Education
conferences and workshops
SafeTREC* at APHA: Traffic Safety Center staff participation at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, November 7-11, 2009.
Global Health & Innovation Conference, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, Saturday, April 17 - Sunday, April 18, 2010.
10th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion, September 21-24, 2010, in London, with the theme of "Safe and Equitable Communities." "This theme has been chosen to reflect the disproportionate burden from almost all types of injuries that falls on poorer communities. Such differences are apparent both within countries, between countries and even between global regions. The conference programme will cover all aspects of injuries and safety."
Teaching
SafeTREC faculty and researchers teach two graduate courses and one course open to all students, which are informed by the disciplines of public health and engineering in ways seldom available at this level of instruction and which give students a chance to interact with people from different fields.
Spring 2009: "Planning for Traffic Safety and Injury Control" will examine principles of engineering and behavioral science relevant to preventing traffic collisions and subsequent injury. Taught by David Ragland, Ching-Yao Chan (Transportation Safety Research Program Leader, Partners for Advanced Transit and Highways), and Koohong Chung.
Civil Engineering C265 (Cross Listed) Public Health C285 3 Units TuTh 8-9:30AM 321 Haviland
Injury from motor vehicle collisions is a major cause of death and disability in the United States and is the leading cause of death and disability for ages 1-34. The course will examine principles of engineering and behavioral science relevant to preventing traffic collisions and subsequent injury. Human behavior, vehicle design, and roadway design will be considered as interacting approaches to preventing traffic crashes and injury. Safety of vulnerable road users (primarily pedestrians and bicyclists) will be covered extensively. Specific skill sets developed in the class include:
• Analysis of traffic collision and injury data;
• Identification of collision risk in a road network;
• Identifying causal factors;
• Identifying and evaluating countermeasures.
Students will also prepare and present a research paper. The class is open to students of all academic backgrounds.
Instructors: David Ragland, PhD, Institute of Transportation Studies, School of Public Health, davidr@berkeley.edu 510-642-0655
Ching-Yao Chan, PhD. Partners for Advanced Transit and Highways, cychan@path.berkeley.edu
Koohong Chung, PhD, PE, koohong@berkeley.edu
Fall 2008: "Public Health Injury Prevention and Control" explores statistical and policy analysis of public health and injury prevention. Taught by David Ragland and Glen Shor (Center of Occupational and Environmental Health) Download syllabus for Fall 2008 Public Health 285a (in Microsoft Word™).
Additional Courses:
"Pedestrian and Bicycle Transportation," (PDF of course announcement) a course under the auspices of the Department of City and Regional Planning. Pedestrian and Bicycle transportation planning links issues of mobility, access, air quality, global warming, and public health.
"Planning for Traffic Safety and Injury Control" (PDF of course announcement) integrates engineering, behavioral science, and vision science into a comprehensive approach to traffic safety.
Also, "Advances in Aging: Mobility and Transportation Safety," Spring 2001.
View previous announcements in the news archive.
*(WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE that, starting October 26, 2009, the Traffic Safety Center has a new name, SafeTREC, the Safe Transportation Research and Education Center.
Our new name more accurately reflects the manner in which our mission has grown since our founding nearly 10 years ago to encompass safety and travel risk in a multi-modal transportation system; a robust and diverse research agenda across multiple disciplines; and development and enhancement of curriculum, training, and outreach on the graduate and undergraduate levels, as well as for professionals and members of the community.)
