Alex Parry is an Assistant Professor of Health Humanities and Bioethics at the University of Rochester Medical Center and a historian of public health. His research focuses on injuries, product safety, and child health. He received his M.A. in Literary and Cultural Studies from the University of Oklahoma and his Ph.D. in the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine fromJohns Hopkins University. Alex also serves as Coordinator of the interdisciplinary Injury Studies Research Network.

His current research examines the rise of U.S. home accident prevention from the 1920s to 1980s, demonstrating how experts and citizen-consumers combined education, markets for “safe” goods, and product engineering to keep their homes safe. His other projects include work on the cultural representation of injuries, child and toy safety, and infectious disease control. His work has been published in peer-reviewed and public-facing outlets including The Washington Post, Nursing Clio, Technology and Culture, and Isis.