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[H+T--Friends] Postdoctoral Fellowship at Berkeley and ARG

by Kara E. MacLeod

Hi - This is a great fellowship program and I wanted to pass this along for those interested in neighborhood context and drinking, drinking and driving, etc. The Alcohol Research Group (ARG) located in Emeryville, California, in association with the School of Public Health at the University of California, Berkeley, is currently accepting applications for two-year Postdoctoral and Predoctoral Fellowships. Fellowships are sponsored by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) for research training in the study of alcohol and drug use and problems, and are oriented toward the pursuit of basic and applied social and epidemiological research. Although some of the research at our center considers clinical issues, fellowships are not appropriate for persons interested primarily in clinical practice. *Our program focuses on alcohol-related disparities, so we are particularly interested in applicants with research interests in socially or economically disadvantaged groups (e.g., racial/ethnic minorities, sexual minorities, women, and those of low socioeconomic status). * We would very much appreciate it if you could *circulate the attached flyer* to graduate students in your department. Additional information about our program and on how to apply can be found at www.arg.org/training. *Applications for summer/fall 2016 openings must be received by January 31, 2016.*

10 years, 4 months

[H+T--Friends] Transportation Health Tool Webinar

by Ed Christopher

On Monday, November 9, 2015 USDOT and CDC are offering a webinar on the new Transportation and Health Tool (THT). The webinar will be 2:00-3:30 pm Eastern. Please see the press release for more information. http://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/dot-releases-new-online-tool-he… To access the tool go to http://www.transportation.gov/transportation-health-tool http://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/dot-releases-new-online-tool-he… Ed C

