TRB's Standing Committee on Transportation and Public Health (AME70)<https://www.trbhealth.org/> is recruiting ambassadors to share a ready-made PowerPoint (link<https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dropbox.com%2Fs%2Fc2eisx4ak3…>) of key findings from the NCHRP Guidebook for Communications between Transportation and Public Health Communities (Guide). You do not have to be an expert on the Guide to share it. We would appreciate you letting people know it's out there! An upcoming speaking engagement, staff meeting, gathering of a working group or task force that you participate, or even a newsletter blurb in provide excellent opportunities to share the Guide. Please adapt it for your audience and time available. Contact us with questions and we would love to hear your thoughts on the Guide and how you are putting it into practice: AME70(a)trbhealth.org.
AME70 website: https://www.trbhealth.org/
This may be of interest to some.
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*From:* Sector.Partnership <Sector.Partnership(a)cisa.dhs.gov
<mailto:Sector.Partnership@cisa.dhs.gov>>
*Sent:* Thursday, January 14, 2021 9:02 AM
*Subject:* CISA Releases Cybersecurity Perspectives Healthcare and
Public Health (HPH) Response to COVID-19
*Importance:* High
Critical Infrastructure Stakeholders and Partners,
Today, CISA releases CISA Insights: Cybersecurity Perspectives
Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) Response
<https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/publications/CISA_011221_HPH_Facts…>to
COVID-19<https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/publications/CISA_011221_HPH_Facts…>that
provides an overview of vulnerabilities that could be exploited in the
HPH sector and best practices to counter this cybersecurity risk.
CISA conducted an analysis of vulnerability scanning data derived from
HPH entities enrolled in this service from March to November 2020. This
new resource provides observations and findings of vulnerabilities with
the HPH entities internet-facing systems and network configurations.
One common method used by malicious cyber actors is exploiting known
vulnerabilities or network configuration gaps to disable or disrupt
government and business networks. CISA strongly encourages
organizations, specifically HPH entities, to review this new resource
and take appropriate actions that could help reduce vulnerabilities with
internet-facing systems and network configurations. Also, CISA
encourages organizations to adopt vulnerability scanning service.
CISA offers free vulnerability scanning service to federal, state,
local, tribal and territorial governments, as well as public and private
sector critical infrastructure organizations.Organizations that
participate in this service receive weekly reports that identify and
provide trends for their active critical, high, medium and low
vulnerabilities. This service can help executive and IT professional
leadership make data-driven decision to prioritize resources. For more
information visit cisa.gov/cyber-hygiene-services
<https://www.cisa.gov/cyber-hygiene-services>_._
For more information, contact central(a)cisa.gov. <mailto:central@cisa.gov>
Respectfully,
//Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
/Defend Today Secure Tomorrow/
Propose New Topics for the 2021 TCRP Synthesis Program Submissions due March 19, 2021
TRB is seeking potential synthesis study topics for the 2021 TCRP Synthesis Program. Topics may be submitted at any time; however, the deadline for the upcoming submission cycle is March 19, 2021.
In the coming year, TCRP will fund seven (7) new synthesis topics. Anyone may propose topics.
New this year! An outline to guide you in creating your synthesis topic is available here: Synthesis Topic Outline<https://gcc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fonlinepubs…>
All proposals for topics must be submitted through the TCRP Synthesis Topic Submission Portal: TCRP Synthesis Topic Submission Portal<https://gcc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsurvey.al…>
A synthesis study documents current practice and experience for specific public transportation topics. The following factors are considered in the selection process for new topics.
* The objective of the scope of work is to document current practices in public transportation and/or public transit agencies;
* The synthesis documents current practice, not best practice; it is not a research project or a guidebook;
* The topic addresses an area of practice that is widespread and of general interest to public transit and/ or public transportation; and
* The topic should be timely and critical for expediting delivery, improving the quality, or lowering the cost of programs.
For questions, please contact Mariela Garcia-Colberg at mgarciacolberg(a)nas.edu<mailto:mgarciacolberg@nas.edu>
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The Behavioral Traffic Safety Cooperative Research Program has issued its Call for FY 2022 Research Problem Statements - Due by February 26, 2021. They're looking for good ideas!
