Deborah Kale Tinsworth, B.S., M.S., is a senior health statistician at the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), which is an independent federal regulatory agency that oversees the safety of over 15,000 types of consumer products. Since 1985, she has been the lead statistician in the area of children’s hazards for CPSC’s directorate for epidemiology. In this capacity, she has been involved in the collection and analysis of injury data and management of projects related to a variety of product and hazard areas, including home and public playground equipment, toys, nursery equipment, bunk beds, bicycles, choking hazards, clothing strings, trampolines, and escalators. In addition, Ms. Tinsworth is the program coordinator for children’s hazards at CPSC, overseeing and coordinating agency activities related to the reduction of deaths and injuries to children. Since starting with CPSC in 1976, she has also worked in the area of flammability hazards for the Directorates for Epidemiology and Engineering. Ms. Tinsworth received B.S. and M.S. degrees from Purdue University in 1974 and 1975, and has completed additional courses in statistics in the Washington, D.C., area.