Are you interested in the planning of ICTH 2019-Melbourne? Click on the PDF files below to learn about the progress that has been made to date. There are so many scientific and social events in the planning stages. Visit this page often for updates. Also, if your are interested in sponsorship or would like to help us recruit sponsors; download the Sponsor Prospectus available under the Programme Committee meeting minutes.
ICTH 2019-Melbourne PC Meeting Minutes: Audio Recording
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ICTH 2019 is supported by the Melbourne Convention Bureau (MCB). We sincerely appreciate all of the guidance by the MCB during the planning of the social activities for ICTH delegates and guests.
We are excited to have such a talented cross-disciplinary/cross-sector Programme Committee dedicated to organizing the 2019 International Conference on Transport & Health (ICTH)! Check out the team profiles below.
We are excited to have such a talented cross-disciplinary/cross-sector Programme Committee dedicated to organizing the 2019 International Conference on Transport & Health (ICTH)! Check out the team profiles below.
Ghassan Abu-Lebdeh, PhD
IPATH Executive Committee Secretary
Associate Professor, American University of Sharjah
United Arab Emirates
Ghassan is Associate Professor of Civil Engineering and Transport at the American University of Sharjah, UAE. His research focus is on the interaction between urban traffic operations and public health. Ghassan teaches traffic control, in particular, congestion and sustainability in transport systems. He earned a doctoral degree at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA. His academic and industry experience spans 25 years in transport operations and planning with periods at Michigan State University, University of Kentucky, and the Metropolitan Planning Organizations in Worcester, Massachusetts. LinkedIn Profile
IPATH Executive Committee Secretary
Associate Professor, American University of Sharjah
United Arab Emirates
Ghassan is Associate Professor of Civil Engineering and Transport at the American University of Sharjah, UAE. His research focus is on the interaction between urban traffic operations and public health. Ghassan teaches traffic control, in particular, congestion and sustainability in transport systems. He earned a doctoral degree at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA. His academic and industry experience spans 25 years in transport operations and planning with periods at Michigan State University, University of Kentucky, and the Metropolitan Planning Organizations in Worcester, Massachusetts. LinkedIn Profile
Professor Shanthi Neranjana Ameratunga
Epidemiology and Public Health School of Population Health The University of Auckland New Zealand Shanthi leads the University’s Trauma and Injury Research Group and a multi-disciplinary research program focusing on road traffic injuries, transport systems, disability and trauma care. Her research supported by the HRC, NHMRC, the Wellcome Trust, and other funding agencies includes collaborative projects in New Zealand and the Asia-Pacific region. She serves on the editorial boards of Injury Prevention and the Journal of Adolescent Health, and is a member of the Lancet Commission on Child Health. A paediatrician and public health physician by training, she has an enduring commitment to addressing disparities in health and wellbeing across the lifespan and developing research capacity in less-resourced settings. |
Dr. Rebecca Brookland
Senior Research Fellow Department of Preventive and Social Medicine University of Otago New Zealand Rebecca leads the Transport, Mobility and Health Research Team and her main research interests are road safety, driver licence and transport policy, and injury epidemiology. She is Principal Investigator for two HRC funded projects: a prospective cohort study of older drivers and family (2018-2022) and a mixed method project with older drivers, families and GPs (2015-2018). She is a co-investigator on several young driver projects: Australian policing theory and GDL compliance; NZ Police young offender licensing programme evaluation; and DRIVE NSW young driver cohort relinkage project. Click HERE to view Rebecca's full profile. |
Dr. Judith Charlton
Professor (Research) Monash University Accident Research Centre Australia Jude is Director of the Monash University Accident Research Centre (MUARC), a world leading centre for injury prevention research, graduate education and training. MUARC's research is interdisciplinary and systems-based, delivering real-world solutions to reduce the incidence and impact of injury across transport, workplace, home and community sectors. Jude leads the Behavioural Science for Transport Safety research theme at MUARC and her Team is recognized as the leading research group in Australia on the safety of older and impaired drivers, pedestrians, cyclists and child passengers. Their research has been influential in shaping policy and practice in the management of safe mobility of vulnerable road users in Australia and internationally. Jude manages several international collaborations including the Ozcandrive older driver cohort study conducted in collaboration with the Canadian-led project, Candrive - the first longitudinal study to track real-world driving and health of older Australians. Click HERE to view Jude's full profile. |
Dr. Melanie Crane
Research Fellow Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney Australia Mel is part of a collaborative of international researchers from five universities working on a Welcome Trust project (CUSSH) to investigate complex urban systems sustainability and health to inform urban transformation. She is an evaluation specialist with a keen interest in transport and health; with experience in evaluating physical activity and transport interventions. She lectures on active travel, transport sustainability and complex systems program implementation and evaluation. She loves riding her fold-up bike. 