10 years, 4 months

[H+T--Friends] New Health and Transportation Tool released

by Ed Christopher

*What is the Transportation and Health Tool?* The Transportation and Health Tool (THT) was developed by the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to provide easy access to data that practitioners can use to examine the health impacts of transportation systems. The tool provides data on a set of transportation and public health indicators for each U.S. state and metropolitan area that describe how the transportation environment affects safety, active transportation, air quality, and connectivity to destinations. You can use the tool to quickly see how your state or metropolitan area compares with others in addressing key transportation and health issues. It also provides information and resources to help agencies better understand the links between transportation and health and to identify strategies to improve public health through transportation planning and policy. - See more at: http://www.transportation.gov/transportation-health-tool#sthash.cDPQde3v.dp… *What is the Transportation and Health Tool?* The Transportation and Health Tool (THT) was developed by the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to provide easy access to data that practitioners can use to examine the health impacts of transportation systems. The tool provides data on a set of transportation and public health indicators for each U.S. state and metropolitan area that describe how the transportation environment affects safety, active transportation, air quality, and connectivity to destinations. You can use the tool to quickly see how your state or metropolitan area compares with others in addressing key transportation and health issues. It also provides information and resources to help agencies better understand the links between transportation and health and to identify strategies to improve public health through transportation planning and policy. - See more at: http://www.transportation.gov/transportation-health-tool#sthash.cDPQde3v.dp… *What is the Transportation and Health Tool?* The Transportation and Health Tool (THT) was developed by the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to provide easy access to data that practitioners can use to examine the health impacts of transportation systems. The tool provides data on a set of transportation and public health indicators for each U.S. state and metropolitan area that describe how the transportation environment affects safety, active transportation, air quality, and connectivity to destinations. You can use the tool to quickly see how your state or metropolitan area compares with others in addressing key transportation and health issues. It also provides information and resources to help agencies better understand the links between transportation and health and to identify strategies to improve public health through transportation planning and policy. - See more at: http://www.transportation.gov/transportation-health-tool#sthash.cDPQde3v.dp… *What is the Transportation and Health Tool?* The Transportation and Health Tool (THT) was developed by the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to provide easy access to data that practitioners can use to examine the health impacts of transportation systems. The tool provides data on a set of transportation and public health indicators for each U.S. state and metropolitan area that describe how the transportation environment affects safety, active transportation, air quality, and connectivity to destinations. You can use the tool to quickly see how your state or metropolitan area compares with others in addressing key transportation and health issues. It also provides information and resources to help agencies better understand the links between transportation and health and to identify strategies to improve public health through transportation planning and policy. - See more at: http://www.transportation.gov/transportation-health-tool#sthash.cDPQde3v.dp… *What is the Transportation and Health Tool?* The Transportation and Health Tool (THT) was developed by the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to provide easy access to data that practitioners can use to examine the health impacts of transportation systems. The tool provides data on a set of transportation and public health indicators for each U.S. state and metropolitan area that describe how the transportation environment affects safety, active transportation, air quality, and connectivity to destinations. You can use the tool to quickly see how your state or metropolitan area compares with others in addressing key transportation and health issues. It also provides information and resources to help agencies better understand the links between transportation and health and to identify strategies to improve public health through transportation planning and policy. - See more at: http://www.transportation.gov/transportation-health-tool#sthash.cDPQde3v.dp… *What is the Transportation and Health Tool?* The Transportation and Health Tool (THT) was developed by the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to provide easy access to data that practitioners can use to examine the health impacts of transportation systems. The tool provides data on a set of transportation and public health indicators for each U.S. state and metropolitan area that describe how the transportation environment affects safety, active transportation, air quality, and connectivity to destinations. You can use the tool to quickly see how your state or metropolitan area compares with others in addressing key transportation and health issues. It also provides information and resources to help agencies better understand the links between transportation and health and to identify strategies to improve public health through transportation planning and policy. - See more at: http://www.transportation.gov/transportation-health-tool#sthash.cDPQde3v.dp… *What is the Transportation and Health Tool?* The Transportation and Health Tool (THT) was developed by the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to provide easy access to data that practitioners can use to examine the health impacts of transportation systems. The tool provides data on a set of transportation and public health indicators for each U.S. state and metropolitan area that describe how the transportation environment affects safety, active transportation, air quality, and connectivity to destinations. You can use the tool to quickly see how your state or metropolitan area compares with others in addressing key transportation and health issues. It also provides information and resources to help agencies better understand the links between transportation and health and to identify strategies to improve public health through transportation planning and policy. - See more at: http://www.transportation.gov/transportation-health-tool#sthash.cDPQde3v.dp… *What is the Transportation and Health Tool?* The Transportation and Health Tool (THT) was developed by the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to provide easy access to data that practitioners can use to examine the health impacts of transportation systems. The tool provides data on a set of transportation and public health indicators for each U.S. state and metropolitan area that describe how the transportation environment affects safety, active transportation, air quality, and connectivity to destinations. You can use the tool to quickly see how your state or metropolitan area compares with others in addressing key transportation and health issues. It also provides information and resources to help agencies better understand the links between transportation and health and to identify strategies to improve public health through transportation planning and policy. - See more at: http://www.transportation.gov/transportation-health-tool#sthash.cDPQde3v.dp… *What is the Transportation and Health Tool?* The Transportation and Health Tool (THT) was developed by the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to provide easy access to data that practitioners can use to examine the health impacts of transportation systems. The tool provides data on a set of transportation and public health indicators for each U.S. state and metropolitan area that describe how the transportation environment affects safety, active transportation, air quality, and connectivity to destinations. You can use the tool to quickly see how your state or metropolitan area compares with others in addressing key transportation and health issues. It also provides information and resources to help agencies better understand the links between transportation and health and to identify strategies to improve public health through transportation planning and policy. - See more at: http://www.transportation.gov/transportation-health-tool#sthash.cDPQde3v.dp… *What is the Transportation and Health Tool?* The Transportation and Health Tool (THT) was developed by the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to provide easy access to data that practitioners can use to examine the health impacts of transportation systems. The tool provides data on a set of transportation and public health indicators for each U.S. state and metropolitan area that describe how the transportation environment affects safety, active transportation, air quality, and connectivity to destinations. You can use the tool to quickly see how your state or metropolitan area compares with others in addressing key transportation and health issues. It also provides information and resources to help agencies better understand the links between transportation and health and to identify strategies to improve public health through transportation planning and policy. - See more at: http://www.transportation.gov/transportation-health-tool#sthash.cDPQde3v.dp… *What is the Transportation and Health Tool?* The Transportation and Health Tool (THT) was developed by the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to provide easy access to data that practitioners can use to examine the health impacts of transportation systems. The tool provides data on a set of transportation and public health indicators for each U.S. state and metropolitan area that describe how the transportation environment affects safety, active transportation, air quality, and connectivity to destinations. You can use the tool to quickly see how your state or metropolitan area compares with others in addressing key transportation and health issues. It also provides information and resources to help agencies better understand the links between transportation and health and to identify strategies to improve public health through transportation planning and policy. - See more at: http://www.transportation.gov/transportation-health-tool#sthash.cDPQde3v.dp… Yesterday the Transportation Health Tool (THT) developed by the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention went live. The tool is designed to provide easy access to data that can use to examine the health impacts of transportation systems by providing data on a set of transportation and public health indicators for each U.S. state and metropolitan (statistical) area. The indicators describe how the transportation environment affects safety, active transportation, air quality, and connectivity to destinations. It can be used to quickly see how a state or metropolitan (statistical) area scores against its peers in addressing key transportation and health issues. The tool also provides a wealth of information and resources to help agencies better understand the links between transportation and health and to identify strategies to improve public health through transportation planning and policy. Give it a test run and see for yourself what it can do. http://www.transportation.gov/transportation-health-tool -- Ed Christopher

10 years, 4 months

[H+T--Friends] Call for abstracts for the 2nd International Conference on Transport and Health

by Mindell, Jenny

ICTH 2016 will be held in San Jose, California 13-15 June 2016. The first call for abstracts has been issued, deadline 17th January 2016. For further details, see: www.tphlink.com/abstract-submission.html http://www.tphlink.com/abstract-submission.html [http://www.tphlink.com/uploads/1/1/4/0/11401949/4748385.jpg?325]<http://www.tphlink.com/abstract-submission.html> Abstract Submission - Transportation Public Health Link Abstract Submission OPENS - 31 October 2015 CLOSES - 17 January 2016 Please read the information provided below prior to submitting your abstract Read more...<http://www.tphlink.com/abstract-submission.html> Regards, Jenny Dr Jennifer Mindell Reader in Public Health Health and Social Surveys Research Group Research Department of Epidemiology and Public Health UCL 1-19 Torrington Place London WC1E 6BT Tel. 020 7679 1269 (Internal x41269) Journal of Transport and Health: www.elsevier.com/locate/jth

10 years, 4 months

[H+T--Friends] Call for manuscripts for a special issue on' Walking and walkability: a review of the evidence on health' for J Transp Health

by Mindell, Jenny

The Journal of Tranpsort and Health has just issued a call for manuscripts for its planned special issue on Walking and walkability. For further details, please see: www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-transport-and-health/call-for-papers/c… www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-transport-and-health/call-for-papers/c…<http://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-transport-and-health/call-for-p…> (and pasted below) <http://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-transport-and-health/call-for-p…> Call For Papers: Special Issue of Journal of Transport and Health: Walking and Walkability: A review of the evidence on health ________________________________ This special issue is documenting the health effects of walking and walkable communities in a wide range of areas and exploring the policy and environmental changes that can result in sustaining these effects. Although the specific examples listed below are mostly from the USA, submissions are sought from any country. Manuscripts are requested in the following areas: 1. Evaluation of or testing a new or unique program, policy, or project that aims to increase the number of individuals walking for recreation and/or transport. This can include both projects working to increase active transportation/modal shift and/or efforts to improve population health through broad reaching walking initiatives. We are looking for unique and innovative approaches that are underpinned by a good theoretical basis. Manuscripts will be considered whether they examine positive or negative impacts. Examples include: * Complete Streets – status of policies across US and experiences with implementing such policies, recognizing that implementing complete streets may be more complicated than passing the policy. What has been the experience of communities and states in the implementation? How have these policies influenced resource allocation and participation in active transportation? * Walk Friendly Cities – status of program and impacts from having that certification. * Update on interactions between walking and use of transit * Role of legislation and litigation in making communities more walkable, including accommodations for persons with disabilities as a means to improve walkability for all * Examples of health institutions and medical care providers who facilitate walking, such as Walk with a Doc (http://walkwithadoc.org/who-we-are/), Arkansas’s Medical Mile (www.americantrails.org/resources/health/medmile06.html<http://www.americantrails.org/resources/health/medmile06.html>), and walking prescriptions (https://www.bidmc.org/YourHealth/The-Walking-Club/Walking-Prescription-Pad.…) - what is the impact of such interventions on walking, and on health? 2. Define and assess walk-friendly policies, provide evidence that the policy or policies result in more pedestrian activity and can be implemented in other places. For example: * Comparison of walking facilities and policies by 50 states and 50 major cities using data from Benchmarking report (www.bikewalkalliance.org/resources/benchmarking) * Interaction of walk friendly and bike friendly policies – where are they synergistic, where are they in conflict? 3. Examine benefits or unintended consequences of walking and walkability. We would be interested in papers showing the associations between walking and walkability with variables such as physical health, behavioral health, cognitive ability, environment, crime, safety, social cohesion, happiness and well-being. Other possible associations might include economic, productivity, resiliency, stress and vitality measures. Creative and advanced measures of walkability are encouraged, especially those that consider network connectivity and accessibility. For example: * International comparisons examining national well-being measures and walking and walkability, based on individual level data. These could include cross national comparisons or from a single country. Submission method (Submission via EES) All papers should be submitted via the Journal of Transport and Health online system<http://ees.elsevier.com/jth/>. While submitting a paper to the special issue, please choose the article type “SI: Walking & walkability” otherwise your submission will be handled as a regular manuscript. All submissions will go through the journal’s standard peer review process. Criteria for acceptance include originality, contribution, and scientific merit, as well as being within scope. For author guidelines, please visit the website of the journal at https://www.elsevier.com/journals/journal-of-transport-and-health/2214-1405… Key dates Submission is now open. The deadline for submission is Monday February 29th, 2016. The deadline for resubmission of revised manuscripts will be July 31st 2016. Final decisions will be made by November 2016. All manuscripts will be published online (as e-prints) as soon as they receive final acceptance and have been processed for publication, prior to being collated in the special issue. Publication of the Special Issue is planned for early 2017. Guest Editor contact information: Kate Kraft, kkraft(a)americawalks.org<mailto:kkraft@americawalks.org> Tracy Hadden Loh “tracy(a)railstotrails.org<mailto:tracy@railstotrails.org>” Andrew Dannenberg “adannenberg2(a)gmail.com<mailto:adannenberg2@gmail.com>” <http://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-transport-and-health/call-for-p…> Dr Jennifer Mindell Reader in Public Health Health and Social Surveys Research Group Research Department of Epidemiology and Public Health UCL 1-19 Torrington Place London WC1E 6BT Tel. 020 7679 1269 (Internal x41269) Journal of Transport and Health: www.elsevier.com/locate/jth

10 years, 4 months

[H+T--Friends] Fwd: [NNIPNews] Presentations from the OPRE Meeting - "The Promises and Challenges of Administrative Data in Social Policy Research"

by Ann Hartell

Below is a listserv email that includes a link to a toolkit on using health data from the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics. May be of interest to the H+T group. Best, Ann H *Subject:* Presentations from the OPRE Meeting - "The Promises and Challenges of Administrative Data in Social Policy Research" *Importance:* High Hello, Thank you for attending OPRE’s meeting /The Promises and Challenges of Administrative Data in Social Policy Research /earlier this month. The meeting agenda and presentation slides are now posted on OPRE’s Innovative Methods Meeting website <http://www.opremethodsmeeting.org/>. We also wanted to share the link to the toolkit that Maya Bernstein mentioned during the roundtable discussion, called the Toolkit for Communities Using Health Data: How to Collect, Use, Protect, and Share Data Responsibly <http://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/toolkit-for-communities-using-health-data-how-to-c…>. It was developed by the National Committee on Vital And Health Statistics and may be useful to you in your work with administrative data. If you have any questions, please contact Anna Solmeyer (anna.solmeyer(a)acf.hhs.gov <mailto:anna.solmeyer@acf.hhs.gov>). Again, thank you for coming and we look forward to seeing you at future meetings. Sincerely, Debra Kulik Debra Kulik, MHA, PMP Project Manager Multimedia Communication Services RTI International 6110 Executive Boulevard, Suite 902 Rockville, MD 20852 301-770-8222

10 years, 4 months

[H+T--Friends] Fwd: Call for Papers for special issue on walkability in Journal of Transport and Health - now posted

