Research Initiatives Committee
The Research Initiatives Committee is part of the IPATH mission and vision to integrate health professionals as part of the team involved in the planning and design of transportation infrastructure projects. This strategy provides a competitive advantage not only from a market perspective, but also in terms of decision-making. A transdisciplinary approach helps to eliminate miscommunication of priorities by partnering transportation and health professionals so that innovative and multidimensional problem-solving is possible. The emphasis is on implementing practical solutions, through mutual communication, capacity building, and sustainable change/growth that influence the sociopolitical, environmental, and economic impacts of the transportation infrastructure within affected communities. To this end, a cultural shift in transportation infrastructure project planning and design can occur based on systematic evidence-based research driven methodology. In this proposed scenario, health professionals contribute the skill-set necessary to effectively evaluate the health impacts of a proposed facility by implementing techniques of qualitative and quantitative measurements that complement the accepted cost-benefit analysis of transportation accountability. It will be vital for both transportation and health professionals to maintain their specific expertise and freely exchange information based on lessons learned so that causal links to planning and design issues lead to improvements in best practices, policy making and community livability. Current projects include the following:
The Research Initiatives Committee is led by Karyn M. Warsow, DrPH(c), MS, MPH
Karyn is a transdisciplinary 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).
Contact Form
If you're interested in being an active member of the IPATH Research Initiatives Committee, please fill out the form below and Karyn will contact you shortly (Note that you must be an IPATH member to be on a committee.).
If you're interested in being an active member of the IPATH Research Initiatives Committee, please fill out the form below and Karyn will contact you shortly (Note that you must be an IPATH member to be on a committee.).
