TRBHealth April 2018

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[H+T--Friends] Advancing Obesity Solutions through Investments in the Built Environment: A Workshop

by Ann Hartell

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. ---- 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/…

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[H+T--Friends] NHTS for Transportation Applications Workshop: Call for Abstracts

by Krishnan Viswanathan

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

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[H+T--Friends] AAAM Student Symposium Abstract Call

by Scott Gayzik

Dear Student Scholars, Come showcase your work at the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine's student symposium! About AAAM: The Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine (AAAM) is a scientific professional organization devoted entirely to traffic related injury control. Our multidisciplinary membership is composed of scholars with backgrounds ranging from medicine, behavioral research, biomechanics, engineering, epidemiology, statistics, education, law, and public policy. Our members have clinical, research, academic and administrative backgrounds. Goal: The symposium is intended to give students early in their careers the opportunity to present talks on work in progress to an experienced research audience composed of AAAM members and conference attendees from diverse disciplines. The symposium is followed by a mentoring session to connect students to established researchers in the field. Location: Nashville, TN, October 7th, 2018, one day ahead of the AAAM annual conference. Travel assistance available! Students whose abstracts are accepted to the symposium will have conference registration fees waived and will receive a travel stipend. More info and to submit: https://www.aaam.org/annual-conference/student-symposium/student-research-s… Thanks and see you in Music City, F. Scott Gayzik AAAM Student Program Chair Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering Wake Forest University School of Medicine

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