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Associate Professor Hussein Dia
Chair, Dept. of Civil & Construction Engineering Deputy Director and Program Leader Smart Cities Research Institute Associate Professor (Transport Engineering) Australia Hussein is a Civil Engineer with three decades of experience in Intelligent Transport Systems and transport modelling. He has worked extensively in academia and has strong collaboration with both the public and private sectors, including strong engagement with industry research. His research interests are in smart infrastructure systems and the convergence of technology, infrastructure and human elements in urban environments. His current work is focused on disruptive mobility and harnessing digital innovations to unlock potential opportunities for low carbon mobility in tomorrow's smart cities. Click HERE to view Hussein's full profile. 
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O. A. Elrahman (Sam), PhD
Sr. Research Scholar, Center for Infrastructure, Transportation & Environment Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute United States Sam is currently working with the Center for Transportation Infrastructure and Environment (CTIE) as a Senior Research Scholar. He is a member of a research team that examines governance of environmental health in six global cities, and studies the forces that influence decisions that impact environmental health. He also is a team member of a study that is developing performance measures for evaluating social media use in public transit agencies. Prior to his work with the Center, Sam served at the New York State Department of Transportation for 30 years in different capacities including Head of the Research Coordination and Technology Transfer unit of the Transportation Research & Development Bureau. His extensive research and management activities spanned several departmental divisions, including Environmental Analysis, Policy, Transit, Project Development, and Economic Development. During his career, Sam has authored more than sixty peer-reviewed articles and technical reports. LinkedIn Profile |
Dr. Xiaoqi Feng
Founding Co-Director and Associate Professor Population Well-being and Environment Research Lab (PowerLab) University of Wollongong, School of Health and Society Australia Xiaoqi’s research focuses on the role of urban green space quantity and quality for child health and on maternal health. The findings from some of this research were integrated into the American College of Preventive Medicine’s Continuing Medical Education program. Xiaoqi’s research has been cited by the World Health Organization and has contributed to local, state and national dialogue on the restoration and conservation of green space and tree canopy to make cities more liveable and to advance population well-being. To learn more about Xiaoqi, read an article published in the Sydney Morning Herald. |
Dr. Shannon Gray
Research Fellow, Health Services Monash University Accident Research Centre Australia Shannon is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Insurance Work and Health Group. With a background in Biomedical Engineering, Shannon chose to pursue her doctoral studies at the Monash University Accident Research Centre investigating injury-causing hazards at fitness facilities. Throughout her studies and employment, Shannon has worked with internal researchers and external stakeholders in the areas of injury epidemiology, injury prevention and injury rehabilitation. Her research interests include recovery from work-related and transport injuries, in particular return to work and how compensation schemes can impact on recovery. Click HERE to read Shannon's full profile. |
Professor Stephen Greaves
Professor in Transport Management Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies The University of Sydney Business School The University of Sydney Australia Stephen is a Professor in Transport Management at the University of Sydney’s Institute of Transport & Logistics Studies. His research interests are focused around the health/environmental/safety impacts of transport, new vehicle technologies including electric vehicles and autonomous vehicles, non-motorised/active travel and innovative travel data collection methods using the latest technologies. Stephen also provides transport consulting services to government and industry and provides regular media commentary on contemporary transport policy issues. Click HERE to view Stephen's full profile. |
Professor Michael Keall
Co-director of He Kainga Oranga/Housing and Health Research Programme Department of Public Health University of Otago, Wellington New Zealand Michael is currently leading the Home Injury Prevention Intervention, a major randomised controlled trial funded by the NZ Health Research Council that is looking at the effectiveness of repairs to home injury hazards as a means to reduce home injury. He is a principal investigator in two major research programmes hosted by the University of Otago, Wellington - He Kainga Oranga and the New Zealand Centre for Sustainable Cities. Michael is on the editorial board of two international journals, Accident Analysis and Prevention, and BMC Public Health. Click HERE to view Michael's full profile. |
Jennifer Kroeker-Hall, PhD (c)
IPATH Student Committee Representative Canada Jennifer is the President and CEO of Sirius Strategic Solutions; a management consulting firm with expertise in public sector governance, government relations, organizational and policy development, research and planning. She has built Sirius into a collaborative venture focusing on road safety, justice, health policy and governance. Prior to starting her own management consulting firm Jennifer had a progressive career in the public sector and has overseen policy, administrative and operational programs in the justice and road safety environments. Jennifer is past President of the Canadian Association of Road Safety Professionals; a national organization dedicated to enhancing road safety by providing access to multi-disciplinary information, research and networking opportunities. Jennifer was also invited to sit on the Board of an international committee developing a North American road safety professional certification program. LinkedIn Profile |
Shawn Leight, PE
Vice President/Chief Operations Officer CBB Transportation Engineers + Planners Past President Institute of Transportation Engineers United Sates Shawn’s technical strengths are transportation planning, modeling, and freeway operations. He has worked in virtually every stage of project development including comprehensive planning, corridor/feasibility studies, public engagement, grant writing, environmental (NEPA) investigations, Access Justification Reports, Value Engineering, construction (PS&E) documents, Design Build, and Public Private Partnerships (P3). He is a registered Professional Engineer in Missouri, Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and North Carolina and is certified nationally as a Professional Traffic Operations Engineer and Professional Transportation Planner. Click HERE to view Shawn's full profile. |
