Gretchen H. Baker

Gretchen H. Baker studies how children, teens, and adults are protected by seat belts and car seats (child restraint systems) in vehicle crashes, using crash test dummies, pressure sensors, and cadaver studies to measure body posture, belt fit, and injury risk. Her work also examines real-world behaviors like booster seat use, seatbelt use during pregnancy, and child safety in rideshare vehicles. The overall goal is to improve child and occupant safety recommendations and restraint system design.

Publication output has grown over the last decade, rising from about 1-3 papers per year earlier on to 3-5 per year in the most recent years, with occasional gaps (e.g., 2020, 2022).

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