Session Chair – Research on Older Adults’ Mobility (ROAM)

Alycia Bayne, MPA is the Associate Director of the Public Health Research Department at NORC at the University of Chicago. She is a public health researcher and evaluator with 20 years of experience conducting research for the federal government, foundations, and associations. Bayne directs a portfolio of work exploring the intersection of transportation and health. She led a study for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on older adults' use of ride share services. For the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, Bayne leads projects on factors that influence seat belt use and impaired driving, and has led projects focused on drowsy driving countermeasures and evidence-based traffic safety campaigns. She also developed a rural transportation toolkit for the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy. Bayne was appointed by the Transportation Research Board to contribute to national committees focused on the mobility and safety of older adults and individuals with disabilities, including service as Chair of the Subcommittee on Older Drivers and as a member of two committees. She is also the Chair of the Healthy New Jersey 2030 Advisory Council, which sets the health promotion targets for the state of New Jersey. She has a Master in Public Affairs and a certificate in health and health policy from Princeton University.