From: Snell, Joseph [mailto:JSnell@nas.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, January 5, 2021 12:38 PM
To: TCRP_ANNOUNCE(a)LSW.NAS.EDU
Subject: [TCRP_ANNOUNCE] BTSCRP FY 2022 Call for Research Problem Statements - Due by February 26, 2021
Behavioral Traffic Safety Cooperative Research Program
January 7, 2021
MEMORANDUM
TO: DISTRIBUTION
FROM: Christopher J. Hedges
Director, Cooperative Research Programs
Transportation Research Board
SUBJECT: Potential Research Topics for the Fiscal Year 2022
Behavioral Traffic Safety Cooperative Research Program Due by
February 26, 2021
The purpose of this announcement is to solicit problem statements identifying research needs for the Behavioral Traffic Safety Cooperative Research Program (BTSCRP) Fiscal Year 2022 Program. These are not proposals to conduct the research but are used to identify potential research needs and form the basis for selection of the annual BTSCRP research program. The format for problem statements is short and concise. Most are 1-3 pages in length using the enclosed research problem statement outline.
The BTSCRP is a forum for coordinated and collaborative research to address issues integral to the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA), the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), and traffic safety professionals at all levels of government and the private sector. BTSCRP provides practical, ready-to-implement solutions to save lives, prevent injuries, and reduce costs of road traffic crashes associated with unsafe behaviors. BTSCRP is a partnership between GHSA, NHTSA, and the Transportation Research Board (TRB).
The BTSCRP undertakes research for any behavioral issue faced by traffic safety stakeholders. Particular emphasis areas are alcohol-impaired driving, autonomous vehicles, bicyclists and pedestrians, child passenger safety, distracted driving, drowsy driving, drug-impaired driving, law enforcement, mature drivers, motorcyclist safety, seat belts, speed and red light cameras, speeding and aggressive driving, teen driver safety, and traffic records. Anyone can write or contribute to preparing a problem statement.
A research problem statement outline is enclosed, along with guidance for writing successful problem statements. The deadline for submitting problems for consideration in the FY 2022 research program is February 26, 2021. Problem statements may be submitted by email to BTSCRP(a)NAS.EDU<mailto:BTSCRP@NAS.EDU> and it is preferred that the problem statement be sent as an attachment to the e-mail message in Microsoft Word format.
The GHSA Executive Board will select the research problem statements for the FY 2022 program in June 2021. For problems they select, requests for proposals will be issued, and contractors will be selected through a competitive process.
Thank you very much for your consideration. Your willingness to participate in the identification of relevant behavioral traffic safety topics is a key element of a successful stakeholder-driven BTSCRP. Should you have any questions or need additional information, please feel free to contact William C. Rogers, Senior Program Officer, BTSCRP, at 202-334-1621 or wrogers(a)nas.edu<mailto:wrogers@nas.edu>.
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Dear friends and colleagues,
Happy New Year and I hope you had a good break. I wanted to share with you a new curriculum we developed at CARTEEH around traffic-related air pollution and human health. See this link for the open access slides which you can use as you please: https://www.carteeh.org/education/carteeh-curriculum-for-transportation-emi… and the attached document for a brief description.
I hope you find this useful. I am also looking for contributors to develop slides on the below topics (or recycle existing slides from your teaching or presentations/ collaborate with me to develop the slide decks). This is an opportunity to contribute to this unique cross-disciplinary effort and we will be disseminating the course widely in addition to teaching it at our institutes and making it open access for anyone to use. Your contribution would be highly appreciated, and we are able to pay American authors an honorarium for their effort.
I look forward to working with you if any of these topics interest you or fall within your expertise.
Thanks, and best wishes,
Haneen Khreis (h-khreis(a)tti.tamu.edu).
* Vehicle emission standards and underlying evidence base
* History of key laws and regulations and quantifiable impacts
* Environmental justice
* Photochemical modeling methods and data sources
* Personal monitoring in exposure assessment and the contribution of traffic
* Source apportionment and micro-environmental exposures
* Observational analytical epidemiological studies
* Experimental studies
* Transferability of toxicological evidence and human relevance
* Biomarkers including OMICS (genomics, proteomics, or metabolomics) of health effects associated with traffic-related air pollution
* Sensitive subpopulations (children, the elderly, the ill, and lower socioeconomic classes) and differential health effects in sensitive subpopulations
* Differential burden of disease of traffic-related air pollution in sensitive sub-populations
* Policies to mitigate traffic-related emissions
* Policies to mitigate traffic-related air pollution
* Policies to mitigate traffic-related air pollution exposures
* Overlap with sustainable transportation and built environment policies
* Barriers and facilitators
* Co-benefits
* Market solutions
