Upcoming roundtable sponsored by the Food and Nutrition Board at the
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.
If you cannot join in person, you can register for the webcast.
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How can investments in the built environment advance obesity
solutions?*September
12*, join the Roundtable on Obesity Solutions for a workshop that will
explore the roles built environment policies and practices play in the
prevention and treatment of obesity and will highlight promising, scalable,
multi-sector strategies to create more healthful and equitable
environments. Built environment topics that will be covered include urban
planning and design, transportation systems, parks and recreation, and food
systems. Register to attend either in person or via webcast. Due to seating
capacity, in-person registration for this workshop is limited.
http://www.nationalacademies.org/hmd/Activities/Nutrition/ObesitySolutions/…
Apologies for cross-posting.
FHWA released the 2017 NHTS data today. In order to stimulate immediate use
and analysis of the dataset to inform transportation planning, policy and
decision making, The Transportation Research Board, in collaboration with
the Federal Highway Administration, will host a workshop August 8-9, 2018
in Washington DC. Individuals and organizations are encouraged to submit
brief abstracts to be considered for a poster session or lectern
presentations. Abstracts are due *April 15, 2018*.
Details are here:
http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/Conferences/2018/NHTS/CallforAbstracts…
The 2017 NHTS data can be downloaded from here: http://nhts.ornl.gov/
Note: There will be a scheduled NHTS server outage from 7:00 am Eastern
this Saturday March 10 until midnight. The website will not be accessible
during this time.
*Look forward to your abstracts and participation.*
Krishnan
If you are interested in submitting a research paper in the special issue
of the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health on
Transportation Related Air Pollution and Health see the forwarded message
below.
Ellin Reisner
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Doug Brugge <doug.brugge(a)gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Mar 13, 2018 at 9:07 AM
Subject: Paper Invitation from PubMed and Web of Science Indexed Journal:
[IJERPH-IF 2.101] Special Issue “Transportation-Related Air Pollution and
Human Health”
To:
Dear Colleague,
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health / (
http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph, Impact Factor: 2.101) is currently
running a Special Issue entitled “Transportation-Related Air Pollution and
Human Health”. I am from Tufts University School of Medicine, serving as
Guest Editor for this issue. Given your expertise and your published papers
I hope you will consider a submission. IJERPH is fully open access. Open
access (unlimited and free access by readers) increases publicity and
promotes more frequent citations, as indicated by several studies. Open
access is supported by the authors and their institutes. Article Processing
Charges of CHF 1600 (APC) apply to accepted papers.
It is now well established that living near major roadways and highways is
associated with increased risk of a range of adverse health outcomes
including cardiovascular disease, respiratory illnesses and neurological
problems. Accordingly, research is focused increasingly on which pollutants
in the environment near transportation are most responsible and how to
reduce exposure through regional and local policy and though individual
protective measures such as air filters.
For this issue, I invite submissions that in any way inform the issue of
transportation-related pollution and health, including, but not limited to,
environmental monitoring, epidemiology, policy, public health and
community-level interventions.
For further reading, please follow the link to the Special Issue Website
at: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph/special_issues/
Transportation-Related_Air_Pollution_and_Human_Health.
The submission deadline is *1 September 2018*. You may send your manuscript
now or up until the deadline. Submitted papers should not be under
consideration for publication elsewhere. We also encourage authors to send
a short abstract or tentative title to the Editorial Office in advance (
gina.liu(a)mdpi.com).
For further details on the submission process, please see the instructions
for authors at the journal website (http://www.mdpi.com/journal/
ijerph/instructions).
We look forward to hearing from you.
Kind regards,
Doug Brugge
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Ellin Reisner, Ph.D.
reisnere51(a)gmail.com
Greetings All
The Center for Health and Safety Culture is hosting our first symposium on the application of culture as a paradigm for improving health and safety across multiple domains including traffic safety, substance misuse, domestic violence. Our center will be hosting this symposium in Bozeman, Montana this coming June 20 to 22: https://chsculture.org/outreach-events/symposium-2018/
This will be a highly interactive and collaborative event to discuss current science and best practices in the role of culture in sustaining healthy and safe behaviors. By combining experiences across multiple health and safety domains, our goal is to create synergy and collaboration amongst the participants to advance science and espouse best practices for transforming culture to achieve health and safety goals – including vision zero.
Hope to see you there.
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promotion and media relationships.- Interdisciplinary training and/or
experience in urban planning, sustainable development, active
transportation, social equity, public health and implications on healthy
behaviors and outcomes - Experience with computer programming, including
working within an open source and online environment, including R, Python,
PostgreSQL- Intermediate level Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
knowledge and capabilities- Ability to monetize health and workforce
productivity impacts of transportation investments and land use actions of
built, natural, and social environment. While the position is primarily
expected to be analytical in nature, additional responsibilities will
include coordination and project planning with other staff, interaction
with clients, subcontractors and proposal development in a collaborative
environment. The position requires efficiently producing a variety of
products including analysis, reports, maps and other documentation. The
ideal applicant will have strong organizational, interpersonal, analytical,
and communication skills and with a demonstrated record in project
management. This position can be full or part-time and offers considerable
opportunity for advancement. We need someone that is self-motivated,
collaborative, and who works well independently. The work hours are
flexible as is the location where the applicant is located. Our team works
primarily from their homes. We prefer the applicant be located in the
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Vancouver BC regions. Compensation is commensurate with experience and very
competitive. Please send a letter of interest, resume, and writing sample
to info(a)ud4h.com <info(a)ud4h.com>. This position will remain open until it
is filled.No phone calls please. www.ud4h.com <http://www.ud4h.com>*
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