2025 Schedule


Seat Belts and Occupant Safety
Jan
11

Seat Belts and Occupant Safety

Agenda

2:00 PM – 2:10 PM: Welcome and Opening Remarks (Mr. Larry Decina)   

2:10 PM – 2:25 PM: Attendee Introductions (In-Person) 

Break    

2:30 PM – 2:50 PM: Seatbelt Use During Pregnancy (Dr. David Kidd, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety)   

2:50 PM – 3:10 PM: Child Passenger Safety Perceptions and Practices in Ride-Sharing Vehicles (Dr. Doreen De Leonardis, Westat)   

3:10 PM – 3:30 PM: The Human Cost of Allowing Unhelmeted Motorcycling in the United States (Mr. Eric Teoh, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety)   

Break    

3:40 PM – 4:00 PM: The National Digital Car Seat Check Form: Detailed Data and Analysis on Car Seat Use (Ms. Adele Polson (Westat)    

4:00 PM – 4:20 PM: Improving Vehicle Safety Standards for All: An Investigation into Sex-Based Injury Risks and Seating Patterns (Dr. Alyssa Ryan, University of Arizona)   

4:20 PM – 4:50 PM: Roundtable Discussion: Future Research Ideas   

4:50 PM – 5:00 PM: Closing Remarks   

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Distracted Drivers
Jan
11

Distracted Drivers

Agenda

9:00 AM - 9:10 AM: Welcome and Opening Remarks (Dr. Timothy Wright)  

9:10 AM – 9:50 AM: Attendee Introductions (In-Person) 

Break   

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM: Driving Distracted after Cannabis Use (Dr. Timothy Brown, University of Iowa)

10:30 AM - 11:00AM: Risky Business: Predicting Danger Before It Hits the Road (Mr. Ryan McMahon, Cambridge Mobile Telematics)   

Break   

11:10 AM – 11:40 PM: Advanced Driver Monitoring System for Distracted Driving (Mr. Nathan Inman, Geotab)

11:40 PM - 12:10 PM:  Coaching and Feedback Mechanisms (Mr. Alexander Lewis, Surfsight) 

12:10 PM – 12:50 PM:  Networking/Future Research Discussion

12:50 PM - 1:00 PM: Closing Remarks   

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Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
Jan
10

Emergency Medical Services (EMS)

Agenda

2:00 PM – 2:10 PM: Welcome and Opening Remarks (Dr. Matthew Romoser) 

2:10 PM – 2:50 PM: Attendee Introductions (In-Person) 

Break      

3:00 PM – 3:30 PM: The Extrication in Trauma Project (Dr. Tim Nutbeam, IMPACT Research Centre)   

3:30 PM – 4:00 PM: Interoperability and Post-Crash Care: Knowing the Health Needs of the Humans Who Were Affected by a Crash (Mr. Jonathon Feit, Beyond Lucid Technologies)    

Break   

4:15 PM – 4:45 PM: Identifying and Reporting Medically at-Risk Drivers (Dr. Anne Dickerson, East Carolina University)  

4:45 PM – 5:15 PM: Seeing the Road and its Risks with Your Own Eye: Opportunities for Training Paramedics Driving Using Organizational Data and Visual Search (Dr. Martin Lavallière, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi)  

5:15 PM – 5:45 PM: Networking/Future Research Discussion    

5:45 PM – 6:00 PM: Closing Remarks   

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Research on Older Adults’ Mobility (ROAM)
Jan
10

Research on Older Adults’ Mobility (ROAM)

Agenda

9:00 AM – 9:10 AM: Welcome and Opening Remarks (Ms. Alycia Bayne) 

9:10 AM – 9:50AM: Attendee Introductions (In-Person)   

Break    

10:00 AM – 10:30 AM: Connecting Community Transportation: Lessons Learned from Transactional Data Specification Demonstration Projects (Ms. Jana Lynott, Independent Contractor)    

10:30 AM – 11:00 AM: Does Older Adults' Self-Regulation of Driving Improve Safety? (Ms. Ansley Kasha, AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety)     

11:00 AM – 11:30 AM: National-Level Characteristics of Paratransit Riders (Dr. Shayna Gleason, International Transportation Learning Center)     

11:30 AM – 12:00 PM: Illuminating the Path: Addressing Nighttime Pedestrian Crashes and Older Adults' Mobility Challenges (Dr. Jeffrey Muttart, Driver Research Institute, LLC)   

Break   

12:15 PM – 12:50 PM: Break-out Session 

12:50 PM – 1:00 PM: Closing Remarks  

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Novice Drivers
Jan
9

Novice Drivers

AGENDA

2:00 PM – 2:20 PM: Welcome and Opening Remarks, Meet and Greet  (Dr. Charlie Klauer) 

Break    

2:30 PM – 3:00 PM: Traffic Safety Impacts of Positive Youth Development (Ms. Christine Yager, Texas A&M)   

3:00 PM – 3:30 PM: Case Studies in the Implementation of Novice Driver Training Programs at the State and National Level (Dr. Johnathon Ehsani, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Healthand Dr. Donald Fisher, U.S. DOT Volpe Center)    

3:30 PM – 4:00 PM: Research Immersion for High School, Community College, and Undergraduate Students (Dr. Victoria Deguzman, ITS-Irvine)   

4:00 PM – 4:30 PM: Turning Legal Information into Usable Data: A New Dataset to Systematically Quantify State Novice Driver Licensing Laws and Regulations (Ms. Kerri Lowrey, University of Maryland Carey School of Law) 

4:30 PM – 5:00PM: Evaluation of an App-Based Intervention Program for Teen Driver Speeding Mitigation and Intelligent Speed Assist Technology Use (Dr. John Lenneman, Toyota)    

Break   

5:10 PM – 5:50 PM: Curated Discussions: Study Metrics for Novice Driver Research    

5:50 PM – 6:00 PM: Closing Remarks   

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