by Ed Christopher

This may be of interest to some. Thanks Andy. Ed Christopher Begin forwarded message: > From: "Andrew Dannenberg" <adannenberg2(a)gmail.com> > Date: October 23, 2015 at 11:45:14 AM CDT > To: "Eloisa Raynault" <eloisaraynault(a)gmail.com>, "Ed Christopher" <edc(a)berwyned.com>, "Carey McAndrews" <cmcandre(a)gmail.com>, "Ipek Sener" <i-sener(a)ttimail.tamu.edu>, "megan wier" <meganwier(a)gmail.com> > Cc: <adannenberg2(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Call for Papers for special issue on walkability in Journal of Transport and Health - now posted > > The Journal of Transport and Health Call for Papers for the special issue on walkability is now posted on the journal website – > see http://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-transport-and-health/call-for-p… > Please share this announcement with any colleagues who may be interested as well as with the TRB health and transportation subcommittee. > > Thanks. > Andy > --------------------------------------------------------- > > Call For Papers: Special Issue of Journal of Transport and Health: Walking and Walkability: A review of the evidence on health > This special issue is documenting the health effects of walking and walkable communities in a wide range of areas and exploring the policy and environmental changes that can result in sustaining these effects. Although the specific examples listed below are mostly from the USA, submissions are sought from any country. Manuscripts are requested in the following areas: > > 1. Evaluation of or testing a new or unique program, policy, or project that aims to increase the number of individuals walking for recreation and/or transport. This can include both projects working to increase active transportation/modal shift and/or efforts to improve population health through broad reaching walking initiatives. We are looking for unique and innovative approaches that are underpinned by a good theoretical basis. Manuscripts will be considered whether they examine positive or negative impacts. > Examples include: > Complete Streets – status of policies across US and experiences with implementing such policies, recognizing that implementing complete streets may be more complicated than passing the policy. What has been the experience of communities and states in the implementation? How have these policies influenced resource allocation and participation in active transportation? > Walk Friendly Cities – status of program and impacts from having that certification. > Update on interactions between walking and use of transit > Role of legislation and litigation in making communities more walkable, including accommodations for persons with disabilities as a means to improve walkability for all > Examples of health institutions and medical care providers who facilitate walking, such as Walk with a Doc (http://walkwithadoc.org/who-we-are/), Arkansas’s Medical Mile (www.americantrails.org/resources/health/medmile06.html), and walking prescriptions (https://www.bidmc.org/YourHealth/The-Walking-Club/Walking-Prescription-Pad.…) - what is the impact of such interventions on walking, and on health? > > 2. Define and assess walk-friendly policies, provide evidence that the policy or policies result in more pedestrian activity and can be implemented in other places. > For example: > Comparison of walking facilities and policies by 50 states and 50 major cities using data from Benchmarking report (www.bikewalkalliance.org/resources/benchmarking) > Interaction of walk friendly and bike friendly policies – where are they synergistic, where are they in conflict? > > 3. Examine benefits or unintended consequences of walking and walkability. We would be interested in papers showing the associations between walking and walkability with variables such as physical health, behavioral health, cognitive ability, environment, crime, safety, social cohesion, happiness and well-being. Other possible associations might include economic, productivity, resiliency, stress and vitality measures. Creative and advanced measures of walkability are encouraged, especially those that consider network connectivity and accessibility. > For example: > International comparisons examining national well-being measures and walking and walkability, based on individual level data. These could include cross national comparisons or from a single country. > > Submission method (Submission via EES) > All papers should be submitted via the Journal of Transport and Health online system. While submitting a paper to the special issue, please choose the article type “SI: Walking & walkability” otherwise your submission will be handled as a regular manuscript. All submissions will go through the journal’s standard peer review process. Criteria for acceptance include originality, contribution, and scientific merit, as well as being within scope. For author guidelines, please visit the website of the journal at https://www.elsevier.com/journals/journal-of-transport-and-health/2214-1405… > > Key dates > Submission is now open. The deadline for submission is Monday February 29th, 2016. > The deadline for resubmission of revised manuscripts will be July 31st 2016. > Final decisions will be made by November 2016. > All manuscripts will be published online (as e-prints) as soon as they receive final acceptance and have been processed for publication, prior to being collated in the special issue. Publication of the Special Issue is planned for early 2017. > > Guest Editor contact information: > Kate Kraft, kkraft(a)americawalks.org > Tracy Hadden Loh “tracy(a)railstotrails.xn--org-9o0a > Andrew Dannenberg “adannenberg2(a)gmail.xn--com-9o0a >