Jeffrey A. Lindley, PE
Associate Executive Director & Chief Technical Officer Institute of Transportation Engineers United States Jeff leads the development and delivery of technical activities focused on serving the needs of over 15,000 members of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE). Prior to joining ITE, Jeff completed a 31-year career with the Federal Highway Administration, serving in a variety of technical and leadership positions, including California Division Administrator, Associate Administrator for Safety, and Associate Administrator for Operations. Jeff holds a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from Virginia Tech and a Master’s degree in Transportation Engineering from the University of Maryland. He is a registered engineer in the State of Virginia. LinkedIn Profile |
Dr. Liang Ma
Research Fellow Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University Australia Liang holds PhD in urban studies and planning from Portland State University. His research focuses on the interactions between transportation planning, travel behaviour, public health, and land use. His recent research explored the impact of commuting behaviour on psychological well-being and employee productivity, funded by the Vice-Chancellor’s research fellowship. Click HERE to view Liang's full profile. 
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Hamish Mackie
Director/Principal Researcher Mackie Research and Consulting Ltd. New Zealand Hamish is co-director of Mackie Research and has 22 years of research and consultancy experience in various areas of human factors and ergonomics, with the last 14 years spent mostly in the transport sector. As a certified Human Factors professional, all of Hamish's work has the underlying theme of more human focused systems and he has a particular focus on road safety and sustainable transport. Working with a range of collaborators, Hamish has worked on a number of important road safety projects (including Safe System course development and the Rural Intersection Active Warning System). Hamish is the project lead for Te Ara Mua – Future Streets, a neighborhood street retrofit to test sustainable suburban transport infrastructure, and Healthy Future Mobility Solutions, which focuses on healthy options for moving around our towns and cities in the future. |
Dr. Jennifer Mindell
Professor of Public Health University College London (UCL) United Kingdom Jenny leads the Health Survey for England team and is the Health lead for UCL’s Transport Institute. She conducts research into community severance (the barrier effect of busy roads and transport infrastructure) and on road fatality rates. She was lead editor of the 2011 report Health on the Move2. She is Editor-in-chief of Journal of Transport and Health; and is on the Executive of both the Transport and Health Study Group, founding a Latin American network, and the International Professional Association for Transport and Health. She works with colleagues across Europe and Latin America on health examination surveys and across the world on transport and health. |
Dr. Sara Moridpour
Senior Lecturer School of Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, RMIT University ITE-ANZ Board Member Australia Sara holds a bachelor of civil engineering and received her masters and PhD degrees in transportation and traffic engineering. She has 12 years of work and research experience in the field of traffic and transportation. She has been working in the School of Civil, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, RMIT University, from 2010. Sara is highly engaged in a range of research and professional activities within and beyond RMIT. She has published numerous journal papers, and presented in many prestigious conferences in traffic/transport engineering. She has served as technical and organising committee member of different conferences and editorial board member of journals. She has been invited to speak at traffic/transport conferences, workshops and symposiums. Click HERE to view Sara's full profile. |
David Nash
Secretary, Institute of Transportation Engineers Australia David has over 30 years experience in traffic and transport engineering through his work at VicRoads. David left VicRoads in 2012 and formed a consulting firm called Traffinity. David’s main interests are traffic control devices – traffic signals, signs, markings and street lighting. His last position at VicRoads was Manager-Road and Traffic Standards where he was responsible for policy, standards and guidelines for all manner of traffic management issues. He is currently lecturing at Swinburne University in Transport Engineering and undertaking many varied projects around the country. |
Jun-Seok Oh, PhD, PE, PTOE
Professor at Western Michigan University Director, Transportation Research Center for Livable Communities United States Jun is Professor of the Department of Civil and Construction Engineering at Western Michigan University and also Director of Transportation Research Center for Livable Communities, a Tier 1 University Transportation Center funded by the U.S. Department of Transportation. With 34 years of experience in the transportation field, his unique strength is an extensive knowledge of both traffic engineering and transportation systems analysis through his experiences as a researcher or a professional engineer. Jun has participated in a wide range of research activities related with transportation systems analysis, traffic safety, intelligent transportation systems, advanced traffic management, and non-motorized transportation systems. His recent research focuses on building livable communities through smart, safe, sustainable transportation. He earned his PhD from University of California at Irvine. LinkedIn Profile |
Marianne Richards
ITE-ANZ Board Member Australia Marianne is retired from the Victorian Public Service in 2016 after a career of 38 years in the public sector in Victoria and South Australia. Marianne’s interests include applying integrated transport and land use planning policy and development frameworks for the long term sustainability of metropolitan and regional areas and transport networks. Marianne participated in the development of national and state aviation, port and freight network strategies, as well as 25 years as a town planner in local government and state agencies in Victoria/South Australia. Click HERE to view Marianne's LinkedIn profile. 
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Dr. Caroline Shaw
Department of Public Health University of Ontago Wellington New Zealand Caroline is a Public Health Medicine Specialist and epidemiologist. She teaches the postgraduate paper in Environmental Health and is also involved in undergraduate teaching and curriculum development in the medical degree. Her current research is at the interface of transport, health and climate change, particularly around the health opportunities offered by decarbonising the transport sector. She has undertaken research in the ethnic and socio-economic determinants of health, cancer control, population screening and obesity prevention. Click HERE to view Caroline's full profile. |
Melody Smith-nee Oliver
Associate Professor The University of Auckland New Zealand Melody's research focus is on neighbourhoods where children can be independently mobile, where people can get around safely by walking and cycling, and where social and physical well-being are prioritised. Most of this work involves the integration of objective measurement of behaviours and outcomes (e.g., accelerometry, inclinometry, GPS, GIS), as well as person-centred methods (participatory planning, online mapping). Project work contribute to an understanding the links between built and social environments and health and well-being in children and their families. Click HERE to view Melody's full profile. |
Nick Szwed
President, Institute of Transportation Engineers Australia Nick has worked in the road safety and traffic engineering field for around 40 years. Most of this has been at VicRoads and its various predecessors. During his final years at VicRoads, Nick was developing road safety engineering policy and guidelines. He carried out the research and initiated the 40 km/h speed limits in strip shopping centres and 50 km/hr rural towns programs. He is semi-retired and occasionally provides consulting services in the areas of traffic engineering and road safety to Local Government, VicRoads and MUARC. Nick joined the ITEANZ Executive Board in 2009 and was Secretary from 2010 to 2013. He was elected President in 2014. 
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Associate Professor Richard Tay, CPEng
Senior Research Fellow School of Business IT & Logistics RMIT University ITE-ANZ Board Member Australia Professor Richard Tay, CPEng, is the VC Senior Research Fellow in the School of Business IT & Logistics. He has previously taught at University of Melbourne, La Trobe University and Queensland University of Technology as well as universities in Singapore, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Australia and Canada, and was a visiting scholar at MIT. He has completed many research and consultancy projects in road safety, transport economics, and evaluation of transportation programs and policies. He has been invited to serve on many government panels, committees & task forces on road safety in Australia and around the world. He serves on the editorial board of several scientific journals and has been invited to speak at and has chaired technical sessions at many road safety conferences around the world. He is a Fellow and Life Member of the Institute of Transportation Engineers and a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transportation. Click HERE to view Richard's full profile. |
Karyn M. Warsow
Founder & Executive Director TPH Link/ICTH/IPATH United States Karyn is a cross-disciplinary professional with 15 years of experience, in the area of trauma and critical care medicine; specifically traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries as a result of motor vehicle crashes and interpersonal violence. With this experience, she successfully crossed over to the field of transportation after advocating for policy change in her local community. Karyn brings to the field of transportation, a unique perspective that merges best practices and lessons learned from multiple disciplines to devise innovative solutions. Over the years, she has developed an exceptional network of high-level national and international multimodal transportation, urban planning and public health contacts. Karyn is a strong results-based leader. She is the Founder and Executive Director of the Transportation Public Health Link (TPH Link), which administers the International Professional Association for Transport & Health (IPATH) and the International Conference on Transport & Health (ICTH). LinkedIn Profile |
Professor Alistair Jack Woodward
Department Head, Epidemiology and Biostatistics University of Auckland New Zealand A medical graduate, with postgraduate qualifications in public health and epidemiology, Alistair's research focus is tobacco, environmental health and the social determinants of health. He co-authored the writing of the health section of the 5th assessment report (AR5) for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the lead author for the Australia and New Zealand chapter in AR6 which is underway in 2019. He is working with colleagues from China Centres for Disease Control on environmental health issues in that country, and in New Zealand with studies to test the effects of street changes on walking and cycling. Click HERE to view Alistair's full profile. 
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