Executive Vice Chair — Department of Emergency Medicine · University of California, Irvine School of Medicine
Credentials: · · · · · ·
History
- Present
Emergency Medicine · University of California, Irvine School of Medicine
- Present
Brain · UC Irvine School of Medicine
2024–Present
- 2001–2002
U.S. Department of Transportation and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
- 1992–1995
Research
Reducing Fatal Opioid Overdose: Prevention, Treatment and Harm Reduction Strategies
Review · The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine · 2015 · 136 citations
Academic Emergency Medicine · 2009 · 87 citations
New media use by patients who are homeless: the potential of mHealth to build connectivity
Journal of Medical Internet Research · 2013 · 45 citations
- DC
17 papers · 7 as a resident
17 papers
10 papers
8 papers
8 papers
8 papers · 5 as a resident
- AR
6 papers · 3 as a fellow
- JW
5 papers
Grants
- 2025–2030
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism · R01
Contact PI · $1.3M · University of California-Irvine
- 2024–2026
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism · R56
Contact PI · $293.1K · University of California-Irvine
- 2018–2023
Trajectory Outcomes of Teens That Ride with Impaired Drivers & Drive Impaired
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism · R01
Contact PI · $2.8M · University of California-Irvine
- 2018–2020
Delaying Licensure: Latino Teens Riding with Impaired Drivers and Impaired Driving
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism · R21
Contact PI · $479.1K · Yale University
Clinical trials
- 2014–2020
Automated Bilingual Computerized Alcohol Screening and Intervention in Latinos (AB-CASI)
Principal investigator · Completed
Yale University
Honors
Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine
Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine