- Bethany J Foster,
- Robert W Platt,
- Michael S Kramer
It is with sorrow that we note the death of Ivan Barry Pless. Barry was one of the world’s first paediatric epidemiologists. He was a pioneer in injury epidemiology and the founding editor of Injury Prevention, a BMJ journal. His devotion to Injury Prevention never waned; he continued to contribute to the journal through scientific manuscript reviews and editing until months before his death. He made important contributions in both research and advocacy in the area of child injury prevention, in Canada and internationally, and was a lifelong advocate for child health in Canada.
Barry grew up in Toronto. He went to medical school at the …