Assoc Res Prof & Chair of Env & Occ Health @drexelpubhealth. Injury epi studying road safety, built environment, urban & global health, AI. Views my own
Philadelphia, PA
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Nuevo #PaperSur🚨🚨
¿Tienen los jóvenes y novatos mayor riesgo al conducir en Colombia? Sí y mucho. Los muertos en nuestras vías no paran de crecer, con más de 8 mil☠️☠️en 2025, donde los jóvenes son los más afectados.
Los detalles de nuestro estudio👇
ESCALA (Urban Health and Climate Change in Informal Settlements in Latin America Study) was funded by the @LacunaFund, @drexeluhc @EpiAndes & @UninorteCO combined health, climate & environment data in Barranquilla & Bogota @drexelpubhealth
#UninorteNoticia | ¿Cómo afecta el cambio climático a la salud en asentamientos informales? Descúbrelo con ESCALA 🌎
A través del proyecto, investigadores de Uninorte y Uniandes recolectan datos sobre temperatura, patrones de precipitación y enfermedades, con miras a identificar estrategias que den soluciones a comunidades de Barranquilla y Bogotá.
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Scooters, E-Bikes, Cycling are on the rise. @drexelpubhealth's @aquistbe shares how cities can adapt to ensure safer travel for all, newsblog.drexel.edu/2024/12/…
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As an injury epidemiologist in Philadelphia who studies pedestrian and bicyclist injuries in the U.S. and Latin America, here several evidence-based ways that Philadelphia can make walking, biking and getting around the city safer for everyone. metrophiladelphia.com/cyclis…
Thank you for the opportunity to write this piece about the importance of cyclist &’pedestrian safety in Philadelphia and how we can improve it!
Dozens of cyclists and pedestrians are killed each year in Philly − an injury epidemiologist explains how to better protect bike lanes, slow drivers down and reduce collisions buff.ly/3CVrLpA
Another young life has been tragically ended by a car crash #RoadSafety
Nell Smith, Musical Prodigy Who Collaborated With the Flaming Lips, Dead at 17
More: rollingstone.com/music/music…
Thank you @BloombergDotOrg @larson_kelly for funding this work @IP_BMJ for publishing it, my co-authors & the reviewers. @drexelpubhealth @DrexelUHC
Led by @aquistbe this study evaluated the impact of a drunk driving intervention in Leon, Mexico. Evidence around effective interventions are vital given drunk driving is a major cause of road traffic injuries and deaths in Latin America injuryprevention.bmj.com/con…
The Delhi Declaration of #Safety2024 worldsafety2024.com/declarat…
1) equity, 2) accountability & 3) environmental sustainability to address the global burden of injuries that cause 4.4 million deaths, 90% that occur in LMICs
Lauren Bisi: Latam equity road users #Safety2024 characterize helmet, seatbelt child seat & speed, observed in 12 cities on risk factors for citywide prevalence
Speeding was high above the speeding thresholds set - what interventions work - every city different; growth in motorcycle fleet, % moto among vehicles; higher speed among motos & >1/3 motos speeding #safety2024
Dr Gautham Sukumar: Drink driving prevalence in Bangalore #Safety2024 10 pm-12 am assessed randomly stopped drivers via breathalyzer 3-sec then 10-sec if positive & examined risks for positive test
5% positive moto riders were not using helmet, 3% car drivers not using seat belt, passive drink driving - 52% had passengers, 4% of occupants children #safety2024
Prevalence of decreased since last testing a decade ago from 24%, under testing of female drivers due to lack of female police officers #safety2024
Aldina Mesic Ghana Road Traffic Injury Severity vulnerable vs non-vulnerable #Safety2024
Severe injuries more common among vulnerable, most occurred during the day on good weather, rural areas higher risk, slightly higher risk for female vulnerable users; head-on collisions & night risky for non-vulnerable. #safety2024
Some risk factors of addresses could make all road users safer like medians & infrastructure #safety2024