10 years, 4 months

[H+T--Friends] Transportation and Health Position at UT-Austin

by Junfeng Jiao

Hello All, Sorry for cross posting. *Field of Specialization:* Community and Regional Planning: Transportation and public health *Job Description:* The Graduate Program in Community and Regional Planning in the School of Architecture at The University of Texas at Austin invites applications for the tenure track position of Assistant Professor to begin fall 2016. The successful candidate will have a Ph.D. in planning or a related field and preferably a professional Master’s degree in planning and/or practice experience. We seek a candidate who can offer courses in transportation planning and public health or healthy cities but we will consider candidates with other transportation planning specialties. Additionally, the successful candidate will be able to contribute to the planning program core curriculum. Applicants should also demonstrate evidence of independent scholarship in the specialization area and potential for a successful, peer-reviewed publication record. The CRP Program is 52 years old and has 900+ alumni. The faculty consists of 11 full-time equivalent positions, and the student body comprises approximately 90 masters and 15 doctoral students. Many of the planning faculty and students are engaged in sponsored research through the School of Architecture's Center for Sustainable Development, which coordinates grants and contracts on a variety of topics. The CRP Program offers opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration within the School of Architecture and with programs and research institutes across the University of Texas campus, including the Institute of Latin American Studies, the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center and the Environmental Science Institute. Furthermore, the newly created Dell Medical School, located on the main campus, presents great opportunities for joint research and education on community health. Located in Austin, the state capital, and widely rated as one of America's most desirable places to live, the Program has a long history of research and other collaboration with professionals, public officials and community-based organizations working on planning and related issues in a city known for extensive public involvement and a commitment to sustainable urban development. *Applicant Instructions:* Review of applications will begin on November 15, 2015 and will continue until the position is filled. Applications should include a statement of interest including professional background and current and proposed scholarship, CV, description of courses which the applicant is capable of teaching, and names and contact information for three references. Search committee representatives will be doing informational meetings with interested candidates at the ACSP Annual Conference in Houston. Please apply online via InterFolio: http://apply.interfolio.com/31400. A background check will be conducted on the selected applicant. The University of Texas at Austin is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Best Regards Junfeng Jiao, PhD Assistant Professor Community and Regional Planning School of Architecture The University of Texas at Austin https://soa.utexas.edu/people/junfeng-jiao https://soa.utexas.edu/resources/urban-information-lab

10 years, 5 months

[H+T--Friends] JOB: FTA Director of Research Management, GS-15, DC-based, Closes Oct. 9

by Faith.Hall＠dot.gov

Exciting news! The Federal Transit Administration, USDOT is hiring a Director for Research Management. Please share this announcement far and wide with your networks so that we get super stellar candidates! Closes on October 9. https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/417413800 JOB SUMMARY: About the Agency You will serve as the Director, Office of Research Management in the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) Office of Research, Demonstration and Innovation (TRI). This office is responsible for overseeing FTA's cooperative research program, technical assistance and workforce development programs, national training programs; and performing day-to-day research program management, to include data management, developing and managing cooperative agreements, overseeing contractors, implementing research performance metrics, and program evaluations and reporting. As the Director, you will oversee a professional staff and work closely with several institutional research and training partners, such as the National Transit Institute (NTI); the Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP); the Transit Research Board (TRB) and other partners. These relationships include planning and implementing the programs, disseminating information to the transit industry, the general public, Congress and other stakeholders. This office is responsible for several discretionary programs and the annual research program planning processes. You will also represent FTA on several intra and interagency working groups or committees as a result of FTA's role in partnered research, capacity building and training for the transit industry. This position requires demonstrated ability and skill in planning, developing, and implementing tools to foster the deployment and management of TRI research, evaluation, training, capacity building and international activities, as well as working with industry groups to improve the capability of the transit industry to deliver high-quality services. Thanks! Faith ______________________________ Faith Hall Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation (TRI) Federal Transit Administration U.S. Department of Transportation 1200 New Jersey Ave, SE Washington, DC 20590 202-366-9055 Faith.Hall(a)dot.gov FTA has issued a $22.5 million Notice of Funding Availability for low and no emissions buses and supporting facilities! Apps are due November 23, 2015. Learn more at: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2015-09-24/html/2015-24231.htm

10 years, 5 months

[H+T--Friends] Call for Proposals: improving health equity in Southern and Appalachian states

by Eloisa Raynault

This may be of interest to you and your networks. The Health Impact Project, a collaboration of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and The Pew Charitable Trusts, has issued a Call for Proposals (CFP) to target factors outside of the health care sector as a means for improving health equity in seven Southern and Appalachian states: AL, AR, KY, LA, MS, TN, and WV. The Health Impact Project will award seven "foundational" grants of up to $45,000 to provide the resources, time, and skills for grantees to engage key stakeholders and identify the most pressing health or health equity issues facing their communities—as well as the nonhealth care drivers behind those issues (i.e., health determinants). At the end of the grant period, grantees will have a clear, community-driven plan of action for achieving their outcome-based goals. Deadline: November 13, 2015 by 5:00 pm ET. See http://bit.ly/1PrQHRu for more details